DISMOEPHIA. By J. Biihcr. 101 



small yellowish s^jots. Thr hiudwiug is yellow and has only in the anterior part a pioxinially dentate black 

 distal margin. 



D. pimpla Hopff. (29 c), from Bohvia, has the yellow subapical spots differently placed, also yellow iiimpla. 

 dusting at the base of the forewing. The hindwing has the black margin narrow i)ut iniiform. 



D. pallidula BUr. ('29 c). from Costa Eica and Chiriqui. has white markings and a large, grey, oblong iHiUidaUi. 

 scent-patch on the hindwing. 



D. lysis Hew. (29 c), from Ecuador, has the white markings enlarged, rn) suliapical spots, and the $ Ujsis. 

 has on the forewing a broad white median band reaching from the costal to the inner margin. The under 

 surface has pearl-white spots and much grey-yellow scale-marking. — peruana jorm. nov., from Peru, is some-' pn-Kmtd. 

 what smaller, paler black and beneath with grey instead of yellow scales. 



D. foedora Luc. (29 d), from Venezuela and Peru, is white above with broad black apex and two sub- focilora. 

 basal stripes, of which the posterior one is joined to the border of the distal margin; the hindwing has a mode- 

 rately broad black Ijorder. The $ has on the forewing less black marking, on the other hand almost the whole 

 posterior half of the hindwing is occupied Ity the black border. Both sexes have small white subapical spots. 

 The under surface is white with irregidar dark markings. The 2 has more and darker markings. 



D. Virgo Bates {-Id d), from (niatemala and C'hu-iqui, has black upper surface with white markings; virgo. 

 in the ^ the scent-spot occupies the whole posterior half of the hindwing and is shiny grey-white; the $ has 

 on the hindwing a broad white median band. — lubina Btlr., from Costa Eica, is distinguished by the white lubina. 

 median spot being divided by black veins. — lunina Btlr., from Costa Eica, differs in the ? from rirgo in that hnuna. 

 the iipperside of the hindwing is greenish at the inner margin. 



D. lua Hew. (29 d, e), from Colombia. Ecuador and Peru, has very narrow forewing and broad hnid-;,*,,. 

 wing. Upper surface black-brown with yellow spots, anterior half of the hindwing in the ^ white-yellow. 

 $ with yellow bands and spots on the "forewing and yellow hindwing broadly margined with black-brown. 

 Under surface yellow with blackish bands on the hindwing, the $ on the forewing also with subapical and 

 median black band. 



D. lycosura Hew., from Peru, has almost black forewing with a large light yellow spot in the middle hjcosura. 

 and two small subapical yellow spots, hindwing grey-black with almost white scent-patch on the anterior part. 

 Under surface grey-black with large yellow spots in the middle of the hindwing and some red spots at its base, 

 at the costal margin of the forewing three small yellow spots. Only known to me from the figure. 



D. leonora Hew. (29 e), from Ecuador, has a smaller yellow spot in the middle of the hindmargin leonora. 

 of the forewing than lycosura, but also several small yellow spots. The hindwing is black-grey, on the grey- 

 white, silky scent-patch (friction-area) of the hindwing is placed a rather sharply defined yellow scent-scale- 

 spot, the inner margin of the hindwing is broadly grey-blue. The $ is very different: white with broad black 

 margins, a black band in the cell of the forewing and three small white subapical spots. Under surface pearl- 

 white with yellow interneural stripes in the ^, whilst the $ has blackish markings which correspond more 

 to those of the upperside. 



D. niepeiti Weym., which forms a transition to lewyi, differs from it in that the wedge-spot behind 

 the middle of the costa in the ^ is reduced to a streak and the whitish inner-marginal spot of the forewing 

 is so much enlarged that it extends l:)eyond the median into the cell ; from Ecuador. 



D. lewyi Luc. (= nasua Fldr., $ kadenii Fldr.) (29 e), from Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador, has lewyi. 

 black upper surface with subapical and postmedial yellow spots as well as whitish stripes at the inner margin 

 of the forewhag. The hindwing is black-brown, the scent-scale-patch is yellowish, the broad yellow inner 

 margin is divided into spots by the black veins. The $ is yellowish white with broad black margins. Under 

 surface pearl-white with yellow markings on the posterior and brownish markings on the anterior part of the 

 hindwing. In the $ these markings are black-brown, also the forewing has l)lack-brown subapical markings 

 and black-brown markings in the cell. — boliviensis Stgr. i. I., from Bolivia and Peru, has larger subapical boUvicnsi^. 

 and postmedial yellow spots on the forewing, but the light stripe at its inner margin is absent; the yellow 

 markings on the posterior part of the hindwing are somewhat lighter. 



D. schausil Dogn., from Ecuador (Loja), has a similar female to that of lewyi. Upper surface black- scJiausii. 

 grey with three white subapical spots and a small white spot at the costal margin at the discocellular, basal 

 part of the forewing white, upper surface of the hindwing black-grey, anterior part bluish white, under surface 

 of the forewing similar to the upper, but the subapical spots light yellow, hindwing black with yellow costal 

 margin, a small yellow stripe in the cell and three red basal spots. 



D. critomedia Hbn. (= crisia Fldr.) (29e, f), from Venezuela, Colombia and Brazil (?), has on the criiomedia. 

 black forewing a strongly curved broad white median band, which in the $ is divided by a broad black stripe. 

 The hindwing is white with black margins. Under surface white with dark markings. 



