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j^ularly l)()r(lere(l isubapical spot of tlic forewiiigs and by tlie narrowed median hand of the liindwings. Vene- 

 ziiehi (Merida), type in the Tring-Museum. — duiliae suhsp. nov. (107 d), a niucli more modified territorial form (luithn: 

 found in Ecuador. It corresponds to the rainy period form godmani and syrna of the more nortliern districts 

 and excels these Central American deviations even by reduced white areas of the forewings. Represented from 

 Cliimbo and Paramba, from an altitude of looo to 3500 feet. To tliis form probably belongs an espeeiallv fine 

 $ of my collection without exact habitat, with dark green bands on the upper surface and light brown clou- 

 ding on the under surface of the forewings. — diadochus suh-sp. nov. lying before me from Taraptoo on the Hual- ti},„iu,i,(is. 

 laga, Peru. The size of the reddish preapical area of the forewings corresponds more to that of godmani. the 

 width of the median zone to celerio. 



A. seriphia is a magnificent vicarious type of A. celerio, distributed from Central .America and A'ene- 

 zucla (() Bolivia, recognizable by still more advanced retrogression of the white median band of the forewings, 

 \\ hich is dissolved into entirely isolated maculae, and by luxuriant develojnncnt of the reddish-yellow zone 

 traversing in the shape of a band both the wings, whereby it forms an analogon to A. olbia FIdr. of the .4. 

 cythem-group. Sometimes the reddish-brown garland of the hindwings is absent. On the upper surface seri- 

 phia is yet characterized by especially prominent reddish-brown transverse bands of the cell of the forewings, 

 while large helmet-shaped submarginal spots on the under surface of the forewings indicate a certain alliance 

 with A. serpu. We know but few specimens, mostly $9. Anatomically A. seriphia apjjears strictly sej^arated 

 from A. celerio and A. serpa by the shape of the uncus which is, before the point, bent unciformly and strangu- 

 lated. Uncus otherwise in its contour approaching more that of serpa, turned steeper outwardly, without the 

 fine curve it forms in celerio, and without the gentle medial swelling of the latter. — pione Godni. ( IH) A a) 

 and iSalv. is based upon a single $ of the Coll. iStaitdixger from the volcano C'hiricpii and differs from the 

 nomenclatural type from A^enezuela by a somewhat more faded, more yellowish-brown than reddish, and broader 

 longitudinal band of the submarginal zone of the upper surface of both the wings. — seriphia Fldr., described 

 from A'enezuela and Colombia, is lying before me in almost identical $$-specimens from both the conntries. 

 The reddish-brown submarginal band of the under surface jnore pronounced than in the figure of pione Godm. 

 and Salv. — As aquillia subsp. nov. a j^-form of the Coll. Fruhstorfeb is introduced with reduced reddish- irjui/iin. 

 brown band of the forewings, joined by some more sjieeimens from Ocana (Colombia) of the Coll. 8taudixger 

 in the Berlin Museum. — naryce subsp. nov. from the Chanchamayo (Peru) resembles above aquillia and approxi- ntirncr. 

 mates beneath, by the faded and paler colouring, therasia subsp. nov. from Bolivia. The specimens found there ihcmsid. 

 by Fassl are smaller than the Colombian forms, their median white spots still more insignificant, scarcely half 

 as broad as in pione and seriphia. The white zone of the hindwings besides more pregnantly bordered in black. 



A. serpa, a magnificent species the range of which is much more extensive than was supposed and the 

 occurrence of which must yet be proved for great distances. The Central American race which was hitherto 

 known only in one specimen and was considered as a species of its own, is here, for the first time, brought into 

 connection with the collective species. All the forms have a very large reddish-yellow preapical spot in common ; 

 the median area remains always purely white without the greenish hue of A. celerio. On the under surface 

 the extent of the reddish-brown macula before the apex of the forewing-cell varies. The clasping-organs are 

 throughout more robust than in A. celerio and seriphia, uncus more than double as broad, valve ventrally more 

 sharply dentated, its point more roundish; scajihiuni and point of penis likewise clumsier. — setltia Godm. and svh/'ki. 

 Salv. Described according to a J from British Honduras; only 1 (J and 1 $ lying before me from Panama. 

 The $ has a still more extensive, more faded preapical spot than the J figured by Godmax. The median band 

 is purely white, on the hindwings narrower than in the q. — paraena Bllr. forms a distinct intermediate foi'in iKirai'iKi. 

 coiniecting sentia with serpa. Forewing with only three instead of four components of the white median baml. 

 Surinam and Lower Amazon. — serpa Bsd. (107 c) was figured according to 2 $$ from Santos. The race remains neriia. 

 pretty constantly between Espiritu Santo and Sao Paulo. Further to the south, the yellow preapical spot is 

 scunewhat shortened and the white median band is narrowed, thus forming danion subsp. nov. (107 c) represented tlninu,,. 

 according to a $ from Paraguay, but occurring pretty similarly also in Santa Catharina. — ornamenta form, oriiiiiiiciiln. 

 nov., however, reminds us somewhat of A. seriphia. The ochre-yellow .spot of the forewings is prolonged as 

 far as to the posterior median; hindwing with a complete series of elongate postmedian reddish intra-nerval 

 spots. Patria presumably Bahia, type in the Geneva Museum. — hyas Bsd. is the distinct form from Rio Grande hija^. 

 do Sul characterized by more roundish hindwings with very small anal spots. The under surface is remarkable 

 for the absence of the reddish-brown rosette and for the white median band. Ground-colour also otherwise 

 more faded, the basal and distal zones more straw-coloured than whitish. The coniform spot in the cell of 

 the forewings narrower, the roundish, black-bordered maculae before the cell-apex yellow instead of white. 

 Both the wings, fmally, distinguished by small black intra-nerval stripes resembling .4. celerio. — radiata form, nidiaia. 

 nov. forms a transition from serpa to hyas by ah'eady exhibiting the black intra-nerval lines, but also by the 

 remaining reddish-brown rosette-band round the white median area of the hindwings, characterizing the serpa- 

 group. Also the shape of the basal, coniform spot of the forewing-cell corresponds more to ^4. serpa damon 

 than to hyas. As to the shape of the clasping-organs, radiata excels serpn from Rio de Janeiro and hyas from 

 Rio Grande do Sul by a bulkier structure of the uncus as well as of the valve, radinla occurs in Santa Cathariiui 



