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lombia (8alto de Tequendane [StI'tbel,] Quindiu Pass, Rio Vitavo [Fassl]). p]eiiador (Hiiamboya [Stubel]). 



P, japhleta Bth. (,^ = pok-moii Sm.) (53 h, erroneously called phammtcd. on the plate) is rather like japMcta. 

 the ])receding species, but differs in the large, triangular white spot at the inner margin on the underside of 

 the hindwing. The $ of this species also possesses the rust-red spots before the middle of the distal margin 

 on the underside of the forewing which are ])resent in phannrrmi and are wanting in the o. and the latter 

 was described l)y Gr. -Smith as pohtiion. Jlerida (Venezuela). 



P. pelinaea Hew. (= apicalis A'/f/v.) (53 b, erroneously called jap/i/da on the plate). Upper surface ;»■//»««(. 

 dark brown, before the apex of the forewing with 2 white spots and some white dusting before and behind 

 them. On the under surface these s])ots are widened into a band, which is continued to the middle of the distal 

 margin. The underside of the hindwing shows a curved row of small s]iots formed of white dusting and some 

 white dots between them. Bolivia (San Jacinto, Loco Valley, Gorvico and S:ui Antonio). The further locality 

 "St. Domingo", given by Thieme from the Tring Museum, is still d()ubtf\d. 



P. hewitsoni Stgr. (53 b). The upper surface is black-brown, the fringes checpiered with brown and hfirihoiii. 

 white. Beneath the forewing is red-brown to beyond the middle. Beyond the middle of the costal margin is 

 placed a black-brown spot, which is sometimes continued as a dark band to the inner margin; the distal 

 margin is dark brown; before the apex there is a whitish grey spot. Hindwing grey-brown, marbled antl banded 

 with dark brown. At the costa are placed two white spots and in cellule 2 a white dot. From Bolivia (Yungas 

 de la Paz, Loco Valley, San x\ntonio). — Whether primera Weeks is a form of hewitsoni or a separate species I piimera. 

 cannot decide, as I have neither seen an example nor the figure. According to Thieme's description the under- 

 side of the hindwing has the anal area silver-white and 2 silver dots of unequal size; in hewitsoni only one of 

 the latter is i^resent and the fornu'r character is wanting. The rest of the markings agree. From Bolivia. 



P. perisades Hetr. (53 b). The species may be known by the underside of the forewing being almost perisddes. 

 entirely chestnut-red and by the semicircle of silver-white spots on the hindwing beneath. The upper siufaee is 

 unicolorous brown. Bolivia (Gorvico, Yungas de la Paz). 



P. illitnania Stgr. (53 c). Above black-brown, the fringes chequered with s(nnewhat lighter brown. iUimania. 

 Beneath the forewing is similar to that of perisades, but has several small white spots before the apex. The hind- 

 wing is brown, marbled and banded with silver-grey, a row of white dots and somewhat darker distal margin. 

 Only 1 example, taken by Garlepp on the lUimani, in Bolivia, at an altitude of 4000 m. Koll. Staudinger 

 in the Zool. Museum in Berlin. 



P. phrasicla Hew. (= perperna FIdr., labulla Thieme, phrasicles Kirbi/) (53 c). Above uniform dark ;)/(i(i.svW((. 

 brown. On the under surface the species is easy to recognize l>y the round white spot placed in cellule 4 

 of the hindwing and somewhat out of alignment with the other white dots, l)eing removed basewards; the 

 hindwing marbled with dark brown. In the q there are sometimes indications of a whitish yellow spot at the 

 costal margin of each wing. The $ (53 c) has these spots larger and more distinct. In addition the submarginal 

 band of both wings is lighter than in the o, and hence stands out much more distinctly. Widely distriliuted, 

 Colombia (Rio Vitaco and East Gordilleras), Ecuador, Peru (Oroya), Bolivia. According to a figure prepared 

 in the Tring Museum Pronophiln perperna Fldr. is = phrasicla Hew. Hence the name labulla Thieme must sink. 

 — galaxias Thieme is a form of phrasicla in which the costal spots on the under surface of both wings are large yahixias. 

 and snow-white. From Peru (Oroya and Callanga) and Bolivia (Rio Songo). 



P. leucoclieilos Gorlin. d- Salv. Li this species the apex of the forewing is not ol)li(|uely cut off but Icucnchcihs. 

 obtusely angled and the distal margin is rounded. L^pper surface dark brown, before the distal nnirgin with 

 a row of white spots, extending from the costal to the inner margin, gradually decreasing in size and onh- separated 

 by the broad brown veins. Beneath the forewing is dark brown, with a large whitish triangle before the apex 

 and a red-brown longitudinal stripe, running from the base nearly to the distal margin. The hindwing is marbknl 

 with grey and brown, with 2 white s})ots at the costa and 2 white dots at the anal angle. This Ijeautiful 

 and rare species was found by Simons only in the Sierra Nevada, Santa Marta, Colombia and is in the Museum 

 GoDMAN and Salvin. 



P. plautius Sm. Above olive-brown, with a brownish white spot at the costal margin of the forewing. plauiiHs. 

 before the apex. Beneath the forewing is as above, except that the ground-coloiu- is darker and the white 

 spot larger. Along the distal margin runs a narrow stripe, irrorated with whitish. The hindwing is yellow- 

 brown, marbled with dark brown, with a large light yellow-brown area lietween the veins of the median and 

 several small spots of the same colour before the ai)ex and in the basal area. Beyond the middle of the costal 

 margin a white spot. A white dot in cellule 2. From Bolivia. 



P. puma Thieme {5i Q'). Above unicolorous dark brown. Beneath the basal half of the forewing is chest- phjiki. 

 nut-red, the distal margin brown with 4 white dots in a row before the apex. The liindw ing is peculiarly marked. 



