r,44 AIJKHUXIA. Hy II. KRiiisToKiicit. 



in ampJiinome. Texa'^, Mexico, Guatemala. Hoiidura'^, C'hiiiqiii. In t'olonibia there occur several areal forms 



ninrsiiut. two of which are lying before me: morsina subsp. nov. differing from the nomenclatural type from Surinam 



by its generally smaller shape and the snbapical band of the forewings being above powdered with grey 



finiwf<fi. instead of purely white and beneath narrower and of a yellow tinge; — fumosa subsp. nov. (104 b), the darkest 



extreme known of the collective species, the oblique band on the forewings being covered with smoke-brown, 



^uHphhioiiir.and appearing also beneath still narrower and darker yellow than in morsina. — amphinome L. (104 b 9) is 



distinguished from all the vicarious types by the nearly purely white longitudinal band of the foiewings. Guiana, 



Kv./ii,,!. Amazon, Peru, Bolivia, Isle of Trinidad. — aegina subsp. nov. forms a retrogressive stride to the Colombian races 



especially morsina. The subapieal band of the forewings is, however, less dark, beneath of a puier white than 



in morsina, but still duller than in amphinome L. The second subapieal macula of the forewings peripheri- 



cally never so extensively covered with grey or whitish than in morsina. The upper surface of all the wings 



speckled in blue. Beside such blue-speckled specimens there occur near Rio cJ^J with greenish spots on the 



upper surface of the wings and a somewhat broader and lighter oblique band. According to Di-. Seitz (Jahrb. 



Nass. Ver. Nat. 1893 p. 76) aegina occurs uncommonly often near Santa Theresa, while to the south it grows 



rarer, appearing near Santos only as a great rarity. Type from Espiritu Santo, also from Bahia, Parana, Blu- 



menau and Rio Grande do Sul in Coll. Feuhstorfer. Specimens from Paraguay are above somewhat lighter 



l)lue than $$ from the South Brazilian Provinces. According to a statement of Dr. Mueller the horns of the 



])U})a of aexjina are convergent, while in A. februa, judging from a figure of Mabilde, they are divergent. When 



comparing the figures of Huebner and Cramer it results evidently that Cramer figures the Surinam-foi in 



amphinome L. with purely white bands of the forewings (Pap. Exot. I Table 54 f. E. F.), whereas Huebner 



figures the Brazilian race (aegina Fruhst.) with the band of the forewing being distinctly powdered in grey. 



!,rll,„lu,niii. A. belladonna Bates (104 c) is a distinct species resembling in the colours of the under surface of 



the hindwings amphinome, while the upper surface forms a transition to arethusa Cr. Upper Amazon. 



A. arinome resembles above ^4. amphinome L., exhibiting also an analogous tendency in the colou- 

 ) ing so that there occur also of arinome dull-grey powdered races in Colombia as well as in Central America 

 and also in Brazil, while Guiana and the Amazon district are inhabited by purely white banded forms. Like 

 in amphinome, the $ of arinome also has more roundish contours and an expanded white area of the hindwings. 

 Base of the under surface of both the wings dark coffee-brown, the distal region black with dark -violet lustre. — 

 ani'ii'^U. ariensis G. and S. The transverse band of the forewings composed of shorter components than in arinome of 

 a more southern habitat, the terminal spot above the central median isolated and smaller than in arinome. 

 The whitish shawl of the under surface of the forewings with a yellowish hue. Described from Panama, occurring 

 also in Colombia. — arinome Luc. (104 c) is rarely found in European collections which mostly contain only 

 specimens of the following areal form. Band of the forewings, especially in the ?, very broad, upper suiface 

 .ilrroi,,'. in both the sexes with light blue spots. Guiana, Surinam. — sterope subsp. nov. excels arinome in size, but 

 the white area of the (J(J is still considerably narrower. The 9, however, has a still more extensive white area 

 <i,i-nnali: of the forewings and preponderantly greenish zigzag bands intead of blue ones. From Obidos. — anomale 

 Slreck. is reported from the Upper Amazon. By its narrowed shape of the forewing-band and by its size it 

 (irnir. forms a transition to arene .subsp. nov. (104 b) of which only a 9 from Eastern Peru is lying before me, distin- 

 guished from all the vicarious types by narrowed hind\^ings . The white band of the forewings is narrower by 

 „iniH'r,ia. more than a third than in arinome and sterope. — obnubila subsp. nov. comprises the Brazilian territorial form 

 lying before me as a rarity from Espiritu Santo. According to vox Boenninghaitsen it also occurs only rarely 

 at the Corcovado and in the mountains of Rio de Janeiro. 9 f^nialler than 99 from tfie Amazon district, the 

 white area of the forewings more irregular; costally narrowed, in the intra-median parts overpowdered with 

 brownish-grey. At the costal of the forewings, where the fourth and fifth subcostal veins are branching off, 

 we notice a white spot being also prominent beneath, but which is absent in all the other branches of arinome. 

 Cndci- surface paler brown, the red spots faded but larger than in arinome from Guiana. 



A. arethusa, an excellent species with velvet-black upper surface which seems as if set with tui- 

 (pioises. The sexes are dichromatic to a high extent. ^ unicolorous, 9 with white oblique band of the forewings. 

 The ^(^ conspicuous for a brown velvety scent-spot on the upper surface of the hindwings varying according 

 to the locality. Corresponding to it, a lustrous friction-spot on the under surface of the fore-wings along the 

 submedian and a light-brown disk in the median part. The red spotting in the anal angle of the hindwings 

 varies in extent according to the locality. Range from Mexico to Bolivia, in CJuiana and the Amazon distiict. 

 According to Godman found in Guatemala at an elevation of up to about 1000 m. Three territorial ft)rms, 

 siiHi-ilrx. two of which were hitherto not recognized. — saurites subsp. nov., with the type from Honduras, is considerably 

 smaller than the nomenclatural form from Surinam, the sexual spot on the upper surface of the hindwings 

 broader, brown instead of grey. The 9 exhibits a much narrower and more yellowish than white band of the 

 forewings and bears a large carmine co.stal spot of the hindwings being absent in arethusa from the Amazon. 

 The under surface of the hindwings shows a large red costal spot contrary to arethu.sa from the Amazon and 

 arrthiixii. Guiana. Range from Mexico to Colombia, in Trinidad an allied form occurs. — arethusa Cr. is known to me 

 only from the excellent figures of Cramer and especially of Huebner. 9 with three light-carmine s|)o1s at 

 (lie (-ostal margin of the hindwings. Inner margin of Hie forewings wi1li icd s1ri])es. Surinam. GuiMna,. — 



tin irnur. 



