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P. apuleia Hew. ('? $ = santaiiflla, Hsch.) (40 u). frdiii fastiTii J'jciiaiiur. is \civ siinilai- tn Mini- (ipnUiii. 

 Irrid xiilrclht (40 c). Imt in:iy lie known liy tlic striini,'ly aiii^lrd Idwo' iliscdfclluhu- (if tlir liinihvin^'. Tlu' 

 mai'p;ins, except the yellow-hrowu costal maiftin of the foi-ewinj;'. aic lUDiuwly chiik hio\vn: tlie half-h;inil :it 

 the end of the cell of the forewing is somewhat cur\-e(l ami pointed. 



P. granica Hew. is a siniilai' sjiecies. also froni Fjcundor; hiit the lialf-ha.nd a,t Ihe end id' the cidl is ijruiiica. 

 ahscnt. On the under surface the hase of the eosta.l margin of the liindwing is yellow anil i-,\r\i wing has 

 2 whitish dots in the apex. 



P. ticida //(■((■. (40 e). from castirn I'Jcuadnr. has narrow wings \\ith hla(d< margins: at (hr hase of Uchhi. 

 both wings yellowish dusting. It closely resemhles KpiKciiiln liciilclln (Hll e). Hut un fhr unih'r siirfaci; the 

 margins are l)lack, only thr hasr of the hindwing is yellow. In the aprx of (lie forewing arc ])la,ced !?. at 

 the distal mai-gin of the hindwing 5 ohlong white dots. — yungava Hscli. is a similar form from ISolivia. ifuujani. 

 The margins are l)rownish: subcostal of tlu' forewing ii'd-brown, on the uiidrrsidi' yrllow-brown wi(h onlv 

 one white dot in the a])ex of the hindwing. 



P. starkei Slijr.. from N'enezurla. has lu'oader wings and in addition to the usu;il d;i,ik markings and slai-l.d. 

 the half-band at the end id' the cell an indistinct h;ir in lln' rdl of thr forewing. In otlirr ic- 

 spects this form approaches luVmit. — A form fiom wrstern Ecuadoi'. similar to r.iihnin and staylci. which 1 

 call semonis furm. noi\, has broa.d \ itreous wings with narrow dark margins and red-brown subcostal, as aniKinis. 

 well as dark half-band and whitish spot at the costal margin of the forewing. On thr undir surfaci' very 

 minute wliitisli dots are placed in the dark distal border of the yellow-l)i'own mai-gins. 



P. ladra Stijr.. from Ecua-dor, has simihir wing-contour to liciihi. 'I'he margins are brown alune, hnhd. 

 yellow-brown beneath except the yellowish costal margin of the hindwing. 'I'he end of the cell of the fore- 

 wing has no markings. 



P. minna Schaus. from IJohvia, is said to ha\e (rans[)arent wings of .").■) mm. eNj)anse; «ith nairow iniinni. 

 dark margins and a yellow streak at the costal margin of the forewing, which is continued in a i)a4eh at 

 the end of the cell. There are also yellowish patches at the distal nin.rgin. The subcostal of the fore- 

 t'ing is red-brown. (hi the hindwing the cell and the inner margin are dusted witli yellowish. On the 

 under surface the margins are red-lirown, with -i white, dark-edged spots in the distal margin of the hindwing. 



P. ilsia Schaus, also from Bolivia, is said to be smaller, with broad brown and white ha,lf-baiid at Usui. 

 the end of the cell of the foi-ewing: apex lu'oadly brown. 



P. medellina Hst-h. (40 e). from Venezuela nnd Colombia, is a smaller species with fairly uniformly maldlhia. 

 broad dark margins and triangular half-band as well as white spot at the end of the cell of the forewing. 

 In the basal part both wings are dusted with yellowish. — ozia Heir, is a \ery similar form from Ecuador, ozia. 

 with yellowish club to the antenna,. 



P. antisao BafcK (40 d). from the I'pper Amazon, has a sul}ihur-yellow obliijue band at the end of (nilisau. 

 tlie cell of the forewing to the distal margin. In the ^ the median and subcosta.l of the forewing are only 

 slightly yellow-brown, in the 5 very broadly; here also the veins in tlie disc of the hindwing, as well as a 

 more or less broad stripe in the dark distal margin, are yellow-brown. 



P. simplex Sale. (40 b), from Costa Rica and Panama, has delicate wings with narrow brown mar- siiiitilcx. 

 gins; yellow-brown subcostal and white spot at the narrow half-band of the forewing. On the under sur- 

 face the veins are yellow-bmwn with indistinct dots at the apex. In the '~1 the margins arc broader, half- 

 band and white spot larger. Ilefore the distal margins are ]ilaced whitish dots. 



P. nepiscada H.sch.. from southern i'eru, is a similar, smaller species, which recalls foinis of 7'.'/)(- iiiinscada. 

 scada. Subcostal and median of the forewing are broadly yellow-biown. The spot at the end of the rill 

 is yellowish. On the under surface an elongate yellow-brown spot is separated off at the costal margin by 

 sulphur-yellow bordering and tliei-e are yellow dots in the apex of both wings. 



P. sylvo Hhn., from Guiana, Venezuela and Brazil, in an insignificant-looking sjiecies. similar to sijlro. 

 alissu, with wedge-shaped dark spot at the end of the cell of the forewing and white sjiot at the costal 

 margin, as well as a streak at the end of the ujiper discocellular ami a. whitish patch in the hinder angU'. 

 — carlia Scluius. from Central Brazil, is probably, if not the same, at least a very similar form. caiiki. 



P. hemixanthe Fldr. (40 d). from Central Brazil, lia,s the pro\imal half of both wings strongly hciiii.niiillic 

 dusted with yellow. In this it resembles the smaller euritea '.'ei//. (= eiidema (!<i<lt.) (40 d), from the same ciirilKi. 

 district. The latter has, however, dark bands across the end of the cell and at the inner margin of the 

 forewing, which are absi'nt in lioiii.rdiilhc: the pi'esent species on the other hand luis a large reddish dot at 

 the base of tin- hindwing beneath. 



P. COtytto (iuer. (40 c). from Central America and ^lexico. has a broad lilack-brow ii ajiex to the cohtllti. 

 forewing and a broad half-band at the end of the cell, together with a. white oblii|iie band, which extends 

 to the distal margin. The subcostal is red-brown. — parva Sulr.. from Co>ta llica. is smaller than pni-'ra. 

 cotytto, with narrower black apex to the forewing. 



