510 AffERONlA. I5y II. I''j;i iisToRFEii. 



tliose forms are to l)e comprised tliat inliabit tlie western part of Mexico. $ of special size and of remarkably 

 dark colouring. The white spots of tlie forewings much larger than in the other februa-mceH, but densely dusted 

 with sombre grey. Under surface of the wings light greyish-white with uncommonly extensive white spots 



milulUi. of the forewings and intensely light reddish-brown longitudinal bands of the hindwings. — sodalia form nov. 

 are on the upper surface peculiarly faded brownish-grey, from the eastern and southern parts of Mexico; they 

 are also on the uudci' surface of a sombre greyish-brown creating entirely the impression of being specimens of 



lucroiie. the dry period. — As hierone subsp. nov. the preponderantly greyish-green marbled areal-form of the Peninsula 

 fiindania. of Yucatan is introduced. Type in the Coll. Staudingee. — fundania snhsp. nov. is the name of the forms from 

 Central America with the type from Honduras, differing from the Mexican forms by the lighter total colou- 

 ring interspersed with more white and from fehrua from the Amazon by the greenish-grey, instead of violet- 

 blue colour of the hindwings. All the black bands are also of a more intense hue than in fehrua Hbn.. whereas 

 ('■;/;((. tlie under surface is much more delicately cancellated in black than in all the other races. — icilia svbsp. 

 nov. is similar to A. feronia insularis Fruhst. being of a smaller habitus than all the allied races, of a more 

 uniform grey colour, with remarkably reduced dark blue bands. Submarginal band of the under surface of the 

 hindwings more intensely red than in the Continental forms. Trinidad. According to Kaye a similar race occurs 

 niiip/iichloe. also in Hayti. — amphichloe Bsd. Boisduval's diagnosis is entirely insufficient, for it only runs thus (translated) : 

 ,,We possess another form being allied with oenoe, which was brought along from Guaiaquil deviating sufficiently 

 from oenoe by the ocelli of the hindwings which have a double iris". I most unwillingly abolish, however, names 

 of old authors and, therefore, I follow Kirby uniting it as variety 3 b with febriia Hbn. in his Catalogue (p. <i4il). 

 To the Ecuador-form there belong also specimens from the Upper Amazon, Peru, Bolivia in my collection. 

 They all have in common a greyish-ljrown colour resembling gndula. ^hicli is only decorated and interrupted 



au'Mdla. by faint greyish-blue places. — sabatia subsp. nov. is closely allied with amphichloe and even beats it in size 

 and the more pointed shape of the wings. The median band of the hindwings is in the c? proximally surrounded 

 by a somewhat faded. Ijroad blackish-brown area: In the 5 the reddish-brown crescents are on both the sur- 

 faces of the hindwings more prominent, the black spotting of the whole under surface a})pearing also jiiuch 

 iiiiiiiit. more extensive than in the Andine specimens. Mato-Grosso, Cuyaba. — As atinia subsp. nov. (105 c) the South 

 Brazilian race is separated with still broader black median bands on the upper surface of the hindwings, being 

 easily distinguishable from febrva of the Amazon in general by the nielanotic total colouring. Rio Grande do 

 Sul a-nd Santa Catluirina. — The larva of .1. februa is mf)re slender and worm-like than that of ^4. arete. 



.srli(i-<i,(. Beside 2 frontal and anal horns it only bears 3 short spines on each segment. — sellasia subsp. nov. inhabits 

 Paraguay. The $$ resemble alinin, though they are more richly decorated with blue; the ^(^ are decidedly 

 lighter than the ^i^ from Blumenau and Rio Grande do Sul, forming a transition to the februa L. of the 

 fn-ciiliiKi. northern zone of South America. — ferentina Oodf., finally, is a form the habitat of which we do not know 

 tor certain. It is founded uj)on a figure of Ckamer, exhibiting above still more blue marbling on a- very dark 

 gi'ound than our figure of atinia (105 c). The under surface of ferentina is nuu:h more extensively brown than 

 in any of the races known to me. But even if ferentina could not be maintained, it remains due to Godart to 

 have first discovered and diagnosticated the species-character of A. februa. 



A. glaucononie is an extiemely rare species occurring fiom Mexico and ^'uca(au to Costa llica. it 

 differs from A. febnct by a peculiar light bluish grey of the upper surface and an extensive purely white area 

 of the forewings, Avhich is not dissolved into single spots. The ocelli of the hindwings only with quite faint red- 

 dish crescents. Under surface preponderantly white, with milky-blue basal part of both the wings and quite 

 insignificant black cancellate markings. The reddish-brown hue is confined upon narrow parallel bands along 

 liniinriiiii. the two black zigzag-garlands of the hindwings. — honorlna subsp. nov. An excellent race of the Peninsula 

 of .Yucatan, known to Boisduval already in 1871 and resembling a gkiuconome (105 b) in miniature, except 

 the beautiful blue of the upper surface being much more subdued, more interspersed with grey than with violet. 

 Ocelli of the hindwings more pressed together, being, therefore, more of an elliptic than roundish shape. Un- 

 der surface with dark, grey basal part of both the, wings, the reddish-brown lines almost extinct. — Beside 

 lionorina resembling fictitia (105 e) there occurs another form cm the Peninsula of Yucatan, which may belong 

 jiililla. to the dry jjeriod: julitta form. nov. (105 e); its upper surface much rather resembles A. februa sodalia Fndist. 

 from Mexico, especiallj' on account of the brownish-grey ground-colour of the upper surface. The black bands 

 of both the wings more prominent, the white apical part of the forewings, except some small spots, veiled 

 l>.y greyish-brown. Under surface with somewhat stronger cancellate markings, otherwise not differing from 

 iiirijiilii. lionorina. — megala subsp. nov. (105 b as glaucononie) is found in Southern Mexico and considerably excels 

 glaucononie, as figured by GodmaK and Salvin, in the dimension of the wings, in the size of the white area 

 (jhiiimiiaiiic. of the forewings and the lighter tota,l "colouring. Type in the Coll. Frx'hstorfer. — glaucononie Bates is 

 above entii-ely darker than megala (105 b). It was discovered by Dr. Godman in Guatemala « here it « as observed 

 oriioe. as a great rarity only in the district of Verapaz. — oenoe Bsd., originally described from Costa Rica, has remai- 

 ned unknown to me in nature. The diagnosis of its author mentions as the most impoitant marks: About the 

 <[7<\ of A. ferentinn Godt. Wings pale, grey, the forewings with a large Avhitc spot being set with small, moic 



