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margin, and also with hlackisli half-lianil at tlie end of tlic cell. The l)in<l\vint,' Las dark margins and 

 also a red-brown sub marginal iiand and red-brown veins. ,^ and $ are coloured almost alike. 



P. fulvescens Godm. d- Sale, fri)ni Costa Eica, is said to be similar to latilla and fulrimarfin. 'I'be /(((rf.sceu.s. 

 upper radial of the hindwing is entirely absent. The cdulj of the antenna is yidlow. 



P. splendida Hseli.. from eastern Columbia, of which (inly the '^' is known to me. has the fore- ^jilnulidd. 

 wing similar to that of ?fo/)7/«-$. with liroader Ijlack margins and ibirk s))ot in tlie middle of the cell. 

 'I'he hindwing is slightly yellow-bi'own, with a yellow spot at tlie ape\ and very liroad black distal margin. 

 Till' club of the antenna is yellow-bmwn. 



P. dispar Hscli. (39 f) has transparent yellowish wings Avith Ijlack margins and half-band at the end dlxpar. 

 of the cell, which beneath are variegated with brownish. Club of the antenna yellow-brown. In the 5 

 the subcostal and median of tlie torewing, as well as the veins in the disc of the liindwing, are yellow- 

 brown. The s]iecies flies ill Colombia and Venezuela. 



P. alinda FIdr., from Venezuela, is said strongly to recall doiicUn in the markings. Forewing in the alinda. 

 cell yellow-brown, subcostal and median red-brown, the other margins black-brown. In the blackish apical 

 area 2 yellowish maeulai' bands. Hindwing dusted with yellow-brown, with red-brown veins and broad 

 blackish distal margin. 



P. veia Hew. (39 g), from \'enezu(4a and Colombia, has a liroad yellow oblique band at the end of vein. 

 the cell of the forewing and y<'llo\\ -brown margins on the under surface with large white crescents. In 

 the $ the margins are broader and a dark spot is placed at the eml of the median of the forewing. — 

 111 ab. brunnea (Stqr. i. I.) the subcostal and median of the forewing and also the veins in the disc of the Jintntnn. 

 hindwing are yellow-brown. The yelhuv olili(jue band is still broader and more brightly coloured. 



P. zerlina Hcic. (= arinia H.-ScJuiff.) (39 g) has \itrei_ius wings with blue-grey sheen and dark zeiiiiui. 

 brown margins: only the costal margin of the forewing is red-brown. At the dark band at the end of the 

 cell and at the distal margin of i\u- forewing there are whitish patches. \\i the red-brown margins of the 

 under surface are placed at the ajiex of the forewing single, and at the distal margin of the hindwing 

 double white dots. In the $ the inner margin and the half-band of the forewing are connected by a 

 dark triangle. — In a local form from southern Peru, which I call tamina fonn. nov., the club of tlie lamina. 

 antenna is yellow-brown. The liasal half of the cell is shaded witli dark; the apical half of the forewing 

 is yellowish and the disc of the hindwing has bluish white sheen. On the under surface the white dots 

 are much smaller. — hara Hew. is a local form of zerlina, from Ecuador, with whitish patches behind the hara. 

 end of the cell and at the distal margin (_if the forewing. The subcostal is red-brown. 



P. lincera H.-Sclidff. (39 g) has transparent yellow-brown wings, with yellowish patches at the end Uneera. 

 of the cell and at the distal margin of the forewing. Subcostal and median are light red-brown. Other- 

 wise the markings are similar to those of zerlina. Eastern Ecuador and Colombia. — alina (Stgr. i. J.) is aJuia. 

 a form similar to zerlina. from Bolivia, with ivd-brown, dark-edged margins on the upper surface, light 

 yellow-brown beneath: with yellowish patches in the end of the cell, behind tlie cell, at the distal margin 

 of the forewing and at the apex of the hindwing. In the $ the margins are proportionately broa(ka-. 



P. pronuba Hew., from western Ecuador, has colourless wings with black margins and black-white pronuba. 

 half-band at the discocellular. Subcostal and media,n are red-brown at the base. In the 5 both the 

 margins and the white half-band are much broader. 



In P. tucuna Bates (39 gj, from the Upper Amazon, tlie dark-margined wings are provided with tucwun. 

 numerous yellow dots, namely in and behind the end of the cell, at the distal margin and hinder angle 

 of the forewing, and also in the disc of the liindwing. The lilack antennae have yellow-ln'own clubs. — 

 tanampaya (Stgr. i. I.), from Bolivia,, has narrower wings. The whole cell of the forewing and the tanampaya. 

 disc of the hindwing are dusted with yellow. The margins lieneath are dark red-brown, in tueuna yellow- 

 brown. — bueya (Bang-H. i. /.) is very similar to the preceding, but with red-brown subcostal and red- hticya. 

 brown margins on the underside. It likewise flies in Bolivia. 



P. zabina Hew. (40 b), from Colomljia and Ecuador, has broader wings with smaller yellowish i\ut^ zabina. 

 at the end of the cell and the distal margin of both wings. Antenna black; subcostal and a narrow 

 inner-marginal stripe are red-brown. — In ab. brunneata Haeh. the median and the veins in the disc of brunncata. 

 both wings are also red-brown. At the end of the cell of the forewing there is a yellow half-band. 



P. huamba spec. nov. I call a small form similar to lincera, also from the eastern Andes of Ecua- hnawba. 

 dor, with slightly yellowish wings and faint yellow-brown patches at tlu^ end of the cell and distal 

 margin of the forewing. The margins are black-grey, only the subcostal of the forewing slightly yellow- 

 brown. The white double spots at the distal margin of the liindwing ai'e very large. — oneida Heic. oncida. 

 (39 g), from Colombia and Ecuador, is somewhat larger, with more brightly coloured wings. The distal 

 margin of the hindwing is proximally dentate, especially in the $. There is a dark, isolated spot in the 

 disc of the forewing at the end of the cell. The subcostal is broadly yellow-brown. 



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