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parts of Peru. It approximates in its small size to the Trinidad race and differs from the type-form in the brighter, 

 more brilliantly glossy reflection on the basal part of both wings, which are also traversed by very narrow 

 inconspicuous longitudinal bands. By these praxsiodus may also be at once separated from pnnipeiro 

 FriiJisf., in which the bright ochre-yellow longitudinal bands are always conspicuous. Under surface very closely 

 resembling oberon Bllr., but with still darker striation, the anal eye-spots very much smaller, the whitish dusting 

 in the median and submarginal areas nearly obsolete. — plieidriades -siibsp. nov. (^ somewhat smaller than pheidrimles. 

 oberon Bflr. from Colombia, Ijut more brightly coloured, not only more glossy blue but also M'ith a stronger 

 yellow submarginal band on the forewing than that form and pampeiro FruJist. from Paraguay. Under 

 surface very characteristic on account of the sharply contrasting bands, alternately brown or wliitish grey, 

 which traverse the hindwing in joarticular. The arrangement of the band-like areas as in oberon, but the 

 colouring more of the brown tone of praxsiodns, all the light areas, however, more extended than in Peru 

 ^1^. Ocelli of the hindwing considerably larger than in jiraxsiodus, with the boi'dering much lighter, nearly 

 whitish yellow. Coroico, Bolivia, from 1200 ra. — saltus /iffl»/e is ahvays smaller than 2»^y.Te?(.M5, the $ especially saWws. 

 with the bands of the forewing more grey instead of Itrightly coloui-ed. Egg (according to K.\ye and Gitppy) 

 spherical, whitish, with regular longitudinal ribl)ing. Young larva whitish, dorsal surface with 2 red double 

 stripes at the sides, head large, brown, strongly hairy, a long, branched tail-fork; after the first moult the head 

 more slender, reddish, with branched horns; upperside of the body green with a brown stripe and a white 

 upper lateral longitudinal line, below the stigmatal line striped with white and reddish. Tail-fork simple, on 

 the 6th segment a thorn-like point. After the second insult the body becomes brownish, with two doi'sal points 

 on the 6th and 8th segments, and shows an upper lateral stripe and on the separate .segments brownish oblicjue 

 strij)es decreasing posteriorly; stigmatal lines as before. The fuU-groAvn caterpillar is cylindrical, tapering 

 anteriorly and posteriorly; head broad, flat, oblicpiely sloping anteriorly, striped with black-lu'own, with 2 pairs 

 of shorter and 1 pair of longer horns; the first segments of the body strongly grooved "transversely, on the 

 dorsum two short points; ground-colour of the body dirty white, dorsal stripe blackish, anteriorly cleft, at 

 both sides an upper lateral dark double line, below this a greenish lateral stripe, from which on the separate 

 segments oblique stripes ascend anteriorly, below it a reddish brown stigmatal stripe, bordered with white 

 on both sides. Ventral surface and legs dirty green, fork shortened. Entire length 115 mm., length of the fork 

 9 mm, Trinidad; St. Vincent (British Museum). — polyxenus (SV/cA. Transverse bands of the forewing somewhat polyxenu>i. 

 widened and particularly bright ochre-yellow, more rarely somewhat darker. The band at the cell anteriorly 

 somewhat dentate, then nearly straight, proximally but little incised at the veins. The band near the distal 

 margin strongly zigzag, anteriorly the separate teeth more or less diffused proximally on the veins. Distal 

 margin of the hindwing anteriorly more broadly, posteriorly narrowly dusted with whitish. On the under- 

 side of the hindwing the posterior eye-spot is as aruleesjjeciallylargeandbroadlyringed with whitish yellow. — 

 In ilioneus Cr. (64 c) the ground-colour of the ,^ is in general more dusky, but the wings have a strong blue ilioncus. 

 gloss. Cell of the forewing mostly shot with blue throughout, costally and basally paler, almost grey-blue. 

 Transverse bands ochre-yellow, the tone of colour inconstant, mostly not quite pure, sometimes even strongl}^ 

 darkened, both on the whole narrow, the one adjoining the cell somewhat dentate anteriorly, from the lower 

 radial onwards nearlj^ straight; it terminates at the lower median vein and its posterior part is obsolescent. 

 The submarginal band anteriorly somewhat sinuous, then at most slightly undulate and in its general course 

 but little curved. Tliis also is somewhat more indistinct posteriorly, likewise terminating at the lower median 

 vein or somewhat before it. The blue basal area of the hindwing extended to beyond the end of the cell and 

 nearly reaching the hinder angle, strongly iridesceiat, l)ut paler anteriorly. On the subcostal, close to the precostal 

 cell, is placed a flattened, blackish scent-scale spot, with somewhat bluish reflection in a side light, which ex- 

 tends on to the cell. Fringes of both wings whitish yellow, distal margin of the hindwing not at all or only quite 

 narrowly dusted with whitish. $. Considerably paler in colour. Forewing less dusted with blue, the transverse 

 bands lighter, broader, sometimes more strongly dentate and undulate. Hindwing with broad grey-brown or 

 dirty whitish costal area, in which the striation of the under surface shows through more distinctly. Hence 

 the blue basal area is somewhat restricted anteriorly. Distal margin of the hindwing somewhat more, but 

 still only slightly dusted with whitish. Larva very similar to that of C. etirilochus, but smaller and proportion- 

 ately thicker. Body with fine transverse grooves, on the dorsum with 6 weak, spine-like points, otherwise 

 covered with short, stiff hairs. Ground-colour yellow-brown with black dorsal line, which is forked antei'iorly. 

 The body laterally striped with alternate light and dark brown and on the iqjper half «-ith short brown oblique 

 stripes. Ventral surface dark brown. Head of the colour of the body, with five broad dark stripes. Pupa com- 

 pact, suspended, at the vertex with narrow helmet-like comb, of yellowish ground-colour, marked with brown, 

 with two very conspicuous silver spots on the wing-cases. Guiana, Brazil, Amazons, Para, Rio de Janeiro. 

 Examples from Rio de Janeiro are wanting in my collection; there are some from Pernambuco in the British 

 Museum. — pampeiro Frnhst. is smaller, lighter, the blue reflection stronger, but the blue dusting on the pampeiro. 

 foreAving somewhat reduced, the distal part of the cell mostty remaing brown. Transverse bands pure orange- 

 yellow, the proximal but little sinuous or dentate, posteriorly somewhat duller, the subnuirginal more .strongly 

 sinuous and dentate. Distal margin more strongly excised, border of the hindwing very broadh^ dusted with 

 yellowish Avlute in curves. The large ocellus on the underside of the hindwing shows a tendency to posterior 

 elongation. $ paler, the bands on the forewing lighter, the submarginal broader. Distal margin of the hindwing 

 bordered with white, in the interspaces between the veins broad yellow-white crescentic spots. Paraguay. 



