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was not able to observe the larvae (which were fed on bamboo leaves) any further, being obliged to leave the loc- 

 ality. Concerning the full-grown ypthinia-larva. however, Herr Sch.malz of Joinville tells me that it is green 

 and has a broad grey-yellow longitudinal strijx' on the back, wliicli is bordered witli yellow-brown. The head 

 is brown-yellow, with two lateral horn-like processes, which bear fine spines. The anal end is long-forked, 

 the ends of the fork with grey woolly hairs and roUed-up. The larva feeds on Crissiurma, a species of ba,nboo. 

 I have not yet received a description of the pupa; but Herr Schm.vlz remarks with regard to the butterfly tliat 

 it is almost exclusively met with in dark forests near the ground, also it sometimes comes into houses at nio-ht. 

 In December 1887 the butterflies were ob.served flying at dusk in lumdreds from south to north from one wood- 

 ed district to another, low above the ground. Since then they have only been seen singly. 



T. rectifascia U'ei/m. (4.5 a). The apex of the forewing is not or only very little produced, and the teeth rertifmcia. 

 of the hindwing are much more obtuse than in ypthhtia. Upper surface unicolorous brown. The under sur- 

 face is as variable as in yplliimn, but it uuiy be at once distinguislied from the latter by the straight median 

 band of the hindwing, dusted with whitish yellow or brownish. This band is bordered on the proximal side by 

 a straight, dark brown line or a narrow brown stripe. In the marginal area of each wing 5 small, broW, 

 white-centred eye-spots, of which the posterior one on the hindwing is somewhat larger than the others. 

 The brown .spot at the apex is absent in other specimens. South Brazil (Blumenau). — stigma UV^/m. is a form athjma. 

 of rectifascia, in which the straight light band on the underside of the hindwing is dusted with grew in place 

 of the eye-spot in cellule 5 is placed a white spot :2 — 3 mm in size and instead of the eye-spot in cellule 6 

 a white dot. Likewise from Blumenau. — In latifascia M'eyub. (45 a) the ochre-yellow band on the hindwing lati fascia. 

 beneath gradually increases in breadth anteriorly, only close to the costal margin it again becomes somewhat 

 narrower, the anterior eye-spot is placed in this band, the 2nd on the boundary between band and marginal 

 area. From the province of St. Catharina (Brazil). — A hitherto undescribed form of rectifascia with simple 

 markings I call servius (4(3 c). It is considerably smaller (expanse 53 mm), the teeth at the margin of the .scriviw. 

 hindwing are much less pronvinent, so that it is similar in torm to the smaller Taygetis-sY>ecies kerea and penelea, 

 but the straight, brownish white median band on the underside of the hindwing, which is IK mm in breadth, 

 is placed as in rectifascia, and as in the latter is sharply defined proximally, but not distally. Instead of the 

 small ocelli there are white dots on both wings, only the last dot on the hindwing is surrounded by a 

 black ring. For the rest the groujid-colour of the under surface is unicolorous grey-brown with very indistinct 

 dark brown marbling at the margins and dark brown marginal double lines. The upper surface is unicolorous 

 dark brown like the type-form. From the province of Minas Geraes (Brazil). 



T. nympha Btlr. Shape as in ypthima. The hindwing somewhat less strongly dentate. Upper ni/mpha. 

 surface olive-broAMi, somewhat reddish at the margin, with blackish submarginal line. The under surface 

 resembles virgilia in the markings, the second transverse line running almost entirely straight on both 

 wings and only forming a small angle on the hindwing at vein 2. But the submarginal line is much more 

 strongly dentate, there being 2 teeth in each cellule. The ground-colour is mixed with rose-red, paler in the 

 V, the border is darker as far as the submargiiuil line. Before this are placed on a lighter ground on the 

 forewing 4 ocelli, on the hindwing 5. They consist of fine brown rings, measuring 2 — 4 mm., with dark dots 

 in the middle, some of which have white centres. The third and fourth ocelli on tlie hindwing are larger 

 than the others. Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala. 



T. virgilia Cr. (= rebecca F.) (45 a). Forewing not projecting at the apex, margin of the hindwing virgilia. 

 even in the anterior half, undulate in the posterior half, only at vein 4 with an obtuse point. Upper surface 

 unicolorous brown. Under surface brownish grey with 2 straight, parallel, brown 'transverse lines, a short brown 

 streak on the discocellular of each wing and a fine dentate submarginal line, before which are placed on the 

 forewing 5 white dots and on the hindwing 6. At the distal margin the ground-colour shades off into brown. 

 A widely distributed and common species. Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Co- 

 lombia, Guiana to South Brazil (Rio de Janeiro and Joinville). — rufomarginata Stgr. (46 a) is a form which rufomargi- 

 occurs in both sexes amongst true virgilia in both north and south. It may be recognized by the reddish brown ""'"• 

 distal margin, 3 — 4 mm in breadth, of the posterior half of the hindwing above. In addition the under 

 surface is more reddish broAvn. The larva of this forni was bred by Schmalz at Joinville. It is green with 

 yellow longitudinal stripes, with a small rolled-up forked tail. The whole larva with fine hairs. It lives on 

 bamboo. The pupa is green, oval, hanging free. The pupal stage lasted 18 days. The butterfly flics at the 

 beginning of December. — erubescens Btlr. (46 b), a further form of virgilia, is above unicolorous brown, eruhcscow. 

 beneath reddish pink, at the inner margin of the forewing olive-brown, the base ofthe hindwing rust-coloured, 

 with a dark rust-brown median band through both wings, a large oval rust-coloured spot at the end of the 

 cell of the forewing and a similar spot in the cell of the hindwing. From Colombia (Rio Dagua, Bogotii). 



T. chrysogone DM. -Hew. (45 a) is a large species of SO — 90 mm. expanse. The shape of the wings is clir;/>,ogonc. 

 similar to that of virgilia, but the hindwing has sharp angles on veins I b to 4, especially the tooth on vein 

 4 projects more strongly than the others. The whole margin of the hindwing is bordered by a broad, 



