poriinn. 



260 PEDALIODES. By G. Weymer. 



Peucestas Group. 



pciiccsfas. P. peucestas Heic (55 <■). Al)ove dark brown; forewing with the same wliite band as licneath. The 



$ is quite like the ,^ except that the broad submarginal band on the miderside of the hindwing is much lighter 

 whitish grey. Colombia (Quindiu Pass, Salto de Tequentama), Peru. Ecuador (Bafios), locally common. 



pnrlna. P. porina Heiv. (= Tisiphone lyssa Burm.) (55c). Differs from the preceding species in the shorter 



white band at)ove and beneath and also in the absence of the white spots on the underside of the hindwing. 

 imlaepoVrs. Ecuador (Bafios, Huamboya), Bolivia (Rio Pongo. Yungas de la Paz), North Argentina (Tucuman). — palae- 

 polis Heiv. is a form of porina which on the underside of the forewing bears a small blackish, white-pupilled 

 corderoi. eye-spot at each side of the white band. From Bolivia and Limbani in Peru. — corderoi Dogn. (55 c) is a fur- 

 ther form in which the light brownish grey submarginal band on the underside of the hindwing is broader 

 and is also visible on the upper surface as a washed-out yellowish lirown band. From Loja and Macas in Ecuador. 



P.porima(9w.. (=porrima»S'#j/r.) (55c). Thewhiteband on the forewing extends into cellule 2, which is 

 not the case in the 3 preceding forms. Further recognizable by the 3 to 5 whitish yellow ilots on the under- 

 side of the hindwing, of which tlie middle one is somewhat larger. Bolivia. 



pallnitfU P' pallantis Heir. (55 c). The white l)and takes in the anterior part of the cell and extends nearly to 



the inner nuugin. The distal margin of the hindwing is obtusely angled. The $ is somewhat larger and has 

 the forewing concave below the apex. Golomliia (Monte Socorro, 35(»0 m.), North Peru (Huancabamba). 



pyki.'i. S .ij « P. pylas Hew. (= pilas Heir, in tabula) (55 c). The 2 white sjjots of the forewing are present also on 

 the upper surface. The hindwing on the contrary is unicolorous dark brown above. Clolonibia (Bogota). — In 

 xrniplaijd. the form uniplaga Thiepie the small white spot at the costal margin of the forewing is absent. Colombia. — 

 pnriiHi. parma Thieme is a very similar form, in which the small spot is likewi.se absent, but the large spot is some- 

 what further removed fi'om the distal and inner margins and placed nearer to the costa. On the under surface 

 this spot is somewhat larger and takes in a part of the cell. From the coast Cordilleras in Colombia (Kal- 

 bkeyer). 



phaedrn. P. phaedra Heir. Above brown with a bright primrose-yellow band across the forewing and a large 



spot of the same colour in the middle of the hindwing. On the under surface the yellow band of the forewing 

 is broader than above and the spot on the hindwing is ])rolonged anteriorly and jtosteriorly into a complete 



mclalcuca. band, melaleuca Weym. (= Pronoph. palades Heir.) (55 d) is a form of phaednt in which all the yellow markings 

 are milk-white. Transitions occur between the two forms. The name Pron. pnlades Heir, cannot be retained 

 for this form, as Hewitson himself had previously described another species under the name Pronophila pa- 



nlplwcstta. lades (the present Lasiophila palades). niphoessa Thieme (55 d) is another form of phaedra. with the band of the 

 forewing chalk-white and somewhat broader, occupying the distal part of the cell. The white spot on the upper- 

 side of the hindwing is in both forms prolonged to the inner margin. From the Quindiu Pass in Colombia, 3500 m. 

 (Thieme and Fassl). 



Plotina Group. 



ploiinn. P. p\oiina Heir. (55 d). May be known by the large red-yellow spot before the anal angle of the hind- 



wing above. Beneath this spot is ochre-yellow, marbled with Ijrown, and from it a straight ochre-yellow 

 rapha. stripe runs up to radial 2, where it is followed distally by a white dot. Venezuela. — rapha Btlr. (= plo- 

 tinella Sm.) (55 d) is a form of plotina in which the red-yellow spot on the upperside of the hindwing is smaller 

 and shorter. On the under surface of the hindwing the ochre-yellow stripe is broken up into crescent-shaped 

 spots and from the end of the stripe a row of white dots runs to the costal margin. Vtwiezuela. —^ In the 

 phfinid.'ipcs. form pharnaspes Hew. (55 d) the separate spots of the yellow l)and on the hindwing are not crescent-shaped, 

 but elongate-ciuadrate, of the row of dots only one is jJi'ssent and before the distal margin on the underside 

 of the forewing there is a broad, light reddish brown band. Venezuela, Ubala (Coloml)ia, East Cordilleras). Fassl. 



cocylia. P. cocy tia Fldr. (=:phaesana Heir, [in tabula]) (55 d). Above unicolorous dark brown. On the under- 



side of the hindwing is placed between the narrow, straight ochre-yellow band and the distal margin a curved 

 row of grey-brown spots. The yellow band is often broken up into small, more or less widely separated 

 spots. In a ? captured by Fa.s.sl (55 d) the separate spots are pi'oximally pointed. The figure of the (J has 

 been prepared from Felder's tyj^e in the Tring Museum. — The egg is .sjjherical, milk-white, somewhat trans- 

 parent. The surface is smooth and glos.sy. From the plateau of Bogota, 2fi00 — -3200 m. 



hopfferi. P- hopffcfi Stgr. (55 e). The broad red-yellow l)and of the hindwing is strongly sprinkled with dark 



iyrrheufi. brown on the under surface and extends to the apex. From Cuzco and Huancabamba in Peru. — tyrrheus 



God))!, d- Salv. is probably only a form of hopfferi Stgr. The red-yellow submarginal band of the hindwing is 



sliorter, only extending from the inner margin to one-half the wing. On the under surface it is ochre-yellow, 



somewhat longer than above and anteriorly pointed. Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta (Colombia). Simons. 



