490 CALLITHEA. By J. Robee. 



like pomona (100 Bf), but the black lines and the borders of the eye-spots thicker and darker. Peru. — 

 alcmena and its forms are mostly very common in their range. 

 bechina. E. bcchina Hew. (99 f). Under surface quite similar to that of clytia and veronica, but the upper 



surface differing by the presence of white j^unctiform spots in the apical area of the male forewings. Typical 

 bechina come from the Upper Amazon. Wings above quite darkbrown with violet-blue ii-idescent centre; fore- 

 wings with .5 light siDots in the apical area, 4 of which are white, the middle spot, however, overshadowed dark. 



cvelidc. — . evelide Bates is beneath a little darker and more strongly black marked and the lower row of the spots in 

 the apical area is often effaced; from Colombia. — Likewise originating from Colombia (Rio San Juan), 

 there are specimens in which also only the 2 apical spots are faintly suggested, but besides, the blue reflection 

 on the upper surface is so much reduced that it hardly reaches as far as the middle of the wings; this 

 vmh'll'hm. ^^ emmelina Stgr. — As contrasted with this, medellina Fruhst. is distinguished by especially intensive light 

 and vast blue colouring of the up23er surface of the wings and 2 very large white subapical dots; the middle 

 choricncs. dot of the discal row is absent; Colombia. — chorienes Fruhst. finally, from Southern Brazil, has again 

 more subdued reflection and all the 3 dots of the di.scal row are absent. — bechma though being a widely 

 distributed species, is not common. 



carcta. E. carcta Hew. (100 Bf) entirely resembles on the upper surface bechina and also varies like this. 



On the non-iridescent upper surface there are generally 2 subapical punctiform spots and one before the middle 

 of the margin, and on the under sui'face there is in the centre of the hindwing-costa a darkbrown, three-cornered 

 spot behind a loam-yellow j^lace. But the spots on the forewings may be augmented, also all or partiallj' 

 covered with brown (in typical specimens only the spot before the middle of the margin) and on the under 

 surface the hindwing-costa may have 2 or also 3 dark spots, the otherwise loam-yellow spot of the costal margin 

 may be absent, or grey, whitish, or with dark filling etc. Described from the Amazon, but probably widely 

 distributed in the northern part of South America, although often occurring in rare specimens. 

 .•<!/do)iia. E. sydonia Godt. from ,, Brazil" is not lying before me, but is described with denticulated wings, above 



brownish-black, without spots, of a violet gloss at the base; beneath with 4 greenish dots. Reflection of the 

 hindwings of less extension. Under surface of the forewings dark grey with one dot and 2 oblique bands of 

 blackish colour; distally there is opposite the faintly violet margin a curved transversal row of 4 greenish clots. 

 Under surface of the hindwings violet-brown, with some dark cin-ved and little-prominent lines, and with 4 

 greenish dots that approach each other by twos. The ground-colour of all the wings is faintly pierced by whitish 

 tints. The abdomen has the colour of the wings. Antennae brown, with grey ringlets and yellowish point of 

 poiipacaiia. the clavola. — • In poppaeana Fruhst. from Surinam the violet touch on the hindwing is much more expanded, 

 the animal larger, the under surface of the hindwings densely besprinkled with grey. 



«/pai.s. E. alpais Godt. from ,, Brazil" is not at hand. The description runs thus: wings denticulated, brownish- 



black. Forewings suffused with bluish-violet, marked with 5 white spots; from the margin of the hindwings 

 there extends a blackish undulated line. Under surface of the forewings very much like the upjier surface, but 

 towards the base with a single whitisch crescent and the margin is of a violet grey with G blackish dots, the 4 

 posterior ones of which are arranged in a bent transversal line. Under surface of the hindwings violet-grey with 2 

 spots and hereafter 2 curved lines of a chestnut-brown colour. Between these 2 lines there are 3 black eye-spots 

 with white pui^il and yellowish iris. The front e3re-spot is sejDarated from the others and has 2 pupils; the second 

 eye-spot is of half the size of the anal-eye-spot which it almost touches. 

 elcfians. £• elegans Salv. (100 B f). This butterfly which is not rare in Peru, can at once be recognized by the 



shape of the wings. The distal margin of the forewings is bulged out here, while in the similar Funica-i^pccies 

 it is concave, gnawed out or straight at most. The upper surface is brownish-black, the proximal half of 

 the wings of a violet-blue reflection; the under surface silky yellowish-grey with black discus of the fore- 

 wings and numerous dark lines on the hindwings, formed from little bows. $ with above and beneath similar 

 white oblique band of the forewings. 



H. -Group: Catagranimidi. 



Very normally and uniformly shaped butterflies, above black with metallic bands, on the under surface mostly bril- 

 liant, with variegated and changeable markings. The spines of the larvae somewhat reduced; habitat nearly in the tropics 

 many very rare. 



42. Genus: Callithea Bsd. 



This genus numbers about a dozen of species distributed from Colombia to the Amazon; in the latter 

 district most of the species occur. The Callitheae are medium-sized, on both surfaces of the wings magnificently 

 coloured and with some, however larger, ^4grr?'a,s-species, they exhibit an interesting example of congruence in 

 shape, which may, however, not be taken to be a symptom of mimicry, as the species of both the genera are 

 not considered as ,, patented" species. 



The exterior of the Callitheae is so characteristic that it is impossible to mix them up with other genera 

 and that the mentioned similar ^4f/fw,s-species are distinguished by their greater size. The Callitheae have 



