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beneath, on the other hand, this is occasionally more or less distinctly developed: (^-al). fasciata nh. nov. fasrhila. 

 Hindwing beneath with yellow basal area, striped with black; rest of the hindwing, as well as tlie distal 

 part of the forewing, at most with traces of stripes. The $ much larger than the (^, the patch on the fore- 

 wing similar, upper surface usually suffu.sed with black proximally. On the underside the whole hindwing 

 and the distal part of the forewdng clay-yellow, striped with black, the yellow scaling especially dense in the 

 cell and at the base of the hindwing; forewing with broad black band, which enters the extremity of the 

 cell and reaches neither costal margin nor hinder angle; at the distal side or even inside the band nu>stly 

 reddish scales, which often form a narrow band, sometimes distinct on the upper surface also. 



A. diceus. Blue-black, abdomen beneath often reddish. ,^ : forewing with large triangular proximal 

 area, which does not reach the apex of the cell and varies from orange-red to r:ise-red: the discal l>and is 

 always present at least beneath and is placed nuich nearer to the extremity of the cell than to the apex 

 of the wing. Hindwing above without markings, at most in aberrant examples with traces of red spots. 

 The 9 paler and much larger than the ,^, similar to it in colouring, or the basal area of the forewing 

 above darkened or suppressed and the always l)road discal band yellow^ or white. Colombia to Soutii-East 

 Peru. The earlier stages unknown, although the species is in many places one of the commonest butterflies. 

 Latreille's description of diceus is very clear. Godart, however, has mixed up several species under the 

 name (changed into dice) and later authors (probably in consequence) have often misidentified the species. 

 It is worthy of mention that the part of Humboldt and Bonpland's "Recueil" which contains Latreille's 

 description of diceus as well as tiie excellent plate (pi. 42) is wanting in most examples of the work and 

 lience has probably seldom been compared. — aniida Heic. (9 = theogonia Wetjm.) (SI h). ,3': discal band of nuiid-i. 

 the forewing broad, above scarcely paler than the proximal area, beneath, however, entirely yellow or only 

 proximally slightly reddish. In the $ the basal area is red-brown above, suffused with black, beneath purer 

 red ; the discal band yellow above and beneath. Sierra de Merida in Venezuela and East Cordillera of Colombia. 



— diceus Lair, (o = dice Godt. part., aurantia Weym.. olgae Rebel; 9 = albofasciata Therese nee Heir.) diceus. 

 (81 f). (^ : forewing at least beneath always with discal band more or less strongly developed, hindwing 

 beneath striped with rose-red, this striping mostly confined to the basal part, but often occupying the entire 

 wing. The examples may be divided into 3 groups according to the development of the discal band: 



f. sinefascia form, nov., above entirely without discal band; f. diceus Latr.. the discal band more or less sinefascio. 



developed above; f. confluens form, nov., the discal band beneath broadly confluent with the basal area, conjlucns. 



so that a black discccellular spot is isolated posteriorly and at the sides. These individual forms intergrade 



one into another. In addition examples occur in which the hindwing bears small red spots in and before the 



cell: ,^-ab. rubrosticta ah. nov. Weymer's description of aurantia fits f. diceus, but the figure given in Stu- rnJirostlcta. 



BELS Reise" seems to be incorrect. The 9 of diceus (81 f) is blue-black above and bears on the forewing 



a narrow yellow-white discal macular band; on the under surface the red basal area is present, but very 



much reduced. Central Cordillera of Colombia; both sexes found by A. H. Fassl on Monte Tolima at an altitude 



of 1700 m. Fresh ,^,^ ai-e bright red. — No diceus form is yet known from the West Cordillera of Colombia 



or from West Ecuador. — • In north-eastern Ecuador flies napensis Jard. (J: upper surface with nuich weaker napeusis. 



blue gloss than in diceus, the basal area reduced from its anterior part, the discal band narrow. Rio Napo. 



— albofasciata Hew. (,^ = rosaria Wei/m.) (SI g ^J). (J: paler rose-coloured than in diceus and the blue gloss albofasciata. 

 as weak as in napensis, the basal area reduced as in napensis, but the discal band always broad. The 



discal band of the 9 white, wdthout a distinct yellow tone, somewhat straighter and distallj- less strongly 

 notched at the veins; underside of the abdomen red. In south-eastern Ecuador: Rio Zamora, Rio Pastaza, 

 etc., and perhaps also in North-East Peru. — thespias Weym. ^ as albofasciata ^, but the markings of the Ihrspias. 

 forewing above orange-red, not rose-coloured, the discal band beneath yellow, posteriorly widened and here 

 usually united with the basal area above and beneath, the underside of the hindwing striped with grey- 

 yellow at the base. The 9 figured in "Stubel.s Reise": basal area red-brown, discal band light yellow, run- 

 ning in a curve from the costal margin to the hinder angle; hindwdng above grey-blue, with the exception 

 of the distal margin. Central North Peru: district of Chachapoyas. — callianira Hhn. (81 h). o : markings caUianira. 

 of the forewing above bright orange-red, discal band beneath distally yellow, sometimes entirely red, some- 

 times entirely yeUow, rarely confluent with the basal area, the striping of the hindwing beneath on the disc 

 somewhat more distinct than in thespias ^. The 9 similar to the ^, paler and larger, on the upper surface 

 with the basal area and discal band orange-red, the latter beneath usually for the most part yellow. Central 

 East Peru: Pozuzo, Chuchuras, Chanchamayo. ab. stenia Jord. may be retained for examples in which the stcnia. 

 discal band is entii'ely yellow beneath; the name was originally erected for the Chanchamayo specimens, which, 

 however, do not form a well defined subs})ecies. — euris JonJ. In both sexes the black band which on the mris. 

 foi'ewing .separates the basal area from the discal band is broader than in the preceding form, the discal 

 band beneath is entirely orange-red, at most with a slight yellow tinge. Underside of the hindwing entirely 

 yellowish striped wdtli grey, a short median band from the costal margin to the lower angle of the cell and a 

 narrow, sharply defined marginal band black-brown. South-East Peru: Marcapata, Cuzco district, Carabaya. 



A. jucunda Jord. (81 h) represents the preceding species in Bolivia, but has the cell of the forewing jiicimcJa. 

 longer. Pronotum with orange spot on each side. Markings of the forewing similar to those of A. diceus 

 euris, but more yellowish, the discal band broken up into spots, and in the 9 f'*P basal area almost entirely 



