362 AOTINOTE. By Dr. K. Jordan. 



iheophila. with the large tributary of the Amazon of the same name); only 2 S<S in tlie Tring Museum. — theophila 

 Dogn. (81 c). Perhaps specifically distinct. Abdomen orange, above rather broadly black. The area of the fore- 

 wing orange, extending from the base to the lower angle of tlie cell and on the disc beyond it; a narrow 

 discal macular band is often present and many examples have also a spot between the apex of the cell 

 alcione. and the band. South-East Ecuador: Loja, Zamora, etc. — alcione Hew. (82 d). Quite similar to melina, 

 but the area of the forewing somewhat larger and, like the narrow discal macular band, very pale grey- 

 yellow, paler than in any other form of this species. The under surface lighter than in melina, densely striped 

 with gray-yellow. North-East Ecuador: Rio Napo. — The 4 following forms perhaps constitute a separate 

 species. In them the discal band of the forewing is more strongly developed and is orange-red, like the large 

 salmonea. proximal area. In salmonea Jord. the discal band is about 1/2 to I3 as broad as the black interspace which 

 separates it from the proximal area. The latter extends to the base of tlie upper median vein, occasionally 

 there is also a spot before this vein. The dark parts of the upper surface have a faint blue tinge. Found in North 

 sodalis. Peru, to the south-east cf Chachapoyas. -- sodalis Btlr. (81 d), from Central East Peru (Ucayali, Chanchamayo, 

 etc.), is somewhat brighter orange-red than salmonea and the discal band on the whole somewhat broader. — 

 messeres. messcres Jord., from South-East Peru (Carabaya), has the underside of the hindwing someA\hat lighter 

 cordaha. than in sodalis, and in particidar the wing is less broadly blackish round the apex of the cell. — corduba Heiv. 

 (81 b), the form from Bolivia, is distinguished by the basal area on the upperside of the forewing not extend- 

 ing to the upper median vein, while on the other hand the discal band reaches the lower median vein. 



c) ozomene Group. 



The bristles on the underside of the hindwing confined to the cell-fold and veins. Upper radial of both 

 wings from the cell. Abdomen black, beneath often light-spotted (in the $ of A. callianthe largely red). 



leucomelas. A. leucomelas Bates (= orizava Reak., leucomelaena Dew., ^ = nox Bates) (81 d). ^ above black-blue; 



forewing beneath with large yellow-white proximal area, extending to the apex of the cell; hindwing with 

 small yeUow-white spot at the base. $ bluish black, with yellow-white macular band in the middle of the 

 forewing ; beneath the band much broader and the veins intersecting it less broadly black. — A purely Central 

 American species, which is distributed from Mexico to the Chiriqui in Panama. 



A. ozomene. Represents the preceding species in Colombia and Ecuador; easy to distinguish by the 

 yellowish red colour of the basal area of the forewing above and beneath. (^ above black-blue ; the orange-red 

 basal area either unicolorous or distally pale yellow; beneath the basal area is more or less extended pale 

 yellow, but always remains yellow-red at the base. The area is very variable in size above, but beneath 

 always extends nearly to the lower angle of the cell. $ bluish black, with large yellow-red proximal area, 

 which is distally pale yellow and above more or less reduced from the base onwards, but at least beneath 

 extends to the base; en the under surface the hindwing and the distal part of the forewing dirty yellow- 

 grey, striped with black. The larva, of which A. H. Fas.sl has sent us two blown examples, is almost pure 

 black above and light (probably in life green-yellow) beneath ;^the two colours sharply defined. Head and 

 thoracic legs black; the lateral spines placed in the light part light at the base, the others dark with 

 lighter base and pale bristles, and about three times as long as the distance between two dorsal bristles on the 

 same segment. Pupa chalk-white, with black spines and black markings; the spines longer than the space 

 between the two spines on the same segment. The spines are placed at the upper edge of a longitudinal 

 band of black markings, a similar band immediately below the stigmata, and on the ventral side three pos- 

 teriorly opened ellipses; the spaces between these bands with a few fine streaks and dots of the same 



ozomene. colour; cremaster entirely black. The species is very common. — ozomene Godt. (81 e, f; the names of 81 e 

 fig. 4 and 5 are reversed). ^ : underside of the hindwing with small pale yellow basal spot, the rest of the 

 hindwing without yellowish stripes. ?: underside of the hindwing and of the apex of the forewing dirty 



calimene. grey-yellow, striped with black. In (J-ab. calimene Eebel and in cJ-ab. granadina Bebel the proximal area of 



granadina. ^{-,g forewing beneath is entirely red, in ab. granadina in addition the base of the hindwing more broadly yellow. 



rcductii. The red basal area of the upper surface is reduced in cJ-ab.reductaa6. %ow. to a spot only 5—7 mm. in length, 



ozom,ene occurs in Central and West Colombia and is common in "Bogota collections", but I am not aware 



gabriclae. whether it is really found in the East Cordillera of Colombia. — gabrielae Rebel differs in the (J in having 

 somewhat less of the blue gloss. In the $ the brown-red colour of the proximal area of the forewing above 

 deasa. is somewhat reduced. West Ecuador: Balsabamba, Agua Santa, Paramba. — cleasa /Z'e?r. (= catopasta JonZ.) 

 has even less blue gloss on the upper surface of the <J. Beneath the hindwing of the cj is striped with yellow- 

 grey with the exception of a central band; some examples, however, show scarcely a trace of these stripes 

 (except for the basal patch). The red-brown on the upperside of the forewing in the ? is strongly reduced 

 and sometimes almost entirely absent, in which case the proximal area above is fused into a macular band. 

 In south-western and southern Ecuador: Chimbo, Zaruma, Zamora. 



A. stratonice. Black, with sHght blue gloss, cj : forewing with large orange median area, which at least 



