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species of the iphicla-aexiea, ventrally hardly noticeably convex, the point slightly rounded. Tlie w hole valve 

 set with long hah-, the clunicula narrowly triangular, the uncus covered with little warts. The habitus of nttica 

 somewhat resembles davisi (106 c) except the dark loam-coloured tint also passing over on the white median 

 stripes of the hindwings. The under surface is .specialized throughout and has the prominent white spot encircled 

 by black before the cell-apex of the forewings in common with the .4. .se/7;,7-group (107 c). On the hindwings 

 there are brown or black or violet bands. — attica Fldr. (110 A a). Type in the Tring-Museum, as well as a ^^ aiiira. 

 from the beginning of the rainy period at the end of March or in the beginning of April 1897, collected 400 to 

 1300 m between Villavicencio and Monteredondo by Dr. Bi-rger. Ground-colour of the under surface light 

 yellowish-brown. Ochreous band of the upper surface of the forewings somewhat narrower than in carmela no-mrl,,. 

 svbsp. nov. This is, as to the habitus, larger than the jireceding form; under surface with broader white, and 

 with more extensive dark brown, longitudinal bands. Colomljia, without exact habitat in the collection of 

 Fruhstorfer, but presumably from the Rio Dagua, since it was obtained by W. Rosenberg. — lesbia Shjr. /<sh;„. 

 With broader and somewhat lighter ochreous bands of the forewings than (ittirn, band of the hindwings costally 

 bordered with fainter yellow. Patria: Alto Amazonas, 1 ,^, Stax^dinger's co-type, captured by A. Bang-Haas in 

 Coll. Frlthstorfer. — serita siibsp. nov. (1 10 A a) J>: light ochreous band of the forewing much narrower than .sn-i/„. 

 in the mentioned races, just like the white longitudinal band of the hindwings which is costally only less tinc^ed 

 in yellow than lesbia, instead of it the anal spot of the upper surface of the hindwings is enlarged. Under 

 surface: is very closely allied to cinnehi by the dark brown bands, but differs from it liy the more extensive 

 and light whitish-violet submarginal spots and strigae of all the wings. Bolivia. Province of Sara, (}\\<\ 

 of February till the beginning of April. 



A. gavina spec. nov. is most closely allied to cnlliphane (p. 526) by the very similar upper surface (109 b). nai'"'"- 

 The shape of the wings is. however, more compact, the reddish-yellow apical spot of the forewings shortei- 

 and considerably broader. The white median band more of the character of A. abin Heir. (109 a). 8ubanal 

 spot of the hindwings uncommonly large, beating in extent that of calliphane, epizygis (109 a), and fakipenni-s. 

 Under surface: remarkably similar to that of .4. ple.satire, showing, however, also certain analogies with A. 

 calliphane, but immediately distinguishable from it by the white zone of the forewings terminating already 

 at the l)ase of the antericn- median, wherel)y the under surface comes in connection to epizygi.s. alhia, fnlripeuni.<i. 

 Occurring from Rio de Janeiro and Espiritu Santo to Blumenau, Santa Catharina. 2 ,^^, 4 95 in the Coll. 

 Fruhstorfer. 



A. tnelona is to be numbeT'cd among the largest species of the genus. The $ generally excels 

 A. archidon't (107 b) in the dimension of flic wings. The yellowish-brown zone of the forewings more compact, 

 moi'c homogeneous than in ,4. iiei^ (110 A b). Under surface with only one black-bordered white spot before 

 the c(41-ai)ex, the brown bands of the hindwings darker and broader than in ■■<e)-p:t (107 c). The nomenclatmal 

 form nielona Hew. has remainetl unknown to me, it is absent in the Tiing-lMuseum and also in my collection. hkIohk. 

 Very likely it resembles Peruvian specimens the J,^ of Mhich exhibit a somewhat darker under surface than 

 the cJJ from Surinam. — thesprotia Fldr. has a lighter and more extensive reddish-yellow zone of the foi-ewings Ihr.yu-niia. 

 than the Peruvian race, f "'th light ochre-yellow band which is overhued in whitish as far as to the ]iosterior 

 median. The white area of the under surface in the 3* distally light coffee-brown, in the $ bordered by nearly 



grcyish-lirown. Surinam, Cayenne. According to Kaye, a vicarious form is found in the Isle of Trinidad. 



leucoconia .subsp. nov. (110 A a) is found at the Upper Amazon. The ^ also shows traces of a white hue at the Un«<i<<iiii(t. 

 submedian and a more extensive white median band of the hindwings. The under surface more faded with 

 jialer bands. — meridionalis suhsp. nov. (110 A a) $: distinct local form, distinguished by the uniform broad ni,ri,r„>ii(i- 

 dark ochre-yellow longitudinal band of the forewings somewhat tinged in white at the submedian, and by the ''" 



median area of the hindwings, being also anally very much broadened, the hindwings exhibiting a nearly double 

 as broad yellow subanal spot. Under surface remarkably lacking blue spots of silvery lustre, but with large 

 white spots in the cell of the forewing and very broad and light yellowish-brown bands of the hindwings. Pati ia : 

 Brazil, Santa Catharina, ?-type in the Tring-Museum. Whether this habitat is cori'cct ? — I should presume 

 similarly coloured $$ in Southern Peru or in Bolivia. 



A. arete, a magnificent species hitherto known only from Brazil. Ujjper smface very similar (o 

 A. melona, but the forewing shows a ])urely white sharply limited zone advancing as far as to the posterior 

 and sometimes even to the middle median. Under surface at once recognizable by 3 broad brown bands covering 

 the whole upper surface of the wings and leaving only two pregnant white stripes, arete Men. (110 A b) from <inlc. 

 Central Brazil: forewings with a bipartite white stripe reaching as far as to the last median. Espiritu Santo. 

 — cibyra .subsp. nov. is based upon a $ of the Geneva Museum, nearly without an^- traces of a white hue on 

 the forewings and with a uniform yellowish brown band, habitat unknown. — pseudarete subsp. nov.. likewise ribi/m. 

 of an uncertain habitat, differs from nrete by the white spot on the upper surface of the forewings advancing psntiliirri,'. 

 as far as to the wing-centre. Anatomi(^ally A. arete which was examined in the form pseudarete deviate^ 

 from .4. attica by the boldly curved, ventrally distinct valve with a distal part tapering off rather suddenly. 

 The clunicula may be consiclered the narrowest one among all the species examined. It is digitiform and rather 

 imiformly covered with spinules placed in almost legular rows. The end of the valve is sharply armed. Uncus 

 nnri'ower than in .4. altira Fldr. 



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