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ACTINOTE. By Dr. K. Jordan. 



fjr'iscata 



anaxo 

 comta 



hilar 



amphilectrt. 



suppressed above, hindwing without distinct blue gloss. Underside of the hindwing and apex of the forewing 

 in the (J striped with brownish orange, in the cell somewhat more grey, in the $ the stripes grey, the 

 orange-red disca] band of the forewing in th.? $ not sharply defined distally. — East Bolivia. 



A. griseata Btlr. ($ 81 b, abdomen erroneously spotted with orange). This species flies in East Peru in 

 places where cnlUnnira also occurs. (^$: wings narrower than in callianira, the discal band of the forewing 

 posteriorly not widened, distally more regularly notched at the veins, hindwing paler bluish grey. Both the 

 markings on the forewing beneath scarcely paler than above, whilst in callianira the discal band is more 

 or less yellow; underside of the hindwing densely striped with grey, with narrow dark distal margin; abdo- 

 men beneath and laterally entirely black. — Central East Peru: Pozuzo, Cushi, etc. 



A. anaxo. c^: upper surface with the exception of the distal margin strongly glossy green-blue; 

 forewing with orange-red discal band from the costal margin to the hinder angle, without orange or red 

 basal area. $ not knowai. East Peru. — anaxo Hpfjr. Under surface of the hindwing only in the basal 

 third distinctly striped with yellowish grey. C'hanchamayo. — comta Jord. (82 d). Band of the forewing 

 broader, underside of the hindwing and distal part of the forewing densely striped Avith yellowish grey, in 

 anaxo the distal "/s of the hindwing and the distal part of the forewing almost pure black-bi'own. Callanga, 

 province of Cuzco, South-East Peru, taken by Garlepp at 1500 m. 



A. hilaris Jord. (82 a). 3*: collar and breast wdth small orange or more grey spots, underside of the 

 abdomen marked with orange. Upper surface much as in callianira, the discal band shorter and the Iiindwing 

 less blue. The under surface quite diffei'ent; the discal band of the forewing edged with white distally. hind- 

 wing with broad white discal band, which is proximally bounded by a blackish line and posteriorly joins a 

 large white patch occupying the basal and abdominal areas from the costal margin nearly to the anal angle; 

 thei'e remains thus in the basal '/s only a large triangidar brown costal patch, of which the above-men- 

 tioned fine line forms the continuation. $ similar to the i^, paler, the proximal area above tinged with 

 black at the base, the white colour yellowish, less pure and conspicuous. In both sexes the lower angle of 

 the cell of the forewing is more produced than in the allied species. — East Peru. 



A. amphilecta spec. nov. In East Ecuador occurs an Aciinofe. which stands midway between A. diceus 

 thespias and A. negra. (J somewhat smaller than that of fhespias, the basal area of the forewing paler orange, 

 dentate on the veins, incurved between. Discal band coloured like the basal area or more yellow, varying 

 in length and breadth, the band-like black interspace posteriorly more oblique than in thespias, sometimes 

 broken up into spots in consequence of the gi-eater extent of the orange colour. Hindwing with very faint 

 blue gloss, from the base to just beyond the apex of the cell orange, this area strongly striped with black 

 (in the type the cell almost entirely black), often only orange stripes present, which are placed between the 

 cell and the costal margin. Beneath the discal band of the forewing is yellow or orange, the basal area 

 as above, a basal costal spot on both wings grey-yellow, the base and cell of the hindwing striped with 

 yellow-grey, these stripes as well as the basal spots often distinctly tinged \vith orange-brown. 9 larger 

 and paler, the discal band of the forewing yellow, proximally slightly orange, in the single example posteriorly 

 joined to the proximal area; hindwing to beyond the apex of the cell orange, blurred, striped, with black. 

 Beneath paler, hindwing and distal part of the forewing striped with yellow-grey, cell of the hindwing al- 

 most entirely yellow-grey, roinid its extremity a dark nebulous band, distal margin likewise blackish, on the 

 disc yellow -grey stripes. Palpus in ^ and 5 laterally yeUowish-scaled at the extreme base ; abdomen beneath 

 with three rows of washed-out yellowish spots; pronotum without spots. Hinder angle of the cell of the 

 hindwing less produced than in thespias. — ^In the British Museum 7 (J,^ and 1 $ from' East Ecuador: Gualaquiza 

 (type), Canelos, Sa. Inez and Aguano. 



A, eresia. Recalls the thalia group in the great extension of the light colour on the upperside. 

 cJ: upper surface pale ochre-yellow to red-orange, with black veins; on the forewing the distal margin, an 

 oblique band distally to the end. of the cell, a discocellular spot and a cell-s^^ot black. Underside of the 

 hindwing characteristic: at the base some small orange spots, in the middle a white band, proximally 

 bounded by a black line which is angled at the apex of the cell. $ paler than the ,$, the black markings 

 more extended, the markings on the underside of the hindwing standing out less sharply. The two lower 

 radial veins of the hindwing close together and the lower angle of the cell strongly produced. Distributed 

 from Colombia to Bolivia in several geographical races, only known from the east of these countries and rather 

 eresia. rare in collections. — eresia Fldr. (82 d). ^■. the veins of the forewing broadly edged with black, these 

 stripes as thick as the discocellular streak. Ground-colour sometimes much paler than in our figure. $ not 

 known. East Cordillera of Colombia. — leptogramma Jord. (82 c). Variable. ^ : vein-stripes slender, disco- 

 cellular stripe and black discal oblique band broad and usually united, the distal margin broadly black to 

 the hinder angle; distal margin of the hindwing washed-out black. On the under surface the black discal 

 line of the forewing extends to beyond the lower median vein. $ with the black more extended than in the 

 (J; basal area of the forewing and the hindwing entirely black, or again only the basal third and the distal 

 margin of the hindwing blackened. East Ecuador: Archidona and Banos at the Rio Pastaza. — eresina 

 Hpffr. (82 c). Paler than the preceding forms, the 9 sometimes pale straw-yellow, the black reduced, on the 

 under surface the black discal line of the forewing only reaching to the upper median vein. The examples 

 vary considerably in the tone of the ground-colour as well as in the extent of the markings. . Known to 

 me from the Rio Palcazu and Rio Marcapata, from Cuzco and Carabaya; examples from Bolivia, the ty^jical 

 locality, I have not been able to compare. 



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