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CHLOSYNE. By J. Rober. 



considerably larger and has a broad light yellow median band on the forewing, while the hindwing is red with 

 broad black margin and black rays; on the under surface the red colour is wanting. — A further $-form is 

 virilis. virilis form. nov. It is extraordinarily like the 5', only differing from it in being somewhat larger, with the 

 ground-colour more brownish and the red median band somewhat longer and Inoader as well as a shade lighter. 

 occidenialis. The groundcolour of the under surface is only a shade lighter. — occidentalis Fassl (91 c), from West Colombia 

 (2000 m.), has in the male a somewhat narrower red band and the $ is fairly similar to the (^, except that 

 the red band on the forewing is more washed-out and at the inner margin of the hindwng thei'e are some 

 washed-out led streaks. According to the observations of Herr Fassl castilla is found in company with the 

 similar species of Actmote and the likewise similar day flying Geometrid Sangala gloriosa. 



mundina. Ph. mundina Druce, from Peru (Huiro), is similar to castilla. The red band of the forewing extends 



from the costal margin to the inner angle and is nearly twice as broad. The forewing has at the base of the 

 costal margin a red stripe, which reaches the end of the cell, the hmdwing is brownish white beneath with 

 black veins. 



corybassa. Ph. corybassa Hew. (= cornelia Sfgr. i. I.) (92 g as cornelia), from Bolivia, and the 3 following species 



belong to the mimics of Actinote anteas (83 d). In many specimens of corybassa a complete row of small white 

 marginal spots is present on the hindwing. The under surface of the forewing resembles the upper, but the 

 hindwing has in the middle a large black spot, and the veins are broadly dusted with black. 



perilla. Ph. perllla Hew. (92 f ), from Ecuador and Bolivia, has the underside of the forewing like the upper, 



lugubris. that of the hindwing, however, is dark with red-brown stripes on the basal part. — lugubris subsp. nov. (92 f, 

 erroneously called actinotina), from Peru, also occurs in much darker specimens than the example figured. 

 The apex of the hindwing beneath is yellowish. 



pellenea. Ph. pellenea spec. nov. (91 c), from Brazil (Reyes), is extremely similar to the Actinote of the same 



name. The under surface is similar to the upper. 



fenesirala. 



levina. 



Ph. fenestrata spec. nov. (91 c), from Pern (Huayabamba, 3.500 ft.), has on the forewing a median band 

 of transparent spots. The under surface is but little paler than the upper. 



Ph. levina Hew. (92 e), from Colombia, although also Actinote-Yike in habitus, cannot be regarded 

 as a mimic, since no blue-banded Actinote species is yet known. The under surface is black, in the middle of 

 the costal mar-gin of the forewing is placed a broad light yellow half-band, at the inner margin of the hind- 

 wing there are some light yellow stripes, at its distal margin some small red spots and in the apex and at the 

 inner angle of the forewing as well as on the hindwing some small blue spots. The female, of which only one spe- 

 cimen from the collection of Herr Fassl is before us, is almost like the male; it is merely somewhat larger and 

 with the anterior part of the blue band whitish. — Specimens which, like the one figured in Dr. Statjdinger's 

 decorata. Exot. Schmetterl. (pi. 36), show blue spots also on the hindwing, may be designated decorata form. nov. — The 

 specimen figured by Dr. Staudinger 1. c. is certainly not a $ but a (^. 



manjareiha. Ph. margaretha Hew. (91 b) from Colombia has only a distant resemblance to certain Heliconius 



species. The under surface is quite similar to the upper, but in addition a subapical row of white dots is 

 present at the distal margin of the forewing. 



The North American species described as hanhami Fletcher, lira Bdv.. pelopsa Godt. and selenis Kirby 

 are not cited by recent North American authors under these names, which must consequently be regarded as 

 synonyms. 



Concerning Ph. adoxa Ersch., castimaria Godm. d: Salv., catenarius Godm. cfc- Salv., durnfordi Godm. <fc 

 Salv., erysice Hbn., flavocincta Dogn., goujoni Dogn., heliconoides Btlr., klagesii Weeks, moesta Salv., mirjam 

 Dogn., northbrandii Weeks, phaedima Godm. d- Salv., proclea Dbl. d- Hew., pusilla Salv.. tayleni Godm. d; Salv., 

 tissa Hew. and trimaculata Hew. we are not able to say anything, as we have not access to specimens of 

 these species or the descriptions. Some of them are probably identical with some that we have described and 

 figured above. 



5. Genus: Cllloisyiie Btlr. (Coatlantona Ky.). 



This genus is nearly alHed, to Phyciodes. It only shows trifling differences from the latter in neuration, 

 the cell of the hindwing is also open. Only in the shaggy-haired, little inflated palpus, which has a very 

 pointed terminal joint, does Chlosyne differ from Phyciodes, yet even this character is not reliable, as the two 

 genera are connected by transitions. Also the shape of the larvae and pupae is Melitaea-like. Chlosyne is 

 likewise closely alhed to the Palearctic Araschnia, from which it only diffei-s in not having the eyes hairy. 

 The principal area of distribution of the genus is Mexico with Central America, but offshoots occur in the south of 

 the United States and in Peru , as well as on the Antilles. The species, Hke those of Araschn ia, occur in several genera- 



