264 LASIOPHILA. By G. VVeymer. 



somewliat lighter with fine, dentate, darker submarginal line on both wings and 2 marginal lines, which are 

 straight on the forewing, angled on the hindwing. On the under surface a yellowish grey band runs from the 

 inner margin to the middle of the wing, where it is gradually lost in the ground-colour. The ferruginous dentate 

 stripe with black bordering terminates close to the inner angle, whilst in subpunctata it runs into the inner margin 

 3 mm. from the angle. The dark grey band which follows, containing the eye-spots, shades off lighter distally. 

 Of these eye-spots the first 4 are somewhat indistinct. Found by Fassl at Monte Tolima, Colombia, at 3200 m. 

 in January. 

 subnifcs- E. subrufescens »S'w;. <£■ Kirhy {5(S c). Above unicolorous brown. Beneath: hindwing in the distal half 



^*"*' entirely reddish In-own, with dark transverse bands beyond the middle and before the distal margin, and Ije- 

 tween them a row of small black ocelli with wiiite pupils. Gosta Rica. From Monte Hocorro, 3()00 m., Colonibia 

 (Fassl). 

 rubricur'm. E. rubficaria Thiem.e. ^ small. Above brown. Hindwing with thin honey-yellow marginal line and a 



small anal eye-.spot. The $ upperside has on the forewing. in addition to a lighter, distinctly defined submar- 

 ginal band (which is anteriorly broader, posteriorly narrower), an indistinct ])ale reddish line, on the hind- 

 wing two ])ale reddish lines, one diseal, the other submarginal, and on each wing a honey-yellow marginal line. 

 Beneath both sexes have on the forewing one, on the hindwing two glossy leaden lines before the distal margin 

 and on the hindwing 6 eye-spots. Colombia. Berlin Museum. 



ochrca. E. ochrea Thieine. Above dark brown with reddish gloss. Forewing beneath lighter with 3 dark trans- 



verse lines and a yellow marginal line. Hindwing beneath at the base and the costal margin darker, in the 

 anal ])art brownish ochre-yellow with 4 red-l)rown transverse lines, one at the base, the second in the disc 

 before the eye-spots, the third and fourth before the distal margin. The row of eye-sjiots consists of 5 or 6 small 

 black ocelli with white pupils. A triangular ochre-yellow band runs from the inner margin to the disc, where it is 

 broken up into 3 small spots. Ecuador. Berlin Museum (Haensch). 



44. Genus : l<asio|»liilii i^/^//-. 



Head small, densely haired, with a tuft of hairs projecting forwards, eyes hairy, palpus jxirrect, three 

 times as long as the head, the first joint short, the second long, the third with obtuse, densely haired tip ; antenna 

 short and thin. The costal of the forewing is inflated at the base, the median and submedian only some- 

 what thickened. Two subcostal veins arise before the end of the cell. The principal distinguishing character of the 

 genus consists in its having the costal margin of the hindwing excised, the excision extending from the base to -[^, 

 a character that only recurs in Daedalma, which genus, however, differs in other respects. The hindwing is den- 

 tate and has 2 small tails, the proximal one shorter than the other. The middle discocellular of both wings 

 foi'ms an angle proximad, from which arises a small recuiTent vein. In the markings on the underside of the hind- 

 wing the species are all very similar. The area of distribution of the genus embraces the countries between Vene- 

 zuela and North Argentina, where the butterflies are met with in the high mountains, sometimes gregariously. 



cirtu. L. cirta Fldr. (= Pronoph. praeneste Hav. pi.) (56 e). The largest and most beautiful species of the 



genus, recognizable by the large milk-white spot on the hindwing. The double row of rust-red spots before 

 the distal margin on both wings stands out in many examples more distinctly than in the figure. The under sur- 

 face is similar to that of the figured persepoUs (56 c), except that the basal area of the forewing is brown to 

 diduda. beyond the middle. From Peru (Rio Sonchi, 2300 m. [>STiJBEL],Chanchamayo, Rioja, Huancabamba). — diducta 

 Thieme is a form of cirta with the rust-red spots on the upperside of the forewing proximally extended to the 

 cell, the last 2 even joined to the rust-reddish basal part. From Huancabamlta in North Peru. 



piscina. L. piscina Thieme (56 d). The under surface of the forewing entirely resembles the figured u])]H'r surface 



except that the red-browai ground-colour is somewhat lighter. The vuiderside of the hindwing is like that of 

 phalaesia (56 d), thus the white spot is not present. Cuzco (Peru). 



pronyiiina. L. prosymna Hew. The white band of the forewing is present above and beneath and does not quite 



reach the 2nd median vein. Under surface marbled with grey or brown, and with a dentate row of small yellowish 

 white spots. Colombia, eastern slopes of the Bogot:i Cordillera, 2000 to 2500 m. , Subida del Tesari, 2300 to 2500 m. 

 dirciiiplii. (tSTUBEL), Quindiu Pass, 2800 m. (Fa.ssl). — • dirempta Thieme (55 f) is a form which differs so little from pro- 

 symna as to be scarcely worth naming. The white band is somewhat narrower and is constricted in such a way 

 orbiiiu. as to separate off its last spot. Ecuador. — In the form orbilia Thieme the chestnut-red markings of the 

 upper surface are replaced by a brown colotu', which is somewhat lighter than the rest of the ground- 

 colour. Colombia. 



phalaesia. L. phalaesia Hew. (56 d) was first described by Hewitson as the J of prusyiiuia, l)ut he afterwards 



recognized it as a separate species. Above brown with the base broadly reddish brown. Forewing with broad 



red-yellow submarginal band, posteriorly rust-red, distally smooth-margined, but with its proximal 



recjia. margin somewhat uneven, and continued in 3 smaller spots on the apex of the hindwing. Ecuador. — ■ regia 



Styr. (56 d) may probably be regarded as a form of phalaesia. The submarginal band of the forewing 



