520 ADELPHA. By H. Fiuhstohfer. 



appiuxiaiates A. naxin. The shape of the preapical spot of the forewiiigs resembles more that of .-1. pseudo- 

 messana, and from all the mentioned vicarious types messana differs by 3 small submarginal spots, while 

 ^4. naxia, ixia and psewlo/iies.sana exhibit but two of them, nufidia differs from the type of A. messatia Fldr. 

 by a narrower, longer and distally deeper indented ochreous subapical spot of the forewings. The white me- 

 dian band is anteriorly decidedly narrowed, and the median band of the hindwings appears likewise of smaller 

 extent. The components of the subapical transversal band are beneath neater, the light markings covered 

 with a more intensive violet. Colombia, Bogota (?). A ^ collected by Likdig in the Tring-Museum. — 

 ciiHiilrid. canuleia ■■mb.^p. nov. is nearly allied to aufidia, except that the yellow band-like ochreous part of the forewings 

 is posteriorly more extensive, without being continued between the anterior medians. Under surface darker 

 with reduced white and predominant reddish-brcnvn bands. Peru, Tarapoto, type in the Collection Fruhstorfee. 

 pseudo in €■■<- A. pscudomessana spec. nov. (107 b ^). o^ exactly equalling typical messana by the elongated ochreous 



sanu. guijapical spot of tlie forewings, the white median bands, however, being somewhat narrower and more 

 sharply separated. The hindwings exhibit a whitish submarginal line being absent in messana. The under 

 surface reminds us much more of velia Fldr. by the dark brown instead of yellowish collective hue, besides all 

 the light areas are also much more pregnant, more sharply delimited, only the submedian band of the hind- 

 wings is double i. e. parted, peripherically reddish-brown with light violet-grey centre, while in messana 

 it is unicolorous reddish-brown. Anatomically, pseudomessana is strictly separated from A. naxia and A. 

 ixia by the very long and nari'ow tooth of the valve reminding us of -4. iphicla. The valve itself more slender 

 and pointed than in A. naxia, and also immediately separable from A. ixia by the high clunicula. Peru, Tara- 

 poto and Chanchamayo. 



A. velia, an excellent species being still extremely rare in the collections, inhabits Colombia, Vene- 

 zuela and parts of Central and Southern Brazil. Intermediate forms are surely still found in the interjacent 

 districts. Markings of the upper surface somewhat resembling those of ..4. pseudomessana (107 b), the preapical 

 area of the forewings, however, most closely connected with the white median band. Under surface recognizable 

 by relatively large submarginal spots and widely diffused whitish-violet longitudinal stripes. The subbasal 

 band of the hindwings double, the marginal lines of it like in pseudomessana (107 b) separated by a grey embed- 

 riiid. ment. Three areal-forms; velia Fldr. Known to me only according to a $ with the wrong designation ,, Bogota", 



li'uiicni. from the FELDER-Collection'in the Tring-Museum. Habitat, however, surely Colombia. — himera Fldr. seems 

 to replace velia in Venezuela, but it is possible that it is a species of its own what cannot be determined since 

 there is only a single ^^ specimen lying before me, the type in the Tring Museum. The median bands of 

 himera nearly again as broad as in velia and veliada, exhibiting besides also a small crescent-shaped white spot 

 beneath the ochreous subapical macula, being absent in velia. The under surface shows more analogies, espe- 



vcHdila. cially as regards the spotting of the forewings, but the ground-colouring is lighter. 'Wnezuela. — veliada subsp. 

 nov., an'excellent form of which two $$ from 8anta Catharina and a third one from Espiritu iSanto are lying 

 before me. Habitus of veliada surpassed by .4. velia: hindwings shorter, forewings more roundish, the ochre- 

 yellow part of the forewings distally deeper and more finely indented, the spot in general narrower. The yellow 

 anal spot of the hindwings smaller, paler. The under surface lighter, the \\hite marking more hazy, gradually 

 changing into the ground-colour. Base of all the wings lighter. 



(.atliithaiic. A. calliphane spec. nov. (109 b). ^J above similar to a6ia (109 a), the yellowish preajjical spot, however, 



not touching the costal margin of the forewings, still narrower and longer, and always reaching as far as the 

 central median. Shape of the wings narrow, forewings curved, hindwings anally tapering very much, median 

 band on the forewings anteriorly, and on the hindwings posteriorly running to a point. Red anal spot of the 

 hindwings smaller than in abia Hew. Under surface: white median band of the forewings traversing from the 

 costal margin the whole wing, resembling thereby cocr(/nC'/'. calliphane is, however, also beneath easily separable 

 from cocala by the^presence of a second somewhat effaced post-discal band running proximally to the very 

 narrow yellowish submarginal band and parallel to it. In my $ from Rio de .Janeiro this white intermediate 

 band is absent and the shape of the wings is somewhat more roundish. Undersurface reddish-brown, with light 

 violet longitudinal stripes in the proximal half of the wings and a submarginal band of the same colour on all 

 the wings, and with a violet line in the reddish-brown postmedian band of the hindwings. Clasping-organs 

 most characteristic by a'very short valve being basally broadened like a sfpuire, ventrally with an obvious 

 convex medial jjrojection, dorsally with a proximal broad inflated expansion. The tooth very long, its base 

 extensive. The end of the valve^.broad, rounded off, but with 4 sharp teeth. Rio de Janeiro to Sao Paulo, 

 rare. Type in the collection of Fruhstorfer. 2 ^^ from Paraguay in the Tring-Museum. 



lalr'tiKniii'i. A. falcipennis spec. nov. Forewing with far protracted apex. Hindwings curved, sposteriorly greatly 



reduced in size. Preapical spot of the forewings nearly triangular, shaped the same way as in epizygis, though 

 somewhat narrower and, therefore, not confluent with the white longitudinal bands. Shape and course of 

 the median bands as in culUphane Fruhst. (109 b). The ochre-yellow anal spot of the hindwings relatively small, 

 jiarrow, without a central blackMot. Ground-colour of the under surface: light buff as in cocala didia Fruhst. 

 Base of all the wings greyish-violet. In the cell of the forewings two brown-yellow longitudinal bands no 

 both the surfaces ruled with shaij) black lines, at the cell-apex 3 to 5 grey pointed strigae. Metlian baud distally 



