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the forewings the base is blue instead of red. — equatorialis Guen. (= bonplandii Heic., var. hoiircieri equatorial ii^. 

 Btlr.) from Colombia and Ecuador are small specimens with narrowed blue band of the hindwings and dar- 

 kened under surface of the hindwings. — lineata Btlr. from Peru differs from equatorialis by the two black lincata. 

 lines of the under surface of the hindwings being more remote from each other. — rubrobasalis Bbl. essentially nthrohasa- 

 differs from the typical form by the red basal colouring of the discocellular on the under surface of the fore- ''■'• 



wings, while on the under surface the hindwings and the apical part of the forewing.s are also of a more dark- 

 brownish colour. Ecuador, 650 m. — parabomplandii *) Dogn. differs merely by the shape of the black lines on ixirahomp- 

 the under surface of the hindwings. The outer line is very much curved, thus partly approaching the inner line. lamlii. 



which is also more curved than in normal specimens. Colombia (Popayan). — mola Dogn. from Ecuador (El mola. 

 Monje, Loja, Zamora) has a narrower band of the forewings, which is parted in the discocellular and does not 

 reach the costal margin; the band of the hindwings is narrower, too. Under surface of the forewings as in 

 d'orbignyi, that of the hindwings greyish-white, the outer line rounded and regular, the iinier line slightly cur- 

 ved; 5 black dots; the red margin of the costal margin inclines to leaping over the first line and rea^jpearing 

 behind the second line. 



P. picteti Cki.en. This sj^ecies of which we have no specimen at hand, has been described as follows: piiieti. 

 Shape and exterior like bonplandii. Above the same marking, but the forewings have two deep-blue rays 

 starting from the wing-base and following the two main veins. A round white subapical spot. Under surface 

 of the forewings black with white basal area followed by a broad pink-red transversal space which is effaced, 

 in the cell stronger coloured and at the margins sky-blue. Then comes a white costal spot and below it a row 

 of irregular spots, the fu-st being green, the others deep cobalt-blue. Behind the apex a streak, likewise blue. 

 Under surface of the hindwings silky greyish-white with 2 fine black lines, one of which is central and very 

 much cm'ved, the other, parallel to the margin, being serrate-dentate and bordered by small red dust-grains 

 in the first half of the line. Apex margined by a fine carmine line from the base to the second line. Peru. 



P. morona Hew. (102 Ad) from Peru and Bolivia resembles above a small bonplandii. but is rpiite morona. 

 different beneath; conspicuous is the red middle-line of the hindwings. 



P. priene Hpffr. (102 Ad) from Peru seems to be a common .species. — boliviana vnbsp. nov. from priene. 

 Bolivia has above a broader, more coherent band of the forewings with a bright golden gloss; the red space ''"'"'"'""• 

 of the under surface of the forewings is larger, and the groiurd-colour of the hindwings browner, while it is 

 all grey in aenea subsp. nov. from Colombia whereby the black dots stand out in bold relief. In this form the acnea. 

 golden-green median band of the upper surface of the forewings is more sharply demarcated and the greyish-blue 

 band of the hindwings narrower. 



P. cabirnia Hew. (102 A de as cabirina) from Peru and Bolivia, differs above from bonplandii by a cahiniia. 

 metallic band and basal ray, but still more beneath by lines proceeding in red, on silver-grey ground. 



P. cotyora Hew. (102 A e) from Bolivia has quite a different under surface, both the wings without red. aiti/ora. 



With humboldtii Gner. (102 A e) from Venezuela, ('uhimbia and Peru commences the series of species hntnhotdtii. 

 having a yellow under surface of the hindwings. — rhodoptera Btlr. above and on the under surface of the liind- rhodoptcm. 

 wings resembles Jvmnboldtii, on the under surface of the forewings, however, comnena (102Af). — divergens iVn-cnjen.-i. 

 Btlr. from Ecuador, has a larger red basal area on the under surface of the forewings. — ouma Dogn. Hind- ouma. 

 wings with a narrower blue band being nearer also to the wing-margin, on the under .surface of the hindwings 

 instead of the red spot a .small blue spot. Ecuador (Loja). 



P. tringa Guen. The author has described this species as follows: very closely connected with humboldtii ir'uKja. 

 of which it might be merely a local form. The shape of the hindwings, however, very different, being rounded 

 instead of prolonged at the anal angle. The upper surface differs little, but the inider surface of the forewings 

 has an entirely carmine disk except the basal area, the yellow colour remains. By this arrangement the black 

 colour is confined to a plain band, while, in humboldtii, it covers almost the whole wing. Peru. 



P. lucrezia Hew. (102 A e) from Colombia resembles above eiiriclea (102 A h), but has yellow under tacrcria. 

 Surface of the hindwings with a dentate black submarginal line, a black curved median line, 5 black dots and 

 several small red stripes before the distal margin. The basal part of the forewings is red, the aj)ex of the 

 wings yellow with a black and a red line, from the middle of the costal margin a black band runs to the 

 inner angle. 



P. goeringi Dru. (102 A e) from Venezuela has no green band of the forewings, but at the end of the non-htgi. 

 discocellular a green spot, a small green apical spot and in the posterior part of the discocellular a green 

 streak to which another smaller spot is distally attached. On the distal margin of the hindwings we notice 

 some green moon-spots. The under surface of the forewings is black, only the basal part of the discocellular 

 and the apex of the wings are yellow. The under surface of the hindwings is ochre-yellow with 2 dentate black 



") The author spuUs it parahuutiilandii, as also oftc-u iMiuiphDidii. 



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