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the clriudia-races. By the appearance of an extensive blue reflection at the periphery of the red spotting, a 

 resemblance of sardanapalus is created. The yellowish macular band of the forewings shown l)y our figui'e 

 of the type from Godman's collection, may he absent, the red of tlie forewings sometimes extends to a broad 

 patch resen\bling chmrJin. witlmuf black indentation at the submedian. The led disk of the hindwings may 

 also increase in extent (fa. phoenix Xicji.). He-;ide^ there exist specimens resend)ling still more .4. S(irdannpiilu'< pin. 

 I)y the absence of the red disk being replaced i)y a dull ultramarint* blue discal s])ot (fa. seminibra Niep.). Habi- KnuiruUrK. 

 1at of the wonderful race Mato Grosso. — claudina (loiU. (115a as claudia.nus-$ and a 4) is found in Central ilundntK. 

 Brazil, according to specimens of my collcttion in Espiritu Santo. Minas-(ieraes, and Rio de Janeiro. The 

 rJo differ from d'lwliiinn'i (115 a) by the presence of a yellow bi-ightening of tlu' forewings. like in godiinon. 

 which remains beneath almost jjurely white. The basal area is lighter carmine and it may sometimes be at 

 the submedian c^uite untouched by the black indentation, so that such r^J with an area lacing cut off at the 

 submedian as if with a ruler, re^emljle the '_,' of rroesu^ (1 15 b). The J bears a. scent-pencil being slightly rcniged 

 at the tip, described, however, already bj' Godart. The i-ed discal sijot of the hindwing is somewhat more 

 extensive than in cMmdianii-s and placed nearer to the distal margin, which was likewise noticed and called 

 attention to by Godart. The 9 (115 a 3 misprinted into eiindi'iims) has generally a larger red disk than our 

 figure and it is, compared with $9 from moi'c southern provinci'<, on the foi'cwings brighter though jjale red, 

 and the second transcellular median band of the under surface of the hindwings light grey instead of blackish 

 violet-grey as in daudimms. — The ante-terminal black band of the hindwings is of variable width ; it is very 

 narrow in a $ from Minas Geraes, uncommonly strong in a $ from Rio de Janeiro. The subapical oblicpie band 

 of the fiirewing.-5 is likewise variable, almost white as chalk in a i from Minas, pale ochre-yellow in a Rio-$. 

 According to statements of Boenm\C!Hausen, chudiiia. though lare in the I'mvincc of Rio de Janeiro, is. 

 however, sometimes found in the Botanical Gardens and on the ('orcovado. — pallantis Fruh-st. $ f^bove very iiitUuiilis. 

 closely allied to .4. d-mdia dwudinaGodt. from Rio de Janeiro, Espiritu Santo and Minas-Geraes of my collection. 

 The three blurred yellowish preapical spots of the forewings are somewhat narrower than in the 5? of my collec- 

 tion, the red area of the forewings, however, considerably larger, so that the transcellular spot does not apjjear 

 anymore triangular, but square, and reaches as far as close to the costal. At the submedian there remains but 

 a narrow black segment. On the hindwings all the veins from the anterior radial to the middle median 

 have a reddish hue. The postdiscal red spot more than again as broad as in A. dmtdin.a-2- The under 

 surface of the hindwings somewhat lighter than in the $ from Rio de Janeiro, the lighter blue-pupilled sub- 

 marginal spots are placed in a more gi'cenish yellow area, and the anteterminal black band is hardly half as 

 broad. Pj-e-iumably from one of the J5razilian North Provinces, 9-type in the (ieneva Museum, from the Coll. 

 JuRiNE, which is already more than a century old. The butterfly, however, is still just as fresh as the speci- 

 mens having been for 15 and 20 years in my collection. ..4. pnlhintis (denominated according to an epithet for 

 Aui'ora) forms a transition from A. d'ludinn to A. d'ludia from Surinam, and most probably some more inter- 

 mediate forms will be discovered yet, app.'oximating still more the old A. dnudin Sdiulz by a larger red disk 

 of the hindwings. — plausibilis suhxp. nov. forms the transition from d/mdina to daudianns. It has above already iihoi-'ii'ili'i. 

 the character of dawJknius and. contrary to the more northern forms, a dark carmine, purple-tinged and more 

 cre^centiform red basal part of the forewings. This part is cut out by the submedian from the black inner 

 margin in the shape of a segment. The red discal spot of the hindwings still more broadly effused than in dau- 

 dinnufs (115 a). The under surface approximates daudinit by a whitish-grey subapical band, instead of hazy 

 y(4lowish a-i in daudinnu-s. The hindwings also rather exhibit the attributes of the Rio-form than those of 

 diiiidi'iiiKs. the transcellular median band remains light yellow, the distal one nearly whitish grey and narrower 

 than in the more northern and more southern vicarious type. The black ocelli of the hindwings decidedly smaller 

 than in the sister-races. Habitat unknown, but presumably Sao Paulo or Parana. — claudianus Stgr. (115 a) rliiii<Vnniii>s 

 is incorrectly depicted in our figure l)y the red discal spot of the hindwings being laid out too broad. In fact 

 it is hardly indicated on the u])pcr surface of the hindwings. The 9 also exhibits above only an insignificant 

 reddish, black-powdered diffuse spot of the hindwings. The preapical oblique band of the forewings in both 

 sexes yellowish, the submarginal zone of the hindwings surrounding the blue-pupilled eye-spots greenish brown, 

 the median band close at the cell brownish-grey, the postdiscal band greyish-violet as well as the cell-area, 

 Santa Catharina. daudinmi.s has scarcely ever been captured as imago, but been bred from larvae. Its occin-- 

 rence beyond Blumenau was hitherto not ascertained, but Jttliu.s Miohaeli.s has discovered it yet near There- 

 sopolis, thus farther to the south. The larva, according to Jul. ScheidemaKtel's di-awmg, resembles that 

 of a Prepona; the warts on the rings 3 and 5 seem to be absent, but the not paired protuberance on the fourth 

 ring is present. The larva ends into a furcated tail similar to that of Prepona Itierfes. — sardanapalus was under- 

 stnod by Kirby and myself to be a local race of ^4. d'vudvt. The occurren<'e of decided dawiia-iormi^, beside 

 r[uite typical snrdnnwpalu-'i, however, might induce us to revert to the assumption of B.\te.s that sardanapuhi,s 

 is a distinct species. Without counting the larger size compared to all the dimdia-iorms (except A. godmam 

 Fruhst.), one might oppose the wing-contour of the forewings being always more roundish and the much more 

 imposing scent-pencil being more jjurely and lighter yellow haired, as distinction-marks. The decisive under 

 surface, however, does not offer any piclicnsihle differential (4ia.racters. The presence of the semi-arc-streak 



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