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row of wliite spots on each wing, on llie foi'inving a suba])ical row of larger white spots and several siniihir 

 spots near the base. Underneath hke above, but ])aler, hindwings with a l>road hght median band and the 

 usual Phyciodes pattern on the termen. 



Pll. fulgora (ioihn. (I. Salr. (il(» f), frc.ini ( 'ostariea. .^ Wings very narrow. Upper surface blackish-lu'own, juhjum. 

 w illi large yellow spots on the forewings and a, narrow similar median band on the hindwings. The markings 

 of the under surface as al)ove, l)ut nuicii less dark. Hindwings nnii'ked as usually. 



Pll. selene tipec. uov. (ilOf). from Tolima (('olondiia., 52(10 ft.), captured in January 19]() by Fassl, nelme. 

 has the upper surface black-brown, with large brownish-yellow, l)and-shaped spots. Under surface of forewings 

 yellowish, with feeble blackish subapical spots and liro-wnish marks at the inner half of the costal margin. 

 Under side of hindwings greyish-yellow, with a submarginat row of whitish-ldue huuiles, and numerous si- 

 milarly coloured spots in the iinier half. 



Ph. etia lliir. (ItOg), from Ecua-doi' and Peru. Upper surface bla.ckish fuscous, with feeble bluish lustre, eda. 

 forewings with a large median l)lotch of fulvous and a similar subapical streak. I'nderside yellowish, hind- 

 wings with brownish scalloped lines, forewings with brownisli basal, median and subapical markings. 



Ph. caleiia Hpjjr. (00 g), from Peru and Bolivia. A delicate .species, above black-brow n, slightly nuirked cah-im. 

 w itli whitt'. Tnder side paler, marked as above, but with the median band of the hintlwings broader, and the 

 greyish-brown termen enclosing a submarginal row of whitish lunules followed by black, pale margined ocelli. 



Ph. cafula Hpjfr. (= abasina Slgr. i. 1.) (!Hlg), from Peru and Bolivia, resembles above a small-sized mlula. 

 Di/Niiiiii)ie. Upper surface marked with pale yellow on blackish-brown ground; underneath the forewings have 

 a paler tint, but the same markings. Hindwings with distinct brown spots on both sides of the pale median 

 band. — extincta Sigr. i. 1. (KOg), from Peru, has the markings of the upper surface white instead of yellow, extinda. 

 and those of the hindwings very indistinct, particularly the median band. 



Ph. minima .S7^fc nov. (iHig); from Salta. l^pper surface black-brown, forewings with (i yellow small ndnlma. 

 spots, hindwings with a yellow median band and 2 similar submarginal lines. Underneath the forewings as 

 above, but with the ground-colour brown, hindwings marked as usually. Closely resembles catiila, but of smal- 

 ler size and different shape, the forewings being narrower and the hindwings forming at the inner angle a sharp 

 ])oint. 



Ph. orticas Schtms. from Brazil (Castro in the State of Parana), described by the author as follows: orticns. 

 "(^ forewings: A small light spot near the end of the cell, a short oblique whitish band from vein 4 — 6, a 

 large whitish spot from the base between 2 and 3 (ground-colour?). Hindwings: A broad oblicpie whitish 

 band from inner margin to 7, slightly yellowish between 6 and 7 and at inner margin, a fine greyish- 

 brown submarginal hmular line. Under surface: Basal half of forewings reddish-brown, discal s])ot larger, 

 partially margined with reddish-brown, the oblicpie band reaching the costal margin, preceded by a broad 

 l3lack shade which surrounds the large spot before the inner margin; termen brown, with a fine dark terminal 

 hne, faintly \\hitc at ape.x. Hindwing: The basal two thirds whitish, intersected by fine, irregular l)rownish 

 lines, ])artially double and filled with wlutish-l>lue, the outer third ]iale brown, the subterminal dots small, darker 

 brown, followed by a fine reddish-brown line and, parallel with it, a grey terminal lunular line". As large 

 as sejoDii. 



Ph. dicoma Heir. (1*0 g), from Rio Grande do Sul and Sa. Catharhia. Wings very long, marked with diamia. 

 blackish-brown on fulvous ground. Hindwing with the median fulvous band very broad. Under surface fulvous, 

 feebly marked A\ith fuscous. 



Ph. ailgusta Heic (82 h) seems to be very widely distributed, our material comprising specimens from nnguxia. 

 Colombia, .Jurimaguas and Huancabamba, that show very slight, probably individiuil differences. On the very 

 narrow, above deep blackish-fuscous forewings a fairly large yellow median spot, preceded by 2 partially incom- 

 plete rows of yellow dots. Under surface much paler, but the forewings marked in the outer half as above, 

 hindwings with the usual Pfnjciodes pattern, in addition to a yellow median band. 



Ph. polina Har. is the first in the series of species -Hhich approach the so-called mimics. As may be polina. 

 seen from the figures, it differs greatly from nauplia not only above, but also on the under side: In the cell 

 of the forewings the brown basal spot is separated from the yellow discocellular spot by a black streak, the yel- 

 low spots in the outer half of the forewings are no larger than above, on the hmdwings the black subbasal bands 

 are placed more oblicpiely, the pale marginal band is about four times as large, the black band bordering the 



