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P. alicia Heto. from Ec-uador is bciu'ath hardly diffi'iciit from irnihihi. l)ut the greenish hand of the alirUi. 

 forewing on the upjjer surface is narrower and straight, thus beginning more near the apex of the forewing. the 

 greenish-bhie band of the iiindwing is narrower, too; in the a])ex nf the forewing there are 2 or :? small blue 

 spots. — ilia subsp. nov. (102 Ah) from Colombia (Aguaca-valley 2000 m; Tolima, 1700 m. discovered by A. H. iliii. 

 Fassl) has beside the subapical spots of tlie forewings sometimes yet small submarginal blue spots. The under 

 surface of the hindwings is snow-white (not reddisli as in alicia), the black stripes and spots are finer, instead 

 of the large red spot in the discocellular of the forewings there are only a blue spot (anteriorly) and a redone 

 (posteriorly) at the end of the discocellular; behind the discocellular there are a white spot and a blue one stan- 

 ding together and oblique from the end of the discocellular another blue spot ; the other part of the forewings 

 is deep black exce])t the white apex of the wing in which we notice a fine black line. 



P. xenoclea Fldr. from Venezuela exhibits much narrower green bands than alicia being interrupted .mtorlra. 

 on the forewings. The under surface of the forewings hai-dly differs from alicia, but the hindwings have light 

 grey ground-colouring, the median lines originate at the costal margin more towards the base, the red margin 

 of the costal margin reaches only as far as to the origin of the median line and the discal spots are much 

 stronger. 



P. euriclea Dhl. ami Hew. (102 A h) from Colombia and Venezuela diffei-s above from vaiiiuht by more curirlm. 

 greenish bands and by greenish-blue apical spots and submarginal little dots of the same colour. The under 

 surface is likewise very similar to that of mninka, although the two lines of the iiindwing do not run into each 

 other at the costal margin. 



P. jurinei Guen. from Peru resembles a great deal enriclea above, but on the under suiface of the hind- jirrinci. 

 wings it has a pure white gi'ound colouring. 



P. yeba Hew. (= malvina Kreizschm.) (102 Ah) from Colombia has very light bluish-grccn bands; in ycha. 

 some specimens the marginal band of the hindwings distally turns into whitish colour. The under surface is 

 very similar to that of euriclea, but the two black lines at the costal margin of the hindwings are more remote from 

 each other at their origin. The red costal-marginal stripe only reaches as far as to the inner black line, 

 and the discocellular of the forewings does not show any red colour, being on the basal half white, on the distal 

 half lustrous blue. 



P. volara Heir, from Venezuela has a shorter and narrower band of the forewing divided by the black vohira. 

 veins, and a considerably narrower band of the hindwings than vaninka; small apical spots absent. Beneath, 

 the inner black line is merely suggested anteriorly, the outer line being finer and the black spots smaller; on 

 the forewings there are no Iilue markings. 



P. calamis Hew. from Bolivia (Apolobaniba) is a magnificent little animal from which fassli suhsp. calamlf. 

 nov. (102 B a) from Peru (Ui^per Madre de Dios) differs by larger bluish-green spots of the upper surfac:e. The ?"•'*■''■''• 

 basal part of the under surface of the forewings is not red, but orange-yellow, the fringes are red all lound and a 

 fine red line stands in the apex of the wings. The hindwings are of a tender grey, in the middle lighter, the 

 wing is encircled by a red marginal-line, besides there is a red dentate submarginal line and a very much 

 curved, fine l»lack median line; behind the median we notice an indistinct, small red stripe. 



P. chaseba Hew. from Bolivia differs from saussurei Guen. (102 B a) from ,, Brazil", Bolivia (Coroico) rhu.'^cba. 

 and Peru (Upper Madre de Dios) on the upper surface by the absence of the white apical spot; the blue rays "■""••*■'•■'"''•'■ 

 of the hindwings Ijeing in chaseba nearly in the centre of the wings, are brought nearer to the wing-margin in 

 saussurei whicli is also sometimes provided with a bluish-green band at the inner angle of the hindwings. The 

 under surface of the hindwings is much more yellow than in chaseba and in the centre spotted in brown. 



P. cecidas Hew. (= cecida Ky., Stgr.) (102 B a) from Ecuador and Peru has, like many Perisama- ccrUlas. 

 species, a row of blue-shining spots at the distal margin of the hindwings. 



P. compaspe Hew. (103 A a) from Colombia resembles very much cecidas on the forewings, but it lias compa.fpe. 

 a large greenish-blue spot in the centre of the hindwings; the under surface is also quite similar to ce- 

 cidas, although the red median spot on the forewings is strangulated by a dentiform black sjJot starting from 

 the inner margin. 



P. diotima Hew. (102 B a) from Bolivia, Ecuador and Coloml)ia has above unicolorous hindwings. — dinlhiHi. 

 cardases Heir. (102 B b) only differs by the red spots in the middle of the undei- suiface of the forewings, being runlu.-ics. 

 probably only an aberration of diotima. 



P. clisitJiera Hew. (102 B b) from Bolivia (Rio Songo 120(» m) is, with respect to the arrangement of rli.-<iilicra. 

 the markings on the upper surface, most similar to goeringi (102 A e), though it has, as is sJiown by the figures, 

 quite a different under surface. It is one of the most beautiful species of this genus. 



P. patara Hew. (102 B b) from Colombia (taken by A. Fassl in Eastern Colombia, Upper Rio Negro, at pa/am. 

 an altitude of 800 m), is a charming little animal being similar to clisifhera beneath, but above differing 

 from it altogether by the aljsence of the metallic rays. The $ discovered by Mr. A. H. Fassl is somewhat smaller 

 than the J, having more rounded wings and much duller colours on both the surfaces. 



