584 ANAEA. By J. Ruber. 



vrsrri. A. nesea Godt. (= centaurus Fldr.) (118d) has so far been known only from Colombia. The $ seemf5 



to be still unknown. In the o the magnificent fiery bands of the forewings are absent, the latter, however, 

 have often vitreous median spots. 



s/ri/i,in)i. A. strymon Wpym. from Ecuador (900 to 1.500 m) is smallci- than iw.'^en, it has quite similarly shaped 



forewings, but the hindwings are not tailed. The upper surface is violet witli broad dark margins and the same 

 median sjjots of the forewing.s. The under surface is grejish-yellow with 3, partly shortened brown bands of 

 the forewings and 2 brown bands of the hindwings running parallel to the distal margin. The forewings have 

 a ln-iiad Id-own distal border of which, however, the apex of the wing and the inner angle remain free. 



/;/,,„. A. titan Fldr. (118 c) has been described according to Colombian specimens, but according to Her- 



bert Druce it occm's also in Costa Rica. The Costa Rica form is much darker than the Colombian. The figured 

 $ has been discovered by Mr. A. H. Fassl in East Colombia (Upper Rio Negro, 800 m); it has. like the Jcj* 

 of vesea and tyricmtMnn , 2 half-diaphanous spots in the mid<llc of the forewings. 



ridilaiix. The typical form of A. rutilans Btlv. from East Peru has no tails of the hindwings, whereas in the figu- 



caiirhifn. red form of caudata .siibsp. nov. (IIS e) from theChanchamayo, the_y are relatively just as long as in tila)i. The 



under surface is quite similar to that of litan, but it lacks the white submarginal spots on all the wings. 



fifan and rutihins are presumably forms of one and the same species. 



fyriantlihin. A. tyriatithina *S'. and G. (118 e) from Bolivia and Peru is the largest and most beautiful species 



of this group. It resembles nesea pretty nuich, but it has iio tails of the hindwings. The $ of this rare 

 species seems to be still unknown. 



iiiitiiihia. A. onophis Fldr. (118e) is distributed fi'om Guatemala to Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, und has 



recently been found also in Bolivia (Coroico, Rio Songo). The $ lias a more compact shape, paler colours and 

 a larger yellowish spot at the costal margin of the hindwings. Beneath the species i.s similarly decorated witli 

 dark and silky bands as pifhi/'tmi (llSf), but the dark inner half is distally more irregularly defined and ])ro- 

 jects in thick oljtuse teeth behind the cellule of the forewing. 



cithiinut. A. eubaena Bud. (Ibsf) from f'entral Anierica has more pointed forewings, being more sinuated at 



the distal margin; the ground-colouring is, compared with onophi.t, more brownish than black and the fore- 

 wings seem always to exhibit only 4 bkie submarginal spots. The under surface is lighter than in niKiphi.s. Init 

 scarcely different in the scheme of markings. 



(tn/niiifitni. A. arginussa Hhn. (I20Ba) occurs, according to 0. Staudinger from Peru to Sduth Biazil (Rio de 



Janeiro). Druce denotes it as rare in Minas C4eraes; in Peru it is common. It greatly resembles oiKiphi.^ above. 



niir,i,h;<lrs. but the white submarginal dots of the hindwings are also beneath very ])rominent. — oiiophides Sfgr. from 

 cKiii'ii},,!-. the Chiriqui has only 4 blue submarginal spots of the forewings. — concolor we denominate the South Brazilian 

 form (Santa Catharina, Sao Paulo) in which on the upper surface all the wings are hardly differently coloured 

 on the basal area, as on the outer part of the wings, whereas ty])ical argiri/vssa exhibit a briglu blue reflection 

 at the base. 

 amcnophifi. A. atTienophis Fldr. from Bahia, according to Druce also occurring in Guatemala, Colombia, East 



Peru and on the Lower Amazon, has been described as follows: .,5 above like hiertes (= morvus-^, 119 a). but 

 everything coloured in steel-blue, a large basal area and a regulai' subapical band steel-blue, as well as on the 

 hindwings a large discal area., witiiDut dots. Under sui-fac-e like in iplti.'<. We doubt whcthei- this species is 

 here at the right place. 

 perenna. A. percnna <S'. and G. (= amenophis Druce nee Fldr.) (liSf) from Colombia, Guatemala, Peru and, 



as stated, also from the Lower Amazon, differs from all the species of this group by the blue marginal marking 

 of the hindwings. 

 pillii/iisii. A. pithyusa Fldr. (118f) from South Mexico, Guatemala, \'eragua and Costa Rica, is the smallest 



form of this group. It differs from the similar .species chiefly by the shape; distal margin and jiroximal margin 

 of the forewings are much less deeply sinuous, so that the inner angle does not project so much ; the apex of 

 the forewings likewise decreases in intensity thereby. The ? is, according to Druce, much larger than the 

 9, the base of the wings is bluer and the spots on the forewings are larger and mostly white. In many i)laces 

 common. 

 Ui)iuo.<i. A. lemnos Druce (120 B a) from Peru (Chanchamayo) differs from the species having above similar 



markings by the deviating under surface which is much more variegated with reddi.sh and white embeddings 

 in the middle especially of the hindwings. The ground of the wings is beneath also lighter, so that the dark 

 bands are more sharply contrasting. Above the whole proximal half of the wings is of a bright blue lustre, 

 the blue distal spots are very large. The inner-marginal excision at the forewing very slight. 



appiaf!. A. appias Hbti. (llSf) from South Brazil (Espiritu Santo, Sao Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul), disco- 



vered b\^ Mr, .V. H. Fassi, also in ( '<ilombia (U])per Rio Negro and Muzo), seems to be a species of little variability. 



