192 AMPHIDECTA. By G. Weymer. 



verse line 5 white, dark-margined dots on the hindwing and 3 — 5 more or less indistinct smaller dots on the 

 forewing. Guatemala, Brazil (Espirito Santo), Paraguay. 



inornaffi. T. inomata i^^rff . (46c). Above brown with 2 darker lines at the distal margin. Under surface lighter 



with 2 brown lines through the middle of both wings, which on the forewing diverge towards the costal margin, 

 the proximal one forming a curve in Ihe cell, the distal one almost straight; on the hindAving the proximal line 

 is almost straight, while the distal one is curved outwards at the costal margin and forms 2 shallow curves in 

 the middle. At the distal margin 3 brown lines, of which on the forewing the proximal one is undulate and the 

 distal two straight, but on the hindwing all three are undulate. Three white dots on the forewing before the 

 apex, the two lower ones very small, five white dots on the hindwing in cellules 2 — 6. Colombia (Bogotii). 



10. Genus: Aiiipliideeta Btlr. 



Forewing at the distal margin with an obtuse angle below the apex, costal and median nmch inflated 

 at the base, hindwing with the costal margin fairly straight, the iimer margin much longer than the costal, 

 distinctly emarginate, the distal margin dentate, the precostal vein distinctly forked, otherwise the neuration 

 as in Taygelis; antennae thin, with scarcely appreciably thickened chibs. Eyes naked; the palpi projecting 

 beyond the head, flatteneel at the sides, the hairs forming a sharp crest beneath. The genotype is ■pignerator. 

 The two species united with it here differ somewhat in the shape of the forewing, the obtuse angle at the dis- 

 tal margin not being present, but the elongated inner mai'gin of the hindwing and the scheme of markings 

 of the forewing point to a relationship with pignerator. The butterflies are of less than medium size, and have 

 been taken at isolated places in Central and South America, but as yet are little distributed in collections. 



pirjncrator. A. pignerator Bllr. (46 c). ExjDanse 62 mm. Above grey-brown, on the forewing with 3 romid white 



spots, which, are placed in a triangle, one between median veins I and 2 and two between median 3 anel the 

 lower radial. The hindwing without markings ; the marginal line on both, wings dark brown, the fringes between 

 the veins whitish. Forewing beneath light grey, the distal part from the apex to nearly the middle of the cos- 

 tal margin and to the inner angle, and also the costal margin itself to the subcostal are finely sprinkled with 

 dark brown, in which colour in addition to the 3 white spots of the upper surface there is a fourth narrow white 

 one and beside it a dark brown spot. Hindwing beneath lilac, sprinkled with violet all over, with 3 dentate 

 transverse bands composed of brown dots, one before, the second behind the middle, the third before the dis- 

 tal margin. Before the latter a row of black dots in light rings. The species appears, however, to be very va- 

 riable in the colour and markings of the hindwing beneath, as recent consignments from Herr Fassl prove. 

 An example captured at Villavicencio has the imderside of the hindwing light brownish grey with a brown 

 distal margin 3 — 4 mm broad and not sharply defined. The under surface is sparsely adorned with small, fine 

 brown striae, but in such a way that no dark transverse bands are formed, the striation being uniformly dis- 

 tributed all over. The transverse row of fine black dots just before the brown distal margin is, however, dis- 

 tinctly present. The sjDccies is but little represented in collections as yet. Bates found it many years ago at 

 Ega on the Amazon in the dense primeval forests, Fassl quite recently at Villavicencio in East Colombia 



simpHcia. (450 m.) in April. — I give the name simplicia form. nov. (46 c) to a form of pignerator which is dark earth- 

 brown above and has 4 white spots in the apical part of the forewing, which is black with a very diill blue 

 reflection. From Minas Geraes (Brazil). 



reinoklsi. A. reinoldsi spec. nov. (46 c). Expanse 48 — 50 mm. Above olive-brown, distal half of the forewing 



dark brown with 8 white spots, which are placed in two rows proximally curved in the middle. At the distal 

 margin of the hindwing a double dark brown undulate line. Under suiface grey-brown, the 8 white spots as 

 above and placed in a brown area, which is surrounded by the ground-colour at the costal and distal margins. 

 The hindwing has somewhat before the midelle a straight dull white band, then a curved row of round ochre- 

 yellow spots, each of these with a black dot or short streak in the middle. Before the margin a dark brown 

 dentate line, which bears a black dot in the middle of each cellule, and two undulate lines close to the distal 

 margin. The $ has a somewhat lighter, more yellowish ground-colour. On the imderside of the hindwing the 

 \'ellow spots are so widened that a continuous band is formed, in which besides the black dots and striae some 

 shiny silver scales are strewed. Minas Geraes, St. Catharina (Brazil). Rare. 



calliomma. A. calliomma Fldr. (46 b). 62 mm. Upper surface olive-brown, the distal third of the forewing darker, 



with two distally curved rows of 5 brownish white spots each, of which the anterior ones are somewhat indis- 

 tinct. Hindwing with a submarginal row of brown spots. On the undersiele the forewing is as above, only 

 somewhat lighter. The hindwing is marbled with dark brown on a grey-brown ground, with 2 silver spots, 

 one near the base, the other in the middle. Behind the latter 3 dark brown eye-spots in ochre-yellow rings, with 

 shining silvery pupils, of which the posterior one is the most distinct. From Colombia (Cordillera of Bogota, 

 Villavicencio, 750 m., May), Amazon (Mamios). Rare. 



