7ns. 



454 GNATHOTRICHE. By J. Robee. — MORPHEIS. By Dr. A. Seitz. 



the collection of Professor Drax^dt, is likewise small; forewing black with broad yellow subapical band and 

 large yellow triangle at the inner margin of the forewing. The hindwing is black on the distal half, yellow on 

 the proximal half, and at the costal margin there is a black basal stripe. 



7. Genus: Oiialliotrichc Fldr. 



Of this genus only 2 species are yet known, both of which occiir in the high mountains. As regards 

 the build of the body the genus stands between Phyciodes and Chlosyne, but it is distinguished from both by 

 the upper discocellular, which is as long as the middle discocellular and has the same direction ; the cell of 

 the forewing is likewise open. The club of the antenna is pear-.shaped. The butterfUes fly in lonely, shady 

 places and are fond of drinldng at running water. 



exclamaiio- G. exclamationis Koll. (88 g), from Colombia and Venezuela; the cJ is similar above to the Satyi'id 



Eteona tisiphone, figured at pi. 52 a, but the under surface is essentially different, as in exclamationis ^ it is 

 c^uite similar to the upperside, only paler. The ? (according to the material kindly jjlaced at our disposal 

 by Herr A. H. Fassl) occurs in two very different forms. One is similar to the J and has the upper sur- 

 face black-brown with a yellow transverse band on the forewing. This form may be considered as the tyjjical 

 eresia. one. The second, which we name eresia form. nov. (88 g), is deceptively like a Phyciodes of the Eresia group 

 both above and beneath. The under surface of the forewing corresponds to the upper, but the apical part is 

 lighter and has dark veins and stripes. The under surface of the hindwing is grey with dark veins and stripes 

 and 3 red-brown spots near the ba&'e. The distal margin of both wings is narrowly red-brown. It is fond of 

 drinking at running water in cjuiet, shady places. 



sodalis. G. sodalis Stgr. (88 g), described from specimens from the Cauca Valley in West Colombia, but also 



occurring in other parts of Colombia, is of the same size as exclamatio7iis, with dark smoke-grey ground- 

 colour and much more indistinct greenish yellow markings. In the cell of the forewing stands a larger basal 

 spot and a smaller, very obscure one in the middle, then follows a similar, but much more indistinct macular 

 band and behmd it there is a further row of 5 or 6 small, distinct, round spots. On the hindwing are placed 

 at the end of the cell 3 larger yellowish spots and some indistinct smaller ones, directed anteriorly, so that 

 an almost rectangular band is formed. In addition there are in the distal part 2 very obscure bands com- 

 posed of greenish spots. On the under surface of the forewing the large yellow spots stand out distinctly, 

 the spot at the inner margin being especially large, and the basal spot in the cell is elongate. The apex is 

 whitish grey with black veins. The under surface of the hindwing is yellow-grey with dull brown-grey marginal 

 stripes; at the end of the cell is placed a spot, before it an orange shade and behind it are wiiiti.sh yellow 

 spots, corresponding to those of the upper surface; at the base there is a red spot. 



8. Genus: Morplieis Hbn. 



The only butterfly in this gemis, which is more often called "Anemeca", is extremely near Chlosyne. It 

 is a moderately small black butterfly with red legs, and shows a biological resemblance, which is difficult 

 to explam, to some likewise black butterflies of the same size from c^uite different families. Morpheis, namely, 

 like the Pierid Eucheira socialis and the Erycinid Hades nocfiila, is very local and also closely restricted geo- 

 graphically, but occurs gregariously, sometimes in swarms. It is very striking that the wing-pattern also — 

 black with light vein-stripes and beneath red base — is reproduced in the Hades species. 



Head of Morpheis large with thick, strongly prominent eyes, palpus long, middle joint swollen, 3rd 

 long. Antenna short with strong, suddenly thickened club, which consists of 15 segments, wiiilst the antenna 

 itself is composed of 22. Thorax thick and stumpy, forelegs hairy, the others naked and red. Wings of normal 

 shape, without angles and teeth, moderately broad. The butterflies are common, but have quite definite and 

 limited places of flight. The flight itself is heavy and resembles that of Chlosyne hyperia. 



ehrenbergii. M. ehrenbergii Hbn. (93 a). Black above with distinct bone-coloured vein-streaks before the apex, 



especially on the forewing. Beneath the hindwing has the veins yellowish throughout and the forewmg to- 

 wards the apex, and the base is red. Only known from Mexico: Mazatlan, Oaxaca, Mexico, la Soledad 

 and other places, common locally. 



B. Group Vanessidi. 



The Vanessids are the commonest butterflies almost all over the world. In the northern temperate zone they are 

 chiefly represented by the genera T'awessa (Europe) and Poiygonia (North America), in the tropics by Precis, in th' - ^■ 

 hemisphere principally by Pyrameis and Hypariartia. The butterthes are mostly the earliest in the year and ev 



in the southern 

 en in very 



