462 CHLOSYNE. By J. Robek. 



only an aberrant form of hyperia, in which the red median spots of the hindwing beneath are replaced by 



yellow spots, while in place of the yellow marginal macular band only some white spots are present. — 



adelina. aieUna Stgr. (91 g), from Chiriqui, Mexico and Panama, is smaller and has the upper surface black spotted 



with white, but on the underside of the hindwing instead of the red median band only a red spot at the imier 



marianna, margin. — mariatina form., nov., from Mexico, is as large as hyperia and very similar to it, but the black 



colouring is duller, the white subapical spots of the forewang above are not larger than the submarginal white 



spots and the hindwing also bears a median row of white dots, sometimes almost rudimentary. The red band 



on the liindwing beneath is anteriorly abbreviated, more obsolete, and the individual red spots are not so sharply 



misera. separated as in hyperia. — misera Fldr.. from Mexico, is probably also only an aberrant form of hyperia. in 



which the red median band of the hindwing shows through somewhat on the upper surface, so that tlie hindwing 



above appears jjowdered with red. 



marina. Chi. marina Hhn. (91 g, h), from Mexico, forms a transition to the following gi'oup of species. — The 



under surface is hke the upper, but the basal part of the forewing sliows red-brown spots and the basal part 

 of the hindwing whitish striation. 



melitaeoides. Chi. melitaeoides Fldr., from Mexico, is similar to erodyle (91 h), but the palpus is whitish instead of 



black with white sides. The hindwing is very yellow beneath, the black being reduced to very small spots; 

 also the forewing has large yellow spots beneath. 



poecite. Chi. poecile Fldr. (91 g), from Guatemala, Mexico and Colombia, of which we have figured the type, 



differs from 



fasciala. CHI. fasciata spec, nov., from Mexico (Guerrero), in having a large yellow spot in the cell of the forewing, 



moreover the yellow colour of the hindwing reaches nearly to the base, while in fasciata this colour is reduced 

 to a median band. In the $ of poecile the yellow colour has the same tone as in the ^, whilst in that of 

 fasciata it is o:;hre-yellow. — In most specimens of poecile there is only a red spot in the anal angle of the 

 hindwing ; these specimens are also smaller, but have somewhat larger yellow spots on the forewing ; the examples 

 ntbriguUa. before us come from Colombia and Costa Rica. We name this form rubrigutta form, nov., but must leave it to 

 the future to settle whether it is a seasonal or a local form. 



erodyle. Chi. erodyle Bates (91 h), from Colombia, Cliiriqui and Honduras, is very similar to poecile on the 



hindwing, but on the forewing it has white spots instead of yellow markings. The under surface is hkewise very 

 similar to that of poecile. 



narva. CHI. narva F. (= bonpland Latr.) (91 c, d), from Venezuela, Peru, Colombia and Mexico, is very con- 



stant. The marldngs on the under surface corresi^ond to those of the ui^per, but the yellow ground-colour is 

 brurthilda. somewhat paler. — brunhilda Stgr., from Chiriqui, is larger and has the basal half of the hmdwing yellow- 

 brown, only bearing in the middle a narrow, mostly interrujited, black half-band. 



gaudialis. CHI. gaudialis is before us in 2 forms: guadialis Bates, from Guatemala, with yellow median band on the 



hindwing, the forewing only with restricted red colouring, which in the cell does not extend so far at the base 

 laeta. as in laeta subsp. nov. (91 h), from Nicaragua (Cap Gracias, June), and otherwise only occurs in a small spot 

 between the orighi of the 1st median vein and the submedian; also in gaudialis there are only 4 small white 

 spots on the hmdwing instead of the complete row. On the under surface, in addition to the differences of 

 the upperside, laeta is distinguished by larger yeUow spots at the middle of the costal margin of the forewing 

 and by a row of yellow marginal spots on the foremng. The $ (ex coll. Passl) is much rounder- winged and 

 the red part of the forewing more extended. 



pcrezi. CHI. perezi H.-Schtlff. (91 h), from Cuba, has mahogony-brown ground-colour on the upper surface 



with black markings and a subapical row of white spots on the forewing. The under surface is similarly mark- 

 ed to the upper, but the hindwing has a submarginal row of small white spots, a row of red dots behuid 

 it and a large yellow spot in the cell, the rest of the wing being black. 



tulita. Chi. tulita Dew., from Porto Rico, is similar to perezi. As this species is unknown to us we reproduce 



the description. The forewing is long and narrow, rounded at the apex, the distal mai'gin fluxuose, with very 

 short black fringes, between which some tufts of white fringe are very feebly marked. The distal margin of 

 the hindwing is undulate, likewise adorned with short black fringes ; in the incisions of the undulate marginal 

 line, however, we again see weak whitish tufts. In perezi the wliite marginal tufts are much stronger and lience 

 more noticeable. • — Upper surface: the ground-colour of the wings above in toZito is black with red spots. The 

 red is of almost exactly the same tone as in perezi H.-Schaff. Herrich-Sohaffer there calls it blood-red, which 

 description does not seem to me suitable; I would rather say rust-red. Only these two colours are found on 

 the upper surface, that is if we except the white marginal tufts (fringes), which in smgle examples are almost 

 entirely suppressed. The distal margin of the forewing is accompanied by a double row of red spots; whilst 

 those of the proximal row are rounded, those of the distal are more crescentic in shape. Tlie total number of 



