508 CYCLOGRAMMA. By Dr. A. Seitz. 



pcrpclita. D. perpetua Bates from the Upper Amazon is about as large as vicariu (101 A e). The iipi)er surface 



is crreen like in mylitfa, the black distal margin of the forewings is much broader and has two deep roundish 

 spots starting from the daik margin, at the inner angle. At the cell-end there is a bent black stripe, but 

 in the wing-centre there is no black spot. The hindwings have a broad dark margin with distinct proxi- 

 mal delimitation. Some specimens have a black spot near the anal angle. The under surface resembles that 

 of egaea (101 Ah), but on the forewings the white apical spot coheres with the white spot in the inner 

 angle, the median band of the hindwings being much broader and with much blue marking. Is one of the rarest 

 species of the genus. 



,j!,ii,ce. D. glauce Bates (101 B a) from Central America, the Amazon and Bolivia, has a golden-green upjier 



surface. The under surface greatly resembles that of egaea, but the jiosterior eye-spot of the hindwings is 

 much less developed. 



dijonis. D, dyonis Hbn. (lOl Ai, lOl B a) from Mexico and Honduras, but also found in the south of the 



United .States,^ is above more golden than glauce and has somewhat less black markings. The under surface 

 of the hindwings has two fully developed eye-spots. 



-c/c<!. D. zetes Men. (101 A i) is the only species of this geinis having its habitat on the Antilles. The 



present specimen comes from Cuba. This species is distinguished by its stretched shape of the wings. The 

 under surface of the hindwings exhibits, beside the rather broad submarginal band enclosing the two proportio- 

 nately large eye-spots, three pretty straight and parallel brown bands situate near the wing-base. 



ijiscUa. D. gisella Heir. (101 A i) occurs in Panama, Colombia, Bolivia and on the Upper Amazon. Hewitson 



has described this magnificent species according to one ^, and figured a violet-blue specimen. But there occur 

 just as often specimens without the violet shine, the white spots of the forewings also vary greatly and may 

 even be represented only by minute traces of some spots. The ? (the figured specimen belongs to the collec- 

 pcruciana. tion of Mr. A. H. Fassl) resembles above very much the $ of mylitta. — ab. peruviana Stgr. i. 1. There are 

 specimens extant in which the white spots on the upper surface of the forewings are but suggested or 

 partly absent. 



zenohia. D. zenobia Bates (101 A i) from the Upper Amazon is unicpie in the colouring of the upper surface 



and the marking of the under surface. The $ is still unknown. 



mcrkliona- D, tiieridionalis spec. nov. (101 B a) from Paraguay has three small eye-spots in the submarginal 



''■'• band filled with light yellow, otherwise the under surface resembles that of arene, but meridionalis lacks the 

 small black eye-spots in the apex of the forewings, instead of which there is one larger white spot. 



(ircnc. D. arene Hbn. (101 A i) from the Lower Amazon has. on the under surface of the hindwings, a com- 



plete row of 5 eye-spots whereby the under surface of the hindwings reminds us of the Satyridae-genus Eup- 

 tychia. 



persU. D. persis Hew. (101 A i) from the Upper Amazon is a remarkable species of this genus owing to its 



dark sky-blue upper surface. The under surface is similar to that of arene, but the eye-spots — except the 

 most anterior one — are only indicated by black dots. 



iiiyr.soii. 

 ucraia. 



We are not able to say anything about D. myrson Dhl.-Hew. and aerata, since we have not succeeded 

 in procuring the literature dealing \\\{\\ these species. 



47. Genus: Cyclo^;rjiiiiuia DU. 



As to the habitus this genus, consisting of few tropical species, is placed between the CyhdeUs and 

 the Catagramma; rather approximate to the latter, but with longer legs, like those butterflies that are fond 

 of resting on the trunks of trees, such as the Ageronia, Gynaecia etc. In Callicore with which the Cyclo- 

 gramnm are also closely allied with respect to the under surface of the hindwings — they also exhibit the num- 

 ber 88, though somewhat displaced — we miss altogether the upper discocellular of the forewings; in 

 Cyclogratmna it is present, though short. The eyes are hairy, the antennae of medium length w ith a club shrin- 

 king somewhat into the shape of a spoon, the middle tibiae elongate, the forewings of a noimal sliajx' with 

 quite slightly concave margin, the hindwings with their costal margin cut off straight and slightly undulate 

 distaHmargin. Reutee seems to lay great stress upon the fact that the points of the palpi are not bent down 

 as in the otherwise approximate Perisamn; but this is not constant, the butterfly is probably able to lower 

 or to stretch out the jjoints of the palpi; the jjosition in which the insect perishes remains then. We know 

 of 2 species distributed from Mexico across Central America and reaching as far as the most northern parts of 

 South America, but nothing is known to me about their early stages, and as to their habits only that they 

 drink from brooks and wet places on the road and seem to disdain flowers. 



