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A. desmiala Jord. Nearly allied to eresia. S- forewing above black with orange-red basal area, which desmhla. 

 is placed between costal margin and lower submedian, extends furthest distad in the cell, where it reaches 

 the point of origin of the lower median vein and is truncate; a broad discal band of the same colour 

 from the costal vein to the lower submedian, reaching the latter nearly at the hinder angle and touching 

 the lower angle of the cell, the proximal margin of this band anteriorly twice inbent, then almost entirely 

 straight, its distal margin obtusely angled at the middle radial and notched both at this vein and at tht; 

 lower median. Hindwing likewise black, with a broad diffuse median band, which enters into the cell and is 

 posteriorly extended nearly to the base and the anal angle, the anterior and posterior part of this band 

 grey-yellow, the middle part orange-red, the veins and interneural folds black. On the under surface the 

 forewing as above, but the orange markings paler, the discal band distally bordered with yellowish white 

 and the distal nuirgin shaded with deep orange. Hindwing as in ere.sia leptogravima, but without light scaling 

 proximally to the cell and at the costal margin, the light median band broader, and the distal margin 

 spriidded with orange-red scales, which form a distinct line. — Archidona, North-East Ecuador, 1 ,5^ in the 

 British Museum. 



A. iavernai)&/. (82e). Palpus, collar and breast pure black. Forewing as in the following species with farmw. 

 orange )>asal area and discal band, the costal margin black to the base, the last spot of the discal band (placed 

 below the 1st median vein) small; the black stripes of the hindwing broad, the broad black distal margin 

 not very sharply defined. On the under surface the discal band yellow or yellowish, lighter than the basal 

 area and longer than above; hindwing (as in A. callianlhe) striped with grey-yellow from the base to the 

 apex of the cell and the anal angle. Rest of the wing striped with reddish brown, especially at the end of 

 the cell, at the margin blackened, often yellowish submarginal spots are present. $ (tyi^e in the British 

 Museum, figured by Doubleday): discal band above pale yellow, basal area darker than in the ^; hind- 

 wing washed over with brown-orange. In both sexes the lower angle of the cell of the hindwing more strongly 

 produced than in the next two species. — Larva (m the Oxford Museum, ex coll. Iv.\den) above browmish 

 with light transverse markings, beneath entirely bght, head and thoracic legs black, spines on segments 1, 2 

 and 3 and the dorsal spines of II and 12 dark, all the rest bght, the bristles light, the spines about 

 4 times as long as the distance between two dorsal spines on the same segment. Pupa (likewise in Oxford) 

 chalk-white, with subdorsal longitudinal band of blackish markings, a weaker lateral band and a .strong 

 ventral double stripe ; spines black, about as long as the distance between the 2 spines on the same segment, 

 anal segment black; between the longitudinal bands weak markings. — Venezuela. Probably this species 

 also occurs in East C'olombia, but apparently there are no examples from there in collections as yet. 



A. leontine. Paipus with yellowish grey scabng at the sides, collar and breast spotted with red-brown 

 (in examjjles whicli are not worn). Forewing above similar to that of A. Inverna, but the basal area extends 

 proximally nearly to the costal margin. Beneath the discal band is always yellow, not orange, and hindwing 

 densely striped with grey-yellow, the striation either extends to the distal margin or an abbreviated broad 

 discal band, which passes round the apex of tlie cell, and the distal margin remain dark. Ecuador and North 

 Peru, varying very much geographically. — leontine Weym. $: according to the figure in "STtJBELS Reise" leonfiw. 

 the proximal area of the forewing is pale crange-yellow (according to the description "red-yellow"), the discal 

 band pale yellow, hindwing as the proximal area of the forewing, the black distal margin broad but dif- 

 fuse. Beneath the apex of the forewing and the whole hindwing yellowish grey, the discal band of the forewing 

 not sharply defiiled distally. Here belongs probably a ^ in coll. GoDMANfrom Gualaquiza, Ecuador, and a 

 second (^ in coll. Hewitson from "Ecuador", both in the British Museum. In these examples the black 

 cell-spot of the forewing is narrow, the discal band pale orange, also beneath scarcely lighter than the basal 

 area, the hindwing above black-brown with quite washed-out orange area, or pale orange with black, poste- 

 riorly very narrow marginal band. Under surface of the hindwing at most in the basal half w itli faint light 

 stripes, the distal half or almost the whole wing as well as tlie distal part cf the forewing blackened, \\\t\\ 

 deep black stripes on the veins and folds, without light scales. — A further form, in the British Museum 

 from Quito and Sarayacu (Rio Pastaza), is very similar to leontine. (J$: the basal area of the forewing almost 

 as much reduced as in hypsi petes, the orange spot in the apex of the cell small, hindwing grey-yellow, strongly 

 striped with black, with or without orange -red tone, cbstal margin variable in breadth: in alinost all examples 

 the proxinuil area of the forewing dusted with washed-out black at the veins and the hindmargin. — bull's hulh. 

 Jord. (82 e). ^ : on the under surface the yellow discal band of the forewing not sharply defined distally, the 

 distal part of the forewing and the whole jiindwing densely and rcgidarly striped with yellow-grey, thehind- 

 wing with faint reddish brown discal band and without black marginal band. ? not known to in'e. South- 

 East Ecuador: Loja, Zamora. — catochaera ./orr/. (82 e). d' : somewhat darker orange than the preceding form ; catochaem. 

 the black marginal band on the hindwing above more sharply defijud and broader. Beneath the distal part 

 of the forewing and the distal half of the hindwing only weakly striped with j-ellow-grey, but the hindwing 

 bears a marginal band composed of grey stripes. North Peru : San Pablo, and Central South Ecuador : Cuenca, 

 taken by Simons at 2000 and 2200 m. — hypsipefes Jord. (82 e). In genei-al larger than the last two forms.' hypsipete^. 

 The orange -red basal area not reaching C£uite so far distad in the cell and also abbreviated towards the hinder 

 angle, hence the black median band broader than in the preceding forms, the discal band hghter yellow 

 and the black distal border of the hindwing as broad as or broader than in catochaera. Beneath the basal 

 area often somewhat larger than above, the apical part of the forewing and the distal half of the hindwing 



