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T. giindlachia /Vr// (•24a). from Cuhn. Mexico, Texas and Arizona, lias the I'orewing ratliei' ii\\iw\^\\ gundladiia. 

 pointed and tiie hindwing- pr(donged into a tail. Upjier surface orange-yellow with sharp, broad costal margin " 

 and narrower and less sharp distal margin on the forewing. Under surface paler orange-yellow, on the 

 liindwing with brownish sjiots and redilish yell(.n\ dusting. 



T. longicauda Btde^ (24a), from California, has the hindwing more pointed. The up]ier surface is longicaitda. 

 lighter orange-yellow and the black margin of the forewing is essentially different in form from that of 

 giitulhichiii. The ground-colour of the under surface is somewhat lighter, Imt the marking does not dilfer 

 from that of (iiiiiilldrliin. 



T. proterpia /■'. i-'4a). from the Antilles and the north of South America (Mexico to \'eu<d7M(t\c\), protcrpia. 

 has the hindwing weakly angled and the foi'ewing less pointed than in the preceding species. Upper surface 

 somewhat darker orange-\ellow than iiundlachia , in the ? more yellowish and the black ajjical markings 

 somewhat broadei'. Under suiface of the forewing light orange-yellow, of the hindwing yellow with small 

 and indistinct macular marking. 



T. nicippe 'V. (■24a) occurs from New England lo the northern part of Brazil and on the Antilles, nicippe. 

 Ground-colour of the upper surface quite similar to that of protcrjiia , but iiirippr is distinguished by the 

 broad dark margins. The ? has paler ground-colour, sometimes yellow specimens occur: ah. flava Ifnll. : tiava. 

 the under surface is yellow, slightly sprinkled with brownish, on the hindwing with larger red-brown spots. 

 Little is known of the tirst stages; the larva lives on (lassia and other Leguminosae. 



T. mexicana Bdr. (^= boisduvaliana Fldr.) (24a), from Mexico, Arizona and Texas, is white above, mcxicatm. 

 sulphur-yellow on the anterior pait of the hind-tting. and has \ery broad, deeply sinuate black margins. The 

 nndei'side of the forewing is white with yellow mai'gin. that of the hindwing sulphur-yellow with brownish 

 markings in the centre and at the co.stal margin. — In bogotana FIdr., from Colombia, the yellow colouring bogotana. 

 on the anterioi' part of the hindwing is wanting. 



T. gratiosa l>l>l. <(■ llni-. (24b). tVom Venezuela (known to me from lloriduras), has the uppei- surface iimtiosa. 

 of the forewing sulphur-yellow, the hindwing white, and at the costal angle a large light orange-yellow spot 

 and broad black-brown margins. The under surface is uniformly yellow with a small black spot at the disco- 

 cellular and slight, indistinct brownish markings at the distal margin. — ingrata I'tdr. (=: gratiosa llvuk.), ingrata. 

 from Mexico and (Central America, has yellow upperside of the hindwing and still broader dark margins. 



T. arbela II bn. (24b), from South Brazil, is al)ove dark suljihur-yellow with rather broad black arbela. 

 maigiii on the forewing and narrower margin on the hindwing; the latter varies somewhat, and is entirely 

 wanting in the ?, which has also paler ground-colour. Umler surface yellow with more or less develo]ted 

 red-ln-own marginal and central markings. — gaugamela FIdr., trom Colombia and Mexico, has deeper gnagamela. 

 yellow ground-colour, broadei' and darker distal margin to the forewing and beneath more, but smaller red- 

 brown spots. boliviensis Sfijr. i. /.. from BoliAia, has a lai'ge light orange-yellow spot at the apex of the holivicnsis. 

 hindwing and l)roader tleutate distal margin of the latter; the ? is paler and has more markings. — fabiola /(;/w/(i. 

 FIdr., from \'enezuela, has narrow black margins and the hindwing above is light orange-j'ellow and less 

 pointed. — chloe FIdr., from Colombia, has broader black margin to the forewing, the hindwing .sharply diloi: 

 pointed Init less suffused with orange-yellow. — damaris FIdr. (^ mexicana Bdr., damarina Sli/r.), i'vom daman's. 

 Mexico and Arizona, has deep yellow forewing and light orange-yellow hindwing, with sharply detined black 

 distal margin on the hindwing. Under surface of the hindwing straw-yellow with large and small brownish 

 spots. — pomponia llopfj'., from Peru, is large. Ijrilliant yellow, with strongly dentate black distal iirdvixm pomponia. 

 on the forewing and very narrow distal margin on the hindwing. — salome FIdr.. from Ecuador, is veiy sa/omr. 

 similar to poiiqjouia, lint smaller, and with the hindwing more strongly suffused with orange-yellow. — limo- linioneus. 

 neus Fhlr., from Venezuela, is differentiated liy longer wings, more acutely angled hindwing, lighter colour 

 on the up]ierside, broader, more deeply incised distal margin of the forewing and narrower, shorter l)ordering 

 of the hindwing. — theodes FIdr., from Venezuela, is probably only the ? of lonxtKidid. — .Vlso theona thcodes. 

 FIdr., described trom a '+'. iip})ears to be only a somewhat aberrant female specimen. iheona. 



T. ectriva Bt'r. Above very similai- to sidoiiic, but the w'ings longer; forewing with broader dark ectriva. 

 brown distal margin, its irregularities less pi'onounced. angle of the hindwing less produced. Under surface 

 similar to that of coustantiu. Ecuador (Archidona). — Is the type of Butler's genus SplKioKKjuna. Cnly 

 known to me from the description. 



T. sybaris Hojiff'., from Peru (flhanchamayo), is very large, in the female sulphur-yellow, with broad syhari.^. 

 black distal margin on the forewing, which has proximally foui' excisions. Hindwing angled, at the costal 

 margin whitish, at the apex spotted with lilack. Forewing beneath with a black stripe at the costal margin, 

 a])ex reddish. Hindwing marbled with red-browii. at the apex a large red-bi'ow n patch of scales and ex- 

 tending from the cell a reddish stripe. 



T. xanthochlora Knll. (24b). fi-om fiolombia and Chiriipii. has the hindwing only feebly angled, .xantliochlora. 

 Upper surface sulphur-yellow with black-brown distal margin on the forewing, on the hindwing in many 



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