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out into a point on tlie iindfi-sidi' of the hiiidwiiiw. The uj)per surface is unicoh)rous reddish brown. In 

 the $ the posterior half of tlie distal margin of the hindwing has shar])er and more pointed teeth. Venezuela, 

 Colombia, Paraguay. — pedacia Hew. is a form of pilrtlid in which tlie white half-l)and on tlie underside of the pnlana. 

 hindwing is somewhat broader at the inner margin and coinieeted with tlie costal sjiot i)y a sinuous row of small 

 white spots. Ecuador. 



P. prytanis Heir, has the hindwing very dark, with {\\v half-band reduced to an ol)li(/uc, (|uadratc iirnUtnis. 

 white spot at the inner angle. I'he costal spots are very indistinct. The upper surface is dark brown, only 

 spotted with white in the incisions of the strongly dentate margin of the forewing. Venezuela, Colombia. — 

 phoenissa Hew. (5-t d) is perhaps a form of the preceding. It only differs in having the distal margin of the fore- ijhociisun. 

 wing not dentate, but merely weakly undulate. Colombia. 



P. pliazania <S'//;. (54 d) may be known by the straight course of the white half-l)and of the hindwing i)h<i:<i„ia. 

 from the iinier margin to between the radials, while it gradually decreases in breadth and terminates in a fine 

 l)oint. Ecuador. — cestia Thieiiie is probably only a form of phdzaiiid. The half-band of the hindwing is a^alhi. 

 almost the same shape, but is sulphur-yellow, not white. Colombia. 



Tena Group. 



P. tena Hew. (54: d). The species of this group have the wings more elongated, tena may be I'ecognized lend. 

 by the row of 4, in the 5 5, white spots on the upperside of the forewing, which are larger in the $, smaller 

 in the .j. In the $ there are in addition to this row one or two white dots before the apex of the forewing, 

 and a row of 4 white dots on both siu'faces of the hindwing. The latter are sometimes present also in the o 

 on the upper surface. On the underside of the forewing some of the white spots are sometimes absent. — • Thieme 

 regards the following large-spotted species ixmeles as the ,J' of tena. Thus he has overlooked that Hewitson 

 himself says in the 5th volume of his "Exot. Butt." that i^q of tetia. have smaller white S23ots than the $, 

 which he figured. I have seen 10 examples of teiui collected Ijy S'ri'BEL. including 9 J^ which all had 

 smaller spots than Hewitson's figure. One of them is figurcfl on our i)late. I am therefore compelled to regard 

 pasicles as a separate sjjecies. tena flics in the high mountains of Ecuador at the snow-line (Paramo de 

 Cuvilche, 3800 m., Antisuna, 4800 m.). 



P. pasicles Heir. Above brown, the distal margin somewhat more rounded than in tetia,. Forewing pmidcs. 

 witli 3 light yellow spots beyond the middle, the first large, (5 mm. in length, di\'idcd by a \'ein into 2 parts, 

 the other two small, especially the last. On the under surface the 2 small sjjots are absent and there 

 is a black submarginal line. Ecuador (Alatillo). 



P. reissi Weym. (54 d). On the upper surface an indistinct row of dots beyond the costal sj)ot, reUsl 

 which stands out more distinctly beneath. Hindwing lighter brown, finely marbled with dark l)rown. The 

 $ was discovered by Fassl on Monte Tolima and only differs from the J in having the dark brown marbling 

 on the underside of the hindwing more prominent on account of the lighter ground-colour and in the 

 presence of a brownish grey submarginal band, strongly dentate distally, before the distal margin. The costal 

 spot of the hindwing is dusted with brownish beneath. On the Piiramos of Tolima, of Moras and of Huila. 

 3000 — 4200 m. (NtItbel, Fassl). 



P. albonotata(?orf»;. (54d). The white spot wanting on the under surface. The hindwing beneath has albonoiata. 

 2 dentate whitish transverse stri])es, which are strongly sjieckled with brown. In the distal area a row of white 

 sagittate marks, the anterior 2 larger and more distinct. Venezuela (Merida). 



P. albopunctata Weym. (54 e). Under surface like the upper, which is here figured. The number nlixtpunc- 

 of dots varies on the hindwing from 1 to 4. In the $ the underside of the hindwing has a lu'oad yellowish '"'"• 

 brown submarginal band, in which are placed the white dots in dark rings. Peru (Cruz de Celendin, Paramo, 

 between Marafion and Utcubanilia. 3000 — 3600 m.); Bolivia ( Quimtachata, Tiahuanaco, 4200 m.). — flavo- flnvopunc- 

 punctata Stgr. is a form of albopinictatei. with straw-yellow instead of white dots. From Bolivia. "■ 



P. perita Hew. Size of the preceding. Above unicolorous brown, only the fringes of the forewing perita. 

 spotted with white. Forewing beneath with the margins marbled with grey and w'itli a row of 4 white dots. 

 Hindwing beneath with broad grey-yellow submarghial band, on which are placed 5 white dots in black 

 rings. Ecuador. 



P. nebris Thieme, (54 e) may be easily known by the short, straight honey-yellow baml beyond the middle luhris. 

 on the upperside of the hindwing. Beneath this band is whitish yellow and betwe(>n it and the distal margin 

 are placed 4 white dots in black rings. Sometimes there is also on the underside of the forewing a transverse 

 row of 4 small reddish yellow spots and beyond them a row of white dots. The former are sometimes present 

 on the upperside also. The $ does not differ from the J in markings. — According to Fassl the egg is spheri- 

 cal, bone-yellow, glossy and entirely covered with fine pitting. He found the butterfly in various localities 

 in the Colombian East Cordilleras, rarely below 330(1 m., and suspects that the t\^x^s described by Tiileme 

 from the Staudinger collection were also taken there. 



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