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on the Upp(='r Amazon. — In tliu local iVn'ui micliaelisi Hsch., from the Lower x\mazon, the yellow patch is michaelid. 

 divided by a black obli(jue band from the discocellular to the inner angle. 



C. Cornelia Gucr.. from Bolivia, has a narrow yellow oljliquc band on the forewing and 4 yellow spots conielin. 

 in the broad black distal margin of the hindwing, as well as a black spot at the apex. — In the similar sellana selluna. 

 Hscli. the oblique band is divided into 2 spots; the middle marginal dots are absent in the forewing. The 

 distal margin of the hindwing is proximally widened into teeth. 



C. fulminans Btlr. (34 g) has a narrow yellow oblique band, strongly angled distally. The black spot fulminans. 

 at the end of the cell is proximally forked. The hindwing has a narrow distal border and a longitudinal band 

 of 3 black spots in the disc. The ground-colour is liglit yellow-brown. — This form from Colombia is repre- 

 sented in eastern Ecuador by the dark red-brown satura Hsdi. In this the _yellow colour is wanting in the satura. 

 end of the cell of the forewing and at the apex of the hindwing. 



C. angelina Hscli. (34 g), from the Ucayali (tributary of the Upper Amazon) has the pattern similar angelinn. 

 to that of fulminans. But the yellow marginal band and the distal-marginal dots are absent. The apex is 

 more narrowly black, on the other hand the macular band in the disc of the hindwing is much broader, partly 

 confluent with the dentate distal margin. 



In a smaller species, C. soror Srkn.. which is confusingly like Meli7iaea Iiicifer, the oblique band is like- soror. 

 wise absent. The apex of the forewing is, however, more broadly black and the yellow spots in it are merged 

 into one large one. In the hindwing longitudinal band and distal margin form a large black patch, as in Meli- 

 naea lucifer. This interesting species comes from Peljas on the Upper Amazon. 



The description of C. acceptabilis Weeks, from Bolivia, has unfortunately not Ijeen obtainable. acceplabilis. 



The large, broad-winged C. anastasia Bates has the pattern similar to anastasina Stgr. (35 a), a^nastasina 

 but behind the end of the cell of the forewing another yellow zigzag band, like that of /ximwi/ms, and 7 yellow 

 marginal dots, anastasia flies in the damp jjrimeval forests near Ega on the Upper Amazon, whilst anastasina 

 occurs further up at the foot of the Andes in Peru. — castanea Btlr., from Rio Jurua, is a darker form of casianea. 

 anastasia, in which the yellow oblique band reaches to the hinder angle of the forewing. These 3 forms closely 

 resemble Meli7iaea 7naelus (= pardalis Bates) resp. cydun. 



C. porsenna Srka. {— amabilis Stgr.) is similar to anastasius in size and markings. The yellow apical porsenna. 

 spots in the forewing are much larger and proximally edged with black. On the hindwing the median band 

 and the dark distal margin are united into a large patch. — This form flies, like the similar soror. on the Upper 

 Amazon near Pebas. 



In C. fluonia Hew. and the allied forms the anterior half of the yellow obli(iue l)and of the forewing /luoiria. 

 is curved distad, as may be seen in the figure of berna (34 g). fluonia has a four-branched, yellow macular 

 band, which enters the cell and nearly reaches the inner margin. The black double spot at the end of the 

 cell has also a corresponding curved jirojection towards the apex, as in fardalina (34 g). The hindwing is 

 like that of herna. fluonia flies on the Upper Amazon, whilst the local form berna Hsch. (34 g) comes from berna. 

 the upper Napo in Ecuador. The latter has instead of the large macular band in the forewing only 2 oblong 

 yellow spots in the black apical area. 



C. pardalina Hpffr. has a yellow oblique band in the forewing. The aberration figured (34 g) was des- pardalina. 

 cribed by Dkuck as tigrina. In the latter only a yellow spot at the discocellular remains of the band. Othi^r- ligrinn. 

 wise the marking and colouring is similar in both forms. Of the black colour in the apex of the forewing 

 only marginal dots remain in fluonia, whilst in the hindwing the black median band and the distal border are 

 widened. The species resembles the respective local forms of anastasia and Melinnea inaelns. Both forms 

 fly on the Upper Amazon in Peru; tigrina may, however, occur further up. — pantherina Stgr.. likewise from pantherina. 

 the Upper Amazon, is an intermediate form between fluonia and pardalina, in which red-brown spots appear 

 in the apex of the forewing. The black median band of the hindwing is as in fluonia. 



C. thea Hew. recalls catilla (34 e), but the yellow median spot is rounder and does not extend so far thea. 

 to the hinder angle. In a smaller form, which Staudingp^r named theatina (i. 1.) (35 a), the yellow spot theatina. 

 is likewise rounder than in the figure. This form is, however, considerably smaller, has lighter ground-colour, 

 and at the end of the cell of the forewing there are only 2 small, black spots, whilst in thea a large black spot 

 extends into the yellow and is joined to the black costal and distal margin. The hindwing has in both forms 

 a black distal border and median band, which sometimes touch at the apex. They fly on the Upper Amazon 

 and its tributaries. 



C. xanthostola Bates (35 a) stands completely isolated. The hindwing is much shorter than the fore- xanihostola. 

 wing, which is not brought out clearly in the figure. In this the species recalls some Napeogcnes-s])ecies. Very 

 striking moreover is the absence of the median band on the upper surface of the hindwing, as is also the case 

 in Mechanitis macrinus. In an aberration, which I have described as desmora Hsch., the black spot at the desmora. 

 base of the forewing above is absent and the black bordering at the proximal side of the yellow spot is much 

 narrower. Both forms fly on the Middle Amazon. 



