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TOflrlish-brown cellular spot of the upper surface of the forewings, which exists as an insignificant white spot 

 in some Brazilian specimens at most. The upper surface of iphthime exhibits besides subdued blue lont/itudinal 

 bands. The hindwings show a more sharply defined black median band and more pregnant white-tinned ocelli. 

 — Larvae according to M.\BiLr>E black with lateral blue dots, on a creeper with broad leaves which has no 

 popular name. Palpi dark green with white ribs, pupa's rest lasting two weeks. — iphthime Bates (lO.oa) has tii/i/iiinir. 

 the most distinctly prominent and largest white spots of the forewungs. The upiier surface of the hindwiii«s 

 distinguished by a light brown median band not existing in the moic southern forms. The reddish-brow 11 fra- 

 ming of the under surface of all the wings deeper and more prominent than in the allied races. From Mexico 

 to Panama, also reported from the Upper Amazon by Bates. — gervasia subsp. luw. is the eastern continental >7i</.v;((. 

 branch founded upon specimens occurring from Bahia throughmit the whole Brazilian Provinces as far as' Rio 

 Grande do Sul inclusively. The bands, being of a light blue in iphthime. are replaced by greyish-blue ones, the 

 white transcellular spots of the forewings remain smaller and are veiled by grey, just like the spot before the 



cell-apex. The under surface is of a less bright reddish-brown, but more extensively spotted in black. ater- ulmnii. 



Ilia -stihsp. nov. approximates the Central American iphthime by very large white sjjots on the forewings. though 

 i1 differs from them by deeper and darker bluish-grey places on the upjM-r surface. Bolivia. 



A. epinome seems to inhabit exclusively Brazil and Paraguay and differs from A. iphthime by its 

 large habitus, rounder wing-contours and a darker, but still more varied and more variegated upper suiface. 

 The black median spots of both the wings are more prominent, the single specimens more variable. The basal 

 part of the forewings without blue admixture, epinome F!dr. (105 b) seems to be the most common species ,in,i„ii,r. 

 in the South Brazilian Provinces, occurring most anywhere where magnificent trees in the neighbouihnnd of 

 large townships give the butterflies opportunity to pursue their favourite habit in lesting on the grev baik 

 of the trees, with their wings spread out and after having been rattling energetically. There exist 2 foVins of 

 the (J as well as of the $. I have at hand: a) ^(^ in which the black median zigzag-band of the hindwings is 

 distally overshadowed by grey, and b) ^(^ in which this longitudinal band is distally set with 2 to 4 distinct 

 white spots. On the other hand, there exist ?$ specimens which a) have the same light greyish-white 

 spotted forewings as the <S^ and also otherAvise general o'c? i^imilarity (form of the rainy period ?), and b) such 

 exhibiting more uniform, sombre, hazy brownish-grey (form of the dry period?). — Specimens being especially 

 extensively covered with brownish-grey have lieen denominated fallax Slcjr. (105 b). From Espiritu Santo /„/;„,,■. 

 to Rio Grande do Sul and in Paraguay. — florentia snbsp. nov. is the foi'm of the northernmost bianch known /loniifui. 

 distinguishable from the South Brazilian epinome by remarkably large almost white subapical spots of both 

 the wings. On the under surface the white s])ots are predominant, the black grates aie reduced as well as the 

 brown framing of both the wings. Bahia. 



A. fornax resembles above somewhat A. feronia and .4. epinome. the under surface. Jiowevei', is 

 immediately distinguishable from all the other species by the ochreous area of the hindwings exhibiting only 

 a series of white marginal and submarginal s])ots. 5 scarcely differing from the ,5, but with roundish winij- 

 contours. There are but two areal forms: fornax HIjn. (105 c), foiewing with distinctly projecting apical jiait, 



the median spots of the forewings relatively small. From Rio de Janeiro to Paraguay, besides in Venezuela. 



fornacalia Fruhst. is larger in the habitus, the discal spots of the forewings more extensive, the hindwings darker 

 than in fornax. From Texas and Mexico to Bolivia. In Guiana and the Amazon \'alley, as well as in North 

 Brazil, forna.v seems to be absent. 



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A. alicia Bates (]05e) combines the scheme of markings of A. chloi' on the upper surface and 

 A. jorna.v. on the under surface. The forewings of alicia are nearly black, with three rows of white beautifully 

 shaped .spots being united to oblique bands, hindwings being bordered in black, without white intiamedian 

 dots, otherwise almost like in A. fornax. Ujjper Amazon, from Pebas, Sao Paulo anfl Icniitos. 



A. rosandra spec. nov. Smaller by about one third compared to .4. alicia beside \vhich it occuis. 

 ^ set with more prominent and lighter grey spots of the forewings than evcji the 9 of A. alicia. Ocelli of 

 the hindwings not elliptic or nucleiform, but roundish with white pupil. Under surface fo the forewings 

 analogous to that of ^4. alicia. hindwings, however, decorated with small blue ocelli and provided ^itli a l)lack 

 square spot at the costal margin, both of which are missing in alicia. Sao Paulo do Olivencia. iy\)v in the 

 ('oil. Staudinger. 



A. amphinome. One of the most common species of the genus with a range from Mexico to Boliyia, 

 Rio Grande do Sul and Paraguay. The $ has rounder wing-contours and a somewhat broader and mostly 

 also lighter transverse band of the forewings. Its habitat in the lowlands, in Central America found in altitudes 

 langing up to about 1000 m. — mexicana Luc. This rather insignificant local form has been described bv 

 Lucas as a species in a diagnosis of 5(» lines. In short, comprehensive words mexicana differs from amphinome 

 L. by darker-powdered, somewhat narrower bands of the forewings and by the appearance of a second sultapical 

 greyish-white spot which also attracted Lucas" attention, presenting itself together with the upper spot on 

 the under surface as a larger and purely white macula. The hindwings are of a somewhat paler red tin<^e than 



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