474 PYRRHOGYRA. By Dr. A. Seitz. 



Myscelia, because it is attauhed to the upper surface of the leaf and stands upright or lies right across the leaf. 

 The butterflies are always met single, but in many districts they are not rare; they fly especially early in the 



nornino and drink from wet places on the road. Their flight somewhat resembles that of Dynamine and Adelpha. 

 There are about 25 fo7'ms known. 



a) U p p e !■ surf a c e b 1 a (■ k a n d whit e. 



P. neaerea. This species, denoted in collections as ,,typha''' is, in its typical form up to now, known 



only from Surinam. The species, however, ranges from Mexico to Paraguay and reaches far to the west in the 



hypxeinir. Aniazon region. The most northern form — hypsenor Godm. and Salv. (= ollius Fruhst.) (95 d) from Central 



America, which came over in great numbers, especially from Honduras, is recognizable by the pointed fore- 



win<TS, the straight band of the hindwings and especially by the white subapical spot of the forewings termina- 



neacrea. ting, downwards and distally, into a pointed tip. — In typical neaerea L. (= tipha Ky., docella Moschl.) this 



spot is below more rounded off, the bands generally a little broader, those of the hindwings quite slightly bent; 



JMini. from Guiana. — juani SUjr. (95 d) has considerably broader bands, these rounded and not entirely white, 



Mieili. but with a greenish tinge; from Colombia. — kheili Fruhst., likewise from Colombia, but according to Fruh- 



.STOEFEE probably from another district, leans with respect to the breadth of bands to the type of the species; 



they are narrower, proximally more convex than in juani, the band of the forewings cut off straight er and 



therefore more rectilinear; the lower tip of the subapical spot downwards not so obtuse as in juani. — From 



the Upper Amazon three forms are described. The subapical spot of the forewings is oval, the bands very much 



cuprinna. broader, but nevertheless varying, so that the forms cuparina Bates, amphira Bates and argina Fruhst. are 



a iijihirii. scarcely constantly different. From the northern form amphira, which is mostly to be noticed by the white 



aiyin-i. ^^^.^^.^^^^^^.^^^i ^^^^ pj-^ )3Q^,h i(-,s wings, differs argina Fruhst. by its smaller size, the band of the hindwings distally 



sharper defined and a very bright hemochrome spot in the anal-angle of the hindwings, cwparina by very broad 



bands inwardly somewhat blended; this form comes from the southern part of the Amazon and will occur simi- 



fiphni. larly in Para. — In Central Brazil as far as Bolivia and Peru, moreover, flies ophni Btlr. (95 d) in which the 



subapical spot of the forewings is far separated from the inner marginal spot by the black ground-colour what 



susM-ion. is especially striking in Bolivians. — susarion Fruhst. from Pernambuco is said to approach the ofhni from 



Espuitu Santo as well as the neaerea L. from Surinam, being, however, smaller and with a white band espe- 



arge. cially broad in the $, and at the under siuface with a light red line. — The most southern form, arge Stgr. 



(95 d) from Southern Brazil and Paraguay, has by far less pointed wings, the subapical spot of the forewings 



is very obliquely, almost transversally placed and the middle median band very broad (more than double as 



broad as in hypsenor), therefore the ground-colour-bridge which separates both is not so broad as in o'phni, but 



nuich longer. The larva is rosy red with a light yellow saddle-streak edged in brown across the dorsum and a 



reddish head shaped a little like a heart, the .spines of which are the longest and have fine accessory .spines. 

 It quite certainly does not occur on coffee, as stated, but probably lives on Paullinia; the pupa towers almost 

 vertically above the upper surface of the leaf and turns itself towards the light; green with obtuse anterior 

 part; from the back of the thorax projects a green securiform continuation; the partings of the wings and the 

 dorsal carina are tinged with purple-brown. The butterflies fly single, but are not rare, especially in the mor- 

 ning, when they are seen drinking from wet stones and mud-holes on the road. 

 fi/iiJfu'its. P. typhoeus Fldr. This species is quite similar to the preceding, but the forewings are more obtuse, 



the hindwings less angled, more rounded in the anal part ; the median band is very broad and in the distal area 

 of the forewings there are two small light spots. Colombia. 

 riiliin-hiac. P. catiiarinae Stgr. (95 e) is one of the largest form.-'. Staudinger knows only $$ and Butler who 



describes his oph)ii from the same district, states only the (J of it. I believe that both belong together, but 

 Blttler's description is so insufficient that one cannot say anything without examining the type. As in many 

 Pyrrhogyra, the catharinae — $ has above chains of white antcmarginal spots ; they are, however, on the under 

 surface of the hindwings, not flown together to a white cloud, but remain separated, each being surrounded 

 in dark. Sa. Catharina to Bolivia. 



b) Bands more or less 1 i g h t g r e e n. 



.slratonicuH. P. stratonicus Fruhst. This species, unknown to me, is said to be in close contact with the typhoeus, 



but has more greenish white bands, and the little hemochrome band before the distal area of the under surface 

 of the hindwings runs cpiite straight. The forewings show a little roundish subajiical spot, an oblong spot above 

 the cellule and a high narrow median spot. Upper Amazon. 

 rilocid. P. edocla DbJ. and Hew. (95 e). At once recognizable by the beautifully Nile-green bands, a smaller 



spot in the apex of the forewing, apical from the larger subapical spot and the hemochrome median of the fore- 

 wings below. The costa of the hindwings, however, which in all weaerea-forms is hemochrome below, is here 



