370 AGTINOTE. By Dr. K. Jordan. 



eupelia. hindwing occasionally paler than in our figure. East Peru and East Bolivia, not rare. — eupelia Jord. (83 a), 

 from South-East Bolivia (Dept. Sta. Cruz de la Sierra), is distinguished by the dirty clay-yellow to yellowish 

 grey colouring of the hindwing and the basal area of the forewing, the veins intersecting the latter more 

 broadly black, and the stripes of the hindwing thicker and longer, the discal band of the forewing always 

 white, and the underside of the hind\\-ing greyer than in crassinia and ierpsinoe. 



A. guatemalena. Cell of the hindwing beneath with row of bristles. Wings narrow; the markings of 

 the forewing and the hindwing yellow -grey, the latter occasionally brownish orange; the veins in the basal 

 area of the fore^v^ng broadly black, the last spot but one of the band absent; the hindwing strongly 

 striped, the marginal band sharply defined, the black median band above at most at the costal margin dis- 

 veraecrucis. tinct; beneath -without marginal band. Mexico to Colombia; earlier stages unknown. — veraecrucis siibsp. 

 nov. (J$. On the forewing the light stripes of the basal area on the whole broader than in guatemalena, the 

 discal band likewise broader, the spots in it not separated; the distal margin of the hindwing narrower, the 

 guatema- disc in the ? sometimes tinged with orange. Veracruz, East Mexico. — guatemalena Bates (83 b). The light 

 Icna. stripes of the forewing narrow, the discal band separated into narrow spots by the broad black veins. Guatemala 

 latior. and Costa Rica. — latior svhsp. nov. Some\\'hat broader-winged than the preceding forms, the hindwing some- 

 what deeper yellow. Distinguished by the under surface, which is more uniform yeUowish grey, so that the black 

 transverse markings stand out more sharply, the light band of the forewing, on the other hand, less contrasted 

 with the apical part of the wing. Magdalena Valley in Colombia. 

 melampe- A. melampeplos Godm. d- Salv. Very similar to the preceding species, but probably specifically dif- 



P'°*' ferent. Less densely scaled, hence slightly transparent, the hinder angle of the cell of the hindwing much 

 less produced. The light stripes of the forewing very distinct, but somewhat diffuse at the edges, the cell- 

 spot always small, the spot between the median veins likewise small, almost obsolete, the discal band never 

 reaching beyond the upper median, as the last two spots are always absent. The black fold-stripes of the 

 hindwing on the whole narro\\er than in A. guaternelana. Hindwing with or without orange-red tone. • — ■ 

 Costa Rica and Ecuador, probably also in West Colombia. 

 lapitlta. A. lapitha Stgr. (83 c). A strikingly pale, small, semitransparent species from Panama, in which on 



the forewing the basal area and the discal band are confluent posteriorly and the blackish median band is 

 very narrow. On the hindwing the median band is always wanting above and the marginal band is very narrow 

 and washed out. Subcostal and 1st radial of the hindwing short-stalked. $ cpiite similar to the (3*. — 

 Chiriqui ; in the Tring Museum also from the island of Jicaron off the west coast of Panama. 



The study of the thalia group of Actinote occurring in the Andes, except those which belong to the 

 preceding species, presents such difficulties that we have not yet arrived at any satisfactory conclusions. Ac- 

 cording to the material before me there are in many districts 3 or 4 forms independent of one another, 

 i. e. specifically different, but their differences are so confused v>nth the characters of the examples from 

 other districts that it is at present impossible to give sharp diagnoses of these species. Many forms are fairly 

 constant in colouring, others on the contrary evidently vary from orange-red to pale yellow-grey; the markings, 

 scaling, wing-contour, genitalia and neuration offer no reliable characters on which one could unite into species 

 the examples coming from different districts. Under the.se circumstances it seems to us advisable for the present 

 only to name the conspicuous, easily recognizable forms and to attach the others to them as probably varieties, 

 until further investigations on more abundant material and the results of breeding shall have given us fuller 

 enlightenment concerning these doubtful forms. As the pupae before me of two Andes forms have short 

 spines, whilst the pupae of a form from East Bolivia belonging to the Brazilian A.peUeyiea have long ones, I refer 

 to A. equatoria the Andean forms under consideration and to A. pellenea the forms which occur in the districts 

 east of the Andes as far as the Atlantic Ocean and northwards to the north coast of Venezuela. This purely 

 geographical division will certainly prove incorrect, as no doubt many of the Andes forms likewise belong to 

 A. pellenea, but in our present defective knowledge of these Actinote it has the advantage that it will render 

 it comparatively easy'to find the names of the examples to which localities are attached. 



A. equatoria.^ We unite under this name the forms which are known to us from the Andes from Guate- 

 mala to Bolivia and from the Cordillera from Merida in Venezuela and the Sierra de Sta. Marta in North Colom- 

 huhneli. bia. — hahneli subsp. nov. (Stgr. i. I.) flies in Merida. Pale straw-yellow, basal area of the forewing sharply 

 expressed, not difiuse, but the black vein-stripes intersecting it strong, the costal margin black to the base, 

 above nearly always and beneath always complete. On the under surface the black stripes of both wings 

 strong, the marginal band and the angled band of the hindwing sharply expressed, the light part of the disc 

 between them band -shaped. Together with this light form occurs a second, in which on the upperside the hind- 

 wing and the whole basal area of the forewing, or the greater part of it, are brownish orange, while the 

 discal band of the forewing is pale yellow; on the under surface this form agrees with true hahneli, as the 

 semiluiea. basal area of the forewing has only quite a weak orange tone : f . semilutea form. nov. Both forms also fly in 

 the Sierra de Sta. Marta. • — ■ From the East Cordillera of Colombia 3 forms are known to me: one is quite 

 like true hahneli, except that the marginal band on the underside ofTthe hindwing is less deep black. A 

 perftilva. second, commoner form, pertulva subsp. nov., is' brownish orange above.'^at most the dicsal band of the fore- 

 wing is a little paler, the black stripes of the hindwing "^are narrow, the atripes in and before the cell 



