TERIAS. By .). Rober. 88 



T. stygma Bdv. (24(1). Size, and .sluii)e of liriijiffii. U|)j)ei' surtace lemon-yellow, the forewing willi srygnm. 

 a broad triangular black spot, which is somewhat produced at the costal margin and reaches to the inner 

 angle. Under surface of the forewing yellow, with the band as above. l)ut Hght rust-bi-own and slightly 

 reddish. L'nder surface of the liiudwing oclire-yellow, A\ith two lu'own dots at the anterior margin of the 

 cell, followed by a row of in-own, interiupted zigzag markings, a laige rust-biown spot at the outer ani;h' 

 as in lisa . but larger. Peru. — stygmula />'//., from Cuba, is very similar, but has smaller sjiots on the .va'i,7//;(/(;. 

 underside. — nisella 1-l'h-., from South Brazil (Hio). is Iiased on a single female sjiecimen whose princi[)al nisrHa. 

 difference appears to be the sulphui-yellow colouring (jf the upjier surface, (hily known to me tVom tiie 

 description. 



T. neda (roilt. (•24d), from (iuiaua, Venezuela and Nicaragua, is vivid lemon-yell(.iw witli l3lack-l)rown iicda. 

 a[)ical area to the forewing: at the distal margin of the hindwing are placed black dots. Under surface 

 yellow with very slight blackish markings on the hindwing. — tenella H<lr., tVom Brazil (Bahia, Santa /iv/iVA;. 

 Clatharina, Sao Paulo), is above lighter yellow and has continuous narrow black distal nu\rgin on the hind- 

 wing. Also the underside is lighter yellow. — circumcincta I'kiIis. tVom the Amazons, venustula N/'/r., ciminirincta. 

 from Ghiriqui, and nelphe Fhlr., from Mexico, as well as several other tonus, differ so little that reliable vi^'imstHln. 

 characteristics cannot lie adduced. '" '' "'• 



T. nisefV. (•24d). fr(un Surinam and Dominica, is also very similar to ii'il((. but has narrower black riisr. 

 distal margin on both wings and extraordinarily light hindwing. The under surface is ligliter yellow, the 

 nu^rkings not different. 



T. venusta Bilr. Similar to nisc, but suudler. the margin of the forewing ]u-oximally less <lentate. vcnusia. 

 border of the hindwing reduced to some black marginal dots. Under surface light yellowish on both wings 

 and in both sexes, in the middle of the hindwing one or two small blackish dots as in ui^i- and fiiifl/n, and 

 a row of distinct, oblique brownish spots, .laniaica. Colombia. 



T. musa F. (= gentilis Bilr.). The same size as rrji/isla, upper surface white, forewing with a "^".^"■ 

 broad black marginal band, slightly sinuate proximally, base dusted with grey. Hindwing with beautiful 

 .lenuMi-yellow margin, separated from the fringes, the latter white with small black spots. Under surface 

 whitish, slightly yellow distally, base of the forewing lemon-yellow, in thi' middle of the hindwing two very 

 small black dots. South America. 



T. limbia Fk/r. (24 d), from Venezuela, has \-ivitl canary-yellow foi'ewing and alnujst white hindwing, limbia. 

 somewhat nun-e strongly sulphur-yellow at the distal margin. The black-brown distal border of the fore- 

 wing is i-ather broad, proximally dentate, the l)lack distal border of the hindwing narrow. The under surtace 

 of the forewing is yellow, without markings, the undei' surface of the hindwing very light yellow, at the 

 margins somewdiat deeper yellow, with two black dots on tlie discocellulars. The ? has the upperside ])ale 

 sulphur-yellow, no dark distal margin to the himlwiui^-, the underside yellower, with blackish macular marking 

 on the hindwing. 



l.Wsdi Bdr. d- Ler. (= smilax diulL] (24d) occurs from New England to Honduras and has also been Usa. 

 tound on the Antilles and Bermudas. The upper surface is \ivid yellow with rather broad ldack-])rown 

 margins and a black dot at the discoceljidar of the forewing. The undei' surface is somewhat lighter yellow 

 with reddish distal margin, a large reddish spot at the apex of the hindwing, two small black dots cm the 

 discocellulars of the hindwing, a similar one on those of the forewing and indistinct l)lackish spots on the 

 hindwing. The ? is paler yellow and has broader dark margins, which on the posterior part of the hind- 

 wing are broken up into spots, the under surface is darker yellow and somewhat more marked than in 

 the cf. Although this species is very connnon in places (cnf. the note on migration in the Introduction) the 

 earlier stages are still very insufticiently known. Larva green with two whitish stripes at each side, head 

 yellowish. Pupa dark green, slender, breast prominent. The larva lives on Cassia and clover. — euterpe curerpc. 

 Mill., from Nicaragua, has broader black distal margin on both wings. 



T. delia Cr. (= demoditas ///'//., daira 6-'of//.) (24d). from the Gulf States of North America, is above 'lelia. 

 \ellow with broad black ajiical marking and a broad black inner-marginal stripe on the forewing, as well 

 as a large black spot at the apex of the hindwing. The under surtace is saiul-bi'own with the exce])tion 

 of the yellow proximal part of the forewing, the hindwing has slight dark macular markings. — lydia Fhlr., lydia- 

 from Venezuala, has shorter, broader wings, the apex of the forewing more obtuse and the distal mai'gin 

 less arched, broader hindmargin, proximally more deeply convex, ami considerably narrower proximal band 

 on the forewing, the distal margin of the liiudwing almost twice as broad. 



T. jucunda /^r/r. d'- Lrc. (— ebriola I'diij, albina Voaj) ('24e). from the Culf States of North America, ,/"<■"'"'"■ 

 differs from (Idin in the longer marginal jjand of the hindwing and the lighter, grey to white under surface, 

 almost without markings. — lemnia Fhh-., from Bahia, is distinguished not only by the broader border of /''""""■ 

 the forewing, the larger apical s|)ot (jf the hindwing which is joined to the other marginal spots, and the 

 quite different under surface, which is glossy white, sparsely dusted with red-brown, but also in the greater 

 length of both winsrs. 



