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\>\cd iiiul striated with wliitisli anil hiaekisli, ami unly a narrow stripe near the distal nuirgin, eorrespontling in 

 position to the row of spots on the u])perside, is more uniform whitish. The cell-patch and the elongate ring- 

 s})ot before the middle diseoeellular are distinct. 9 like the ,^, hut in general ])aler. Pcrhajjs only a seasonal 

 form, as transitions occur to the preceding subspecies. Ecuador, (_Viloml)ia (Valley of the Rio Dagua). 



C. arisbe Hbn. (05 a), so far as is known, inhabits only the three Brazilian states of Sao Paulo, Rio de urishc. 

 Janeiro and Espiritu 8anto. I have no examples from the two former, but in Espiritu Santo Michaelis has 

 l)aited and captui-ed itri-sbe s])aringly with bananas. The larva lives on Marantaceae. Under surface predomi- 

 nantly yellow-brown with the median area much lighter yellowish, particularly in the $. Anal ocelli strikingly 

 broad, first yellowish, then olive-coloured, finally ringed with black, connected with one another by an extended, 

 distinctlv defined brown area. 



C. oberthueri Dei/r. is near to arisbe and must be regarded as one of the most beautiful Caligos. Upper ohcrllmcri. 

 surface of the forewing dark brown-grey, that of the hhidwing brown-black, the latter except at the distal bor- 

 der with violet-blue reflections. Under surface dark black-brown with a conspicuous pure white longitudinal 

 band. Ocelli on the underside unusually small. Colombia, Ecuador, very rare. — phokilides ■subsp. nov. inhabits phokiUdcs. 

 Peru (Chanchamayo) and differs from(!olombian examples in having a more indistinct, lighter yellowish longi- 

 tudinal stripe on the forewing. $ lighter, the markings in the distal area more distinct. It bears there a pai'tially 

 blurred undulate line, followed proximally, near the margin of the wing, by a sinuous and dentate band. In the 

 anterior part of this are placed near the apex three blackish .spots, proximally edged with whitish, one behind 

 another, accompanied posteriorly by two further more shadowy spots. The band behind the cell is more distinctly 

 defined, almost ochre-yellow, anteriorly widened and shading into the ground-colour without any sharp demar- 

 cation. Hindwing with less of the blue gloss, faintly shot with violet, the light transverse band-like patch paler 

 and broader, in particular anteriorly; the distal margin more broadly dusted with ochreous. Under surface 

 as in the ,^, but lighter. The egg of this rare species is only half the size of that of epinxtheus and even smaller 

 than that of O psi pha.nes bogotanus. It is of a wax-yellow colour with longitudinal ribs, base and apex .some- 

 what flattened and smooth. Larva much darker than that of the preceding species, nearly black; the dorsal 

 markings consist of several irregular light brown sj)ots; the dorsal (false) thorns are black and bent somewhat 

 forwards. Crest on the head and tail-fork much shorter than in epimefheus. The food-plant is a low sjjecies of 

 palm with pi'imitive, nonfeathery leaves. The larvae seem mostly to occur in pairs. Fassl observed oberthueri 

 only on the crest of the West Cordillera above 2000 m., whilst epimetheus, although also a mountain butterfly, 

 only occurs lower (from 1400 to ISOOm.); this also fully corresponds with the localities of the food-plants 

 of the two species. 



C. martia (jodl. ((i5 b) occurs where arisbe disappears and has hitherto only been brought to Europe ^narlia. 

 from Santa Catharina and Rio Crande do Sul. Pi'obaJ)ly, however, the species also occurs in the state of Parana, 

 whitdi unfortunately has only lieen insufficiently ex})lored. An examj)le in my collection, which I received from 

 Herr Juliu.s Arp as coming from Rio de Janeiro, shows somewhat smaller anal ocelli on the underside of the 

 hindwing, Ijut the locality is not quite certain, especially as Herr Arp has obtained nuich material from 

 Sante ('atharina. mnrii.a is the rarest south Brazilian Calit/o; it always oidy occurs singly and extremely seldom 

 comes to baits of fruit. But it is found with great regularity on the highland of Lages near the sources of the Uru- 

 guay at bleeding trees, where the butterflies feed greedily, but are nevertheless very shy, so that it is not easy 

 to take them off their guard. The larva was apjjarently first described byJ\L\BiLDE. It is green with yellow- 

 ish lateral stripes. Head with two short protuberances and two long setiferous horns, dt)rsum with five false 

 thorns, hairs small, cpiite fine, tail with the customary double point. Pu])a dark havanna-brown. Head slightly 

 ])ointed, alxlomen elongated, middle jjart thickened, and with four transverse stripes. From Se])tend)er to 

 October. Pu])al stage 20 — 25 days. ^ smaller than the 9, which we figure, and wanting the transparent sub- 

 marginal l)and of the forewing, under surface with a nebulous, black-bordered s})ot in the ctU of the forewing, 

 which no othi'i Califjo species jjossesses to the same extent. Behind the cell three unequal white intramedian 

 patches. Apical ocellus of the forewing relatively large. Anal ocellus of the hindwing much as in arisbe, black 

 with broad yellow bordering which posteriorly shades into greenish. In the cell of the hindwing an elongate 

 irregular spot, which is very variable, hardly alike in two examples, in the somewhat lighter (^(J and $$ from 

 Rio (Jrande do Sul better developed than in Santa Catharina examples. 



S. Genus: XaiM»|»o Wesiw. 



In this tile smallest Hrassolid genus we have at the same time reached also the most consideral)le devia- 

 tion from the type in shape and neuration, and indeed the sj)ecies more resemble an Anaea than a J5rassolid 

 in their smaller size, the sharply pointed forewing, the short teeth at the medians in the hindwing, and in having 

 the upper surface mostly uniform brown and the under surface entirely without eye-spots and variously irro- 

 rated; yet all other points of structure, such as])alpi, forelegs and the large jirecostal cell, agree completely 

 with the family characters, while the discovery of the larva by Dr. W. Muller has removed all doubt as to the 



