266 DAEDALMA; POLYMASTUS. By G. Weymer. 



ther form belonging here, is distinguished by tlie chestnut-colour appearing almost golden red. The mark- 

 ings are nearly black and sharply defined. The row of spots in the distal margin of the forewing is re- 

 placed by a continuous submarginal band of particularly brilliant colour. From Tucuman in North Ai'gen- 

 .soinpartiid. tina. — In semipartita form. nov. (57 a) the dark brown distal margin of both wings is so broad that the divi- 

 ding-line from the light l)rown-red basal half runs through the middle of the wing and the butterfly is conse- 

 c^euntly very similar to Megalura hermione. On the margin there are on the forewing only 2 small light brown- 

 red spots and anteriorly a short streak, on the hindwing a light brown-red line. The under surface is as 

 in orbifera, but the light spots in the distal margin of the forewing very small. From Manaure. 



ciris. L. ciris Thieme (56 c) is similar to zapiitoza. The forewing rather short with the apex almost rectangular. 



The tail of the hindwing is short and obtuse. The chestnut-brown ground-colour is much darkened and shades 

 into the colour of the broad distal margin. In the latter a row of chestnut-brown spots. The submarginal 

 row of black-brown spots on the hindwing is partly connected with tiic distal margin. From Ecuador and Oolombia. 



45. (iciuis: l>a<'(lilluia Hew. 



Head and eyes hairy. Palpus long projecting. In the forewing 2 subcostal veins arise before the end 

 of the cell. The apex of this wing is obliquely truncate, the distal margin forms a right angle on the upper 

 radial and Ijelow this is somewhat excised. The first and second median veins of the hindwing terminate 

 in 2 obtuse tails which project straight out and do not bear the shaggy hair of the following genus. The costa 

 of the hindwing is strongly excised. The few species are very similar and inhabit the Cordilleras from Ve- 

 nezuela to Bolivia, where they fly singly at especially high altitudes, above the tree-limit, and are all rare. 



diniiiti. D. diiiias Hcu\ (= boliviana ^tgr.) (56 f ,^ upper and under surface, 51b $). Tiie form described 



and figured by Hewitson from tiolombia is not entirely dark on the luiderside of the forewing, as St.vudinger 

 states (Iris X, p. 13!)), l)ut has the same red-yellow spots as on the upperside, for Hewit.son says in the text to 

 the dinias plate in vol. 2 of his Exotic Butterflies that the underside of the forewing is "as above" and only mentions 

 differences as regards the apex of the forewing and the hindwing. Thus this is the same form which Staudinger 

 received from Bolivia and calls boliviana, and the latter name must consequently sink. The original dinids 

 form with the red-yellow spot on the underside of the forewing has been taken by Fa.ssl in both sexes in the 

 Colombian East Cordilleras at Pacho (2200 m.) and at Monte Tolima (3200 m.). It is distributed across Peru 

 to Bolivia. As the form with the dark under surface of the forewing is now without a name, I propose for it the 

 oenolria. name oenotria form. nov. (56 f). On the upper surface the red-yellow spot is still present, but removed further 

 from the costa than in typical dinias. oenotria occurs at Bogota. In an intermediate form between dinias and 

 rliombuklm. oenotria, which I call rhomboidea form. nov. (56 f), the red-yelh)w spot is of an obliquely quadrate shajie and only 

 its short inner angle enters the cell. From Bolivia. 



incons-iiicua. D. incotispicua Btlr. Size and shape of dinias, except that the tails of the hindwing are somewhat 



longer and thinner. Above brown with some clouding, otherwise without markings. Beneath the forewing 

 is grey with a brown band beyond the middle. The underside of the hindwing agrees entirely with that of dinias 

 in markings and colouring. The 9 i" *^till unknown. From Quito and Papallacta on the Chimborazo. Rare. 



drusitla. Q, drusilla Hew. Shape of dinias, but smaller. Above brown with the fringes chequered with white. 



At the costa of the forewing before the ajiex 4 fine white streaks. Beneath the forewing is brown with a yel- 

 low-grey spot in the cell and a yellow-grey band before the distal margin, in which are placed a row of black 

 dots. Before the apex a blue-grey spot. Hindwing beneath similar to that of dinias. The $ is not yet 

 known. Colombia. 



''"'•"• D, dora Styr. (56 f). Above almost entirely dark brown, only the tips of the fringes white between the 



veins. Forewing beneath brown with the apex marbled, hindwing beneath similar to that of dinias. The 9 

 occurs in 2 somewhat different forms, one with a brownish ochre-yellow submarginal band on the upperside 

 of both wings, in which are placed dark brown .spots, the other with this band mucli infuscated and standing 

 out but little from the dark ground-colour. On the underside of the forewing, which somewhat recalls the Paie- 

 arctic Fawes«a urticae, this band is, however, distinct in both forms. From the Bogota district, 2800 — 3200 m. 

 (Fassl). 



palaclu. D. palacio Dogn. Size of the preceding species. Above brown. Forewing with a white transverse 



band across the middle and small white spots before the apex, hindwing with a row of small white spots 

 from the costal margin to the middle. Beneath the forewing is as above, but the ground-colour lighter 

 and the apex more spotted with white, hindwing similar to that of dinias. but with sharj)er dentate line anil chest- 

 nut-red spots at the margin. The $ is not known. Loja (Ecuador). 



46. (iciius: Pol,yiliaKtlls Thieme. 

 , Forewing elongate, with the costal margin rather straight, the anterior ])art of the distal nuirgin 



