PKKPUNA. By H. Frchsturker. 557 



l)y a. light loam-yellow distal part and a glossy proximal patch. Type from Honduras, also from Costa Rica 

 and Panama in my collection. Mi". Fas.sl sent me specimens from the Rio Aquaca A'alley from an altitude 

 of 200(1 m in Colombia, which are not to be distinguished from Honduras-.specimens. — amphimachus F. ( = amj)hi- (niiiiliniin- 

 mache Hhn.) (11- c) we have figured according to a relatively small rj from Surinam. The J i'"* always more '■'"'■''• 



conspicuous, having a more intensely loam-yellow under surface than ainphiktion. Common in Surinam and 

 on the Lower Amazon, especially near Obidos. — symaithus ■^iih^^ip. iiov. surpa.sses in the size of the (^^ the most .'^i/imiit/ms. 

 considerable $$ from Central America and Surinam. The magnificent band of the ujijier surface is decidedly 

 broader, the transcellular spots lai'ger. the under surface with a preponderantly reddish median band. Ecuador: 

 presumably also in some districts of Peiu. — magos vubsji. iiov. occurs in Bolivia and Mato Grosso, the wings iiKujds. 

 are no more so extensive as in sy»Htithiifi. The blue band is ta])ering off anterioi'ly and in the anal angle, grow- 

 ing decidedly narrower also in the middle. The under surface is easily distinguishable by a more decidedly 

 greyish-brown distal area reminding us of P. meander, especially on the hindwings. — fruhstorferi Rob. (114 a) /riilislorfi'i-i. 

 based upon a $ from Rio de Janeiro, which we figure, is the Central Brazilian form of condition the habitus 

 of which, like P. meander megncles and P. nntimache, is beaten by the northei-n as well as the Andine vic'a- 

 rious types. I possess a $ from Espiritu Santo being congruent \\itli the figured sjjecimen. qJ from Bahia. 

 Espiritu Santo and Minas Geraes, are likewise smaller than aiiipJiini(irhns-o(^ from the Amazon etc. The blue 

 spotting is growing less, the under surface is still more faded than in aiitphimachus, fallow greyish-yellow. — 

 melas fortn. nov. is found in Santa Catharina. The shape of the wings is still similar to frahsforferi, the magnifi- tiKian. 

 cent band, however, hardly half as broad as in amphiviachus, and still more narrowed than in P. iiieatider 

 soron. — pseudonieander Frnhst. (= falcata Rob.) (Ill c, d," 114 a as fnlcata) is almost entitled to be called iiyiiiduin,- 

 a species. The shape of its wings is changed, the forewings jDrojecting like a sickle, the hindwings being narrowed "'" "' 



to a long-stretched point. The reduction of the blue band on the forewings, compared with melas, makes 

 such great progress that broad black veins begin to dissever the magnificent area. On the under surface we 

 notice a peculiar purple or reddish-violet lustre of the dark grey distal half being iriost successfully depicted 

 in our figure. Rio Grande do Sul, rare and local. From Candelaria, however, I received about 30 specimens. — 

 The examination of the copulation-apparatus of meander and (itn.phimacJrii.s, which 1 extended also upon cinrta 

 Fruhst. from Mexico and pseudomeander Fruh.st. from South Brazil, issued such a congruent result as to the 

 ground characters, that there is no doubt of the homogeneousness of these two forms. Only the size of the 

 dorsal uncus varies somewhat in the single specimens, although these variations are not bound to one form, 

 but occur in both the forms. This part of the organ is strong, but of a snuxll size, and when being looked at, 

 is easily covered by 2 pair of teguminal appendages i^rotruding laterally below it and with pointed clubs, 

 or it is dislodged in such a way that it may be overlooked even iji a very accurate examination of the oliject. 

 But in case the hook representing the dorsal prolongation of two lateral basin-shaped formations be somewhat 

 longer, it {projects beyond the diadem-like crown of the 4 clubs, producing the impression as if there were a 

 specific difference. The harpae, suspended beneath the mentioned cluljby a])pendages, are broad cochleari- 

 form, tapering and, shortly before the distal end, are armed with a plain strong spine. Penis enormously deve- 

 loped, without any special jjeculiarities, saccus short. The race ■pseudomeander Fruhst., being exteriorly so 

 sharply differentiated, does not show any remaikable anatomical deviations. 



P. chalciope. A rather rare species the range of which is as yet little known. Uur figure lild 

 gives us a good idea of the under surface, the white bands of which vary in extent according to the locality. 

 — chalciope Hbn. is presumably described according to specimens from Guiana. Kieby mentions it at chulcUipc. 

 first from (Cayenne, from where it is also represented in the Berlin Museum. The form is especially characteristic 

 for the white bordering of the inner light zone, beginning from the apex of the cell of the forewing, traversing 

 the hindwing-cell as far as to the last median, where it almost touches the white streak which, in our figure, 

 passes even beyond the submedian. The blue area of the upper surface of the hindwings has a convex expansion. 

 We may probably expect chakiope from a number of other Central and North Biazilian Provinces. — domna i/ohuki. 

 subsp. nov. (Ill d as chalciope) is a very dark form with uncommonly narrowed blue median area of the upper 

 sm-face. The under surface differs from chalciope Hbn. by the entire absence of the subbasal white band and 

 the effaced instead of prominent white jaatch beyond the forewing-cell. From Sao Paulo to Rio Grande do 

 Sul. According to a 3* and a $ from the latter state our figm'es are depicted, and I possess analogous speci- 

 mens from Theresopolis in Santa Catharina. — chalcis subsp. nov. approaches above the form depicted by Hubner dialris. 

 by the extensive magnificent area, though it resembles beneath domna (111 d), except the brown paits being 

 replaced by greenish bands and stripes and the distal zone of both the wings being paler and more faded. I'ara- 

 guay. ^■alve about as in P. (nitimnche. uncus more slender, penis narrower. 



P. luctuosus Walch. .\ mythical species or form being, according to the primitive figure of the under /i«/im.si(;;. 

 surface, somewhat analogous to P. chalriope Hbn.; there is also a di.stant likeness with P. demopkon resp. cinli- 

 mache-va,ces of the Antilles. As its habitat the ..East Indies" are mentioned, which statement may be erroneous 

 and may mean the West Indies. 



