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lar, but here only the hmer margin-half and tlie margin of the hindw ings are blackish brown, the costal half, 

 however, golden- j'ellow; from the interior of Brazil (Minas-Gei-aes). — bahiana Fruhst. is a little form, intensely bahJana. 

 ochreous, forewings with subdned violet apical margin and the same oblique liand with angled inner margin. — 

 santina Fruhst., from South Brazil to Paraguay, has the apical area of the forewings more pregnantly marked yantina. 

 in violet; the $ larger than hahirma, the light zone behind the cell broader and paler. — pedaina Fruhst. innn prda'ma. 

 Pernambuco approaches santina, but differs from it by the narrow, sharply delimitated blue margin nf the 

 hindwings. The hindwings of the $ with a smoke-brown tinge suffused with a slight blue reflection, before 

 the blue transverse band of the forewings a large pale-red spot. Has not come to my hand. — korallion Fruhst.. koraUinn. 

 likewise unknown to me, is said to be the most beautiful form of the species. ,, Forewings with red apical area 

 and red cellule and the same broad subapical oblique band, ('ellule, however, sometimes overflown in blue, as 

 well as the transverse band on the forewings. Hindwings of a magnificent violet blue with the exception of 

 a red sharply delimited distal margin." — Larva greeir with head marked in white, dark longitudinal line and 

 blackish transverse saddles, the thorax-rings quite blackish. Venter albescent, with dark markings; feet albes- 

 cent, as well a.s the spines on the 12th ring, otherwise the dorsal spines black, those on the 3rd and 11th ring 

 claviforndy thickened; on Panllinia seminula and Serjania meridionalis. Pupa light green, with dark green 

 and with some red markings, at the head two short wings. The butterflies are seen on forest roads in company 

 of the similar Pseudonim; thej^ usually fly only short distances and especially rest on branches of bushes hanging 

 over the road. 



T. pulchra. Above black with intensely hj^acinth-blue reflection which, however, becomes only visible 

 when observing the butterfly from the direction of the origin of the light. Forewings witli red base-third and 

 oblique band, hindwings with large red spot in the anterior discus; under surface brown, often with some blue 

 metallic dots. As in laothoe the colouring changes according to the other butterfly flying with it (Pseudonica 

 canthara, Epiphile lainpethusa etc.), the apportionment of the red colour in pulchra depends on the companion- 

 butterfly from the genera Catagramma and Siderone together with which it flies ; the former belong to the pitheas- 

 group. In the typical pulchra Hew. (97 c, d) from Colombia the red ol>lique band of the forewing is narrower, iiulrlini. 

 the base-red not so extended as in the Peru-form; on the under' surface base-red and oblique band are sepa- 

 rated by a black band (like on the upper surface). — In dilutior Fruhst. (97 d) from Peru the separating band >liliiti<ii: 

 between l)ase-red and oblic[ue band on the under surface as well as the apical area is overlaid in red, so 

 that the hindw ing seems almost unicolorous red in which the black appears but like a mere shadow. — 

 amazonica Fruhst. from the Upper Amazon has still less base-red than pulchra and the red forewing-band unKir.nnica 

 stands more steep. — As a $ form of pulchra Staxtdinger describes a butterflj' which he denominates melania miUmia. 

 (97 d) and which we illustrate according to a specimen in F.\s.sl's collection. The forewings have an orange 

 oblique band, the hindwings a large, subanal blue-silver spot; from Colombia, taken near Muzo. — On the 

 whole, pulchra is the same Proteus as laothoe, and we could construct still more names for it than for the latter; 

 of all the 14 specini-^ns I have at hand, there are not two fully alike on the upper surface, everywhere there 

 is another distribution of the red coloiu- ; the most constant is still the under surface of the hindwings, with 

 mostly 2 blue little eye-spots in the discus, but there are also specimens with 1 eye-spot and even without any at all. 



34. Genus: Bolboiieiira ^alv. and Oodm. 



Only one little Mexican butterfly forms this genus. Formerly placed to the Temenis. it was .separated 

 from this genus by Salvin and Godman chiefly o^ving to the structural differences of the veins and legs. Indeed 

 its proper position might be near Epiphile with which genus also its colouring and markings ai'e somewhat 

 harmonizing. By the basally inflated costal and median it apjiroaches, however, the Cystinetira as well as cer- 

 tain Eunica. But tlie shape of the wings immediately differentiates it from Cystineura: the apex of the fore- 

 wings is obliquely clipped. Furthermore the under surface shows intense metallic markings, which are never 

 found in Cystineura. Like in Epiphile the 1st and 2nd .subcostal veins originate before the cell-end: the upper 

 discocellularis is short, the lower discocellularis meets the median close behind the origin of the 2nd vein. The 

 front legs are very slightly haired, the middle and hind legs without spines, with short strongly curved claws. 

 The palps are similarly prolonged as in Cystineura, especially the terminal joint and rather more in the 5 than 

 in the ^. The middle joint is thick and inflated. 



B. sylphis Bat. (97 d). Not to be confounded with any other species. Above the forewings are interiorly sylphU. 

 overflown by magnificent blue reflection, the distal area black with 2 oclu-eous bands, the hindwings of blue 

 iridescent colour, before the dark marginal band orange. At the marginal band itself a blue metallic line. The 

 under surface yellow, on the forewing two black oblique bands with metallic-blue centre. The butterfly is local 

 but not rare. 



35. rtcmis : Ilpipliile Dhl. 



The range of this genus extends from Mexico to Paraguay. Of the 18 species there are about 14 occur- 

 ring in Colombia, Venezuela and Central America where the genus consequently has its prmcipal range; the 



