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5. Uemis; Niiiarista Wcyn. 



The distinguishing char;ict(u's of this genus are the ahsence in the nude of the tuft of hairs Ijctween 

 median and submedian on the untlnr surface of the forewing and the form of the submedian of thn same 

 wing, which is only elbowed at the base, otherwise almost rectilinear, and only reaches the distal margin 

 in the rounded inner angle, whilst in Antirrhaea it describes a nioic or less extended curve and runs into 

 the inner margin far before th(,' inner angle. The inner margin of Ibis wing is iilifwisc little eurxi-d 

 posteriorly, the distal margin forms a straigiit line and the aprx a, I'ight angle The distal nuirgin of Mic 

 lundwing is iiroduced into a distally directed point at the uiijicr median vein, at the other veins it is 

 only undulate. The singlr species of this gruus has a \i'ry dusky a.|ipi'aranci> and is (|uite a recent dis- 

 covery. 



S. adoptiva ir<'//w. (44 a). Expanse 8-2 mm. The shapes of thr wings is that of A. ijcnjoii Fldr.-^. (Hhiiiimi. 

 but the ground-colour even darker brown than in A. fieryonides Wcyni., almost bhick-brown and uniformly 

 dark all over. On the forewing are placed in cellules '2, 3 and 5 three black eye-spots with white pupils, the 

 upper one measuring 5 mm., tiie two lower only 3 mm. in diameter; on the liindwing in the same cellules 

 three black spots without pupils, the anterior and posterior spots round, T) mm. in diameter, tiui middle 

 one oval and somewhat larger (6 to fS mm.). These spots stand out but little from the dark ground-colour, 

 sometimes the two posterior ones have fine, scarcely visible, white-grey pupils. The distal nuirgin of both 

 wings is finely bordered with red-brown, the tips of tlie fringes white. The undi-r surface is dark brown 

 covered with many fine bluish white dots, which mostly consist of single scales and at the costal nuirgin 

 of the forewing are condensed into a few white spots. Distally this dusting disappears, so that the nuirgin 

 appears unicolorous brown. In place oi the eye-spots there are on the upper surface of the forewing 

 three ocln-e-yellow dots, the anterior one somewhat larger, and on the liindwing in place of the middb 

 spot a small bluish white spot. Discovered by Fassl in the Colombian West Cordillera. The ? of this 

 species is not j^et known. 



6. Genus: Cacrois Hbn. . 



This genus also is distinguished by the possession in the male of a scent-organ at the inner margin 

 of the forewing beneath, moreover on the upperside of the hindwing in the middle of the submedian 

 there is a hair-tuft wliich consists of a row of brown hairs. The male forelegs are much reduced, the 

 palpi rather long, with thin, curved middle joint, densely scaled anteriorly. The veins are not swollen. 

 In the (^ only one subcostal vein arises before the end of the cell on the forewing. The hindwing runs 

 out into a tail at the upper median vein, at the submedian it shows an obtuse angle. The other veins 

 do not project on the distal margin. Large butterflies of SO— 90 mm. expanse, whose habitat is Central 

 and northern South America. 



C, chorinaeus jF. (= arcesilaus ,S'Mk.) (44 a). The costal margin of the forewing is strongly curved c/ioro^dnrs-. 

 posteriorly at the apex, the apex itself broadly rounded, the distal nuirgin deeply incised below the apex, 

 the inner angle rounded, the inner margin somewhat projecting. Ground-colour brown with broad red- 

 yellow oblique band, without eye-spots, only with a white dot before the apex. The distal margin of^ the 

 "hindwing has a red-yellow border 2—4 mm. in breadth, the brown point at the upper median vein projects 

 horizontally distad. The brownish ochre-yellow under surface is finely striated with dark brown, with three 

 brown, almost straight and parallel transverse lines on the forewing, of which the middle one only reaches 

 to the median, the hindwing with two lines running in the same direction, which extend from the costal 

 margin to below the middle of the wing, a-nd a third straight line, which connects the apex with the 

 anaf angle. The scent-organ of the SS is phiced close to the inn(n- angle on the upper sui-face of the 

 forewing, so that it is not covered by the hindwing; it is 12 mm. long, 8 mm. on the inner and 4 on 

 the distal margin. The anteriorly directed hairs of this scent-organ are 3 mm. long, and dark brown. 

 In addition there is a small brown hair-tuft on the upperside of the hindwing near the inner margin.— 

 Stoll has figured the larva and pupa of this species in the supphnnent to Cramer's exotic work, 

 pi. VI, fig. 1 and la. The larva has at the jiosterior end of the body two points of extraordinary length. 

 The body of the larva is GO mm. long, the points measure 30 mm., thus reacliing lialf the length of the 

 body; they stand straight out posteriorly and are covered with snuiU, fine hairs, whilst the larva itself is 

 naked. The head is proportionately large, red-brown with yellow margins and stripes, the mouth-parts 

 black. The body bears no protuberances, is 5 mm. thick anteriorly and posteriorly and 7—8 mm. in the 

 middle, and very gaily marked. Ground-colour reddish violet, venter and legs yellow; on the dorsum a 

 yellow 'longitudinal stripe, which is broad in the middle of each segment but narrow in the incisions, so 

 that elongated quadrangles are formed, on which are placed darker yellow and blackish markings and 

 which at each side of the dorsum are bordered by several red-brown and yellow undulate lines. The pupa 

 is suspended, about 22 mm. long, 9 mm. tliick, with the abdomen much bent. It shows no sharp-edged 



