128 CEEATINL\. Bij B. Haensch. 



confluent j^ellow spots in the forewing. On the hindwing the Ijhick marking is broader and occupies nearly 



tridachjla. half the wing. — In tridactyla Dew. (30 b), from Colombia, there is a yellow macular band behind the discocel- 



lular of the hindwing, similar to that of Hirsutis liecalesina, and the base of the hindwing is black-brown. 



phayesia. C. phagesia Hew. (36a), from Ecuador, has similar markings; at the base of the forewing there is a 



red-brown stripe, and the spots are larger and dirty white. In the hindwing the area before the apex is trans- 

 parent whitish. 



ineijuleas. C. megaleas Godm. d- Salv., from Panama, is said to have in the forewing a red-brown base, 6 yellow 



submarginal spots and a ^yellow oblique band. The hindwing is red-brown with narrow black distal margin. 



schiihi. C. schuizi Hsch. (36 b), from the Lower Amazon, has large yellow spots in the forewing, and the basal 



third red-brown. The hindwing has a median macular longitudinal band and large marginal teeth with yellow 

 ulciirrhov. dots. In the ^ the anterior half of the hindwing is transparent yellowish, in the $ red-brown. — In alexirrhoe 

 Bates, from the Upper Amazon, near S. Paulo, the ground-colour is darker red-brown. The hindwing is 

 zeuxippr. not yellowish-transparent and the marginal dots are white. — zeuxippe Bates, from the Cupari (a tributary of 

 the Amazon), has at the base of the forewing broad black margins. The apex is dark brown, with 3 yellowish 

 tlioniax. spots and red-brown margins. — thornax Bates, from the Upper Amazon, near Tabatinga, has blackish apex 

 with 4 yellowish spots and 6 brownish marginal spots. Hindwing with black teeth at the distal margin. — 

 hiilc.'i. butes Godm. & Salv., from the lower Napo in Ecuador, is said to be similar to the preceding, but to have 

 yellowish spots in the apex of the forewing and a broad, dentate black distal margin to the hindwing. — ■ 

 Philomela, philomela Godm. (& Salv., from Colombia, is said to approximate to zeuxippe, but to have narrower forewing, 

 whilst the hindwing is semitransparent with black apex. The black macular band is placed nearer to the lower 

 end of the cell. — The last 5 forms all intergrade more or less with one another, being apparently local forms 

 still in course of development, so that it is very difficult to refer the transitional specimens to the individual 

 injiisrata. forms. — On the Ucayali in Peru there is further a peculiar form, which I call infuscata form. nov. Here the fore- 

 wing is yellow-brown with dark margins and in addition to the black median spot in the cell a roundish spot 

 is placed in the end of the cell and 3 — 4 oblong spots in the apical third. The hindwing has 2 macular bands, 

 in the disc and at the anal angle. This form recalls Hyposcada rezia. 



hijdrti. C. hydra Fldr. (= valera Stgr.), from \'enezuela, has blackish forewing with 3 yellow macular bands 



beroiiillii. and brownish base. The hindwing is red-brown with dark distal margin. — In the somewhat larger beronilla 



Hew. (36 c), from Colombia and Ecuador, the central macular band is absent and the proximal one is not divided 



paiiuw.rnsis. by a triangular black spot, as in Jiijdra. — The nearly allied paiiamensis Godm. & Salv., from Panama, 



has a broad yellow oblique band, in which several roundish black spots are placed. The hindwing is broadly 



black at the apex and distal margin. 



procne. 



C. procne Godm. d- Salv., from Colombia, is said to have the apex of the forewing black as far as 

 the end of the cell, and a broad yellow oblique band, which is divided by a red-brown stripe over the 2. median 



vein. 



villula. C. villtila Hew. (36 c). This interesting species has exactly the markings and colouring of certain Cera- 



tinia, e. g. praxilla and ocna; but it may be recognised by the angled middle discocellular, resp. not angled 

 lower one. On the under surface the hindwing has a white double spot at the costal margin near the middle 



and 6 white distal-marginal dots. Colombia. 



15. Genus: Ceratinia Hbn. 



This genus contains numerous species of very varied appearance, mostly of medium size. It may 

 be recognised by the very long cell of the forewing (especially in the ^) with angled lower discocellular, j-et there 

 are differences in the neuration even in specimens of the same species. The species of this genus occur from 

 Mexico to Brazil and Argentina. Many foi'ms of the plains are at times very common, whilst others from 

 the valleys of the Andes are quite local and rare. The wing-pattern and colouring in Ceratinia is very varied. 

 Although the Lj/corea-habitus predominates, yet there are also many forms with vitreous or otherwise marked 

 wings, so that similarities to almost all the markings which occur in other Ithomiid-genera may be found. 



poUjmnides. C. polymnides Hsch. The marking is similar to that of Mechanitis polijmnia, with lu-oad yellow 



median band, without subapical spot on the forewing and with 2 black-brown zigzag bands in the disc and 



at the anal angle of the hindwing. Upper 'and lower surface are without distal-marginal dots. In Central 



niciuins. Colombia. — In menans Hsch., from the same localities, the forewing has moreover 6 yellow distal-marginal 



dots, which are largest in the apex. In the 3* the costal margin of the hindwing is lighter and transparent. 



