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spun on to the undei- surface of a large hard leaf belonging to the lowest branch of an enormous tree 

 of the primeval forest. The said pupa yielded, on the 2(ith of July, the V butterfly differing greatly from the 

 Q, with the broad, red-brciw n bands." — Seems to lie not rare. 



Of A. xenica Bat. (= xelii'a ^7f/;-.) (120 Be) from (uiatemala only the 5 was known for a long time, .rcn'ica. 

 Ill all ])rol)aliility it is a local form of rli<i<i-ovcn. 



A. pronienaea a. and S. fmni Mcxicn (('urduva) is said to be closely allie(l to .reinrn (120 \'> v). but iirfniininrd. 

 the base of the wings is more blue in the q, more purjile in the V. Diffi'ring frnni the J of indujaiioi by the 

 absence of the slate-blue bands on the upper surface. 



A. proserpina Sulv. (= pedile Dnire) (120 Be) from (Juatemala and Costa Rica lies before us in a. [/ iinisirjuiKi. 

 fnnn (!osta Rica (Orosi, 1200 m, Coll. A. H. Fassl). We reproduce the figures from the .,Biologia eentrali-anu-ri- 

 cana". Here the spots before the ape.x of the wing converge to a preajucal oblique band, and the hindwings 

 are margined in dull light lilue. 



A. basilia '''/■. from the Ujiper .Vmazon River is a rare species which seems to have lieen captured hn.siiid. 

 last by B.4TES in the fifties of the last century. According to Dui'ce it greatly resembles the following species 

 and has only somewhat more and lighter blue colouring. — phantes Hpffr. (120 A c), only a local form of hn-'^iiia, iihi(i,l,.-<. 

 from Peru and Bolivia, is in both sexes rather variable above, because there may be abundant as well as little 

 submarginal marking: the under surface, however, is rather constant. The ^,^ also vary greatly in size, if 

 the 9$ connected by us with this species belong here indeed, we have to state yet Panama (Lino, <S00 m. Coll. 

 A. H. Fas.sl) as habitat. ,^^ from Panama are not lying before u<. 



A. memphis FIdr. from Colombia and the Amazon is known only in the male sex. According to the mrnijiliis. 

 author, this species is the most closely allied to iphl'<, but its size, shape of the forewings and marking of the 

 upper surface greatly resemble busiiia. — niontana siibsp. nov. from Central Peru (HunanK)bamba, 1 500 m. inyiiiniKi. 

 A. H. Fassl) is the larger alpine form with much more subapical and sidimarginal marking of the upper sui'- 

 face. The under surface is lighter blue and less irrorated in white. 



A. mora Druce from Colomlna. and Guatemala has been described as follows: Upper surface givenish- „„„•,/. 

 black, basal half of the forewing of a dim green, a green spot near the apex of the forewing and an indistint^t 

 spot near the anterior angle of the hindwings, being slightly tinged in greenish. Hindwing without a tail, 

 basal half and distal margin green, a row of 4 small whitish spots from the anal angle to the apex. Under sui'- 

 face dark brown, all the wings spotted in chestnut brown, with greyish scales along the costal margin of the 

 forewing, all the wings with a subnuirginal row of indistinct white s]K)ts. 



A. orthesia G. and S. (= mora Druce p. p.). ,^ forewing ])urplc-bla(k. dusted in blue at tlu' base, the nrHirsin. 

 margin of the forewing indistinctly blue. Under surface chestnut-brown, everywhere irrorated in lust- 

 reddish and white. Forewing very pointed, hindwing without a tail. '^ brownish-black, at the base blue, fore- 

 wing with a blue spot near the apex , under surface brown, with a i-eddish tinge, irrorated in brown and \\hite: 

 hindwings with tails. The $ resembles greatly .4. oenomni-s (llUc) but the wings are more pointed and their 

 basal area of a more intense blue colour. Deviating from mora by a more jjurple hue of the wings, the 

 blue of the basal area being less tinged greenish etc. Mexico, Guatemala. 



A. canibyses Druce from Peru (Chanchamayo) is above deep l.)la,ck. the ba,sal third of the forewing nnitlinscs. 

 green, two small green apical spots standing closely together; the basal thii'd of the hindwing bluish-green, 

 a submarginal row of 5 indistinct green spots, the anal angle and inner margin red-brown. Under surface dark 

 brown, at the base, at the costal margin and at the apex of the forewing thickly covered with greenish-white 

 scales, base and inner margin of the hindwing irregularly spotted in white, a submarginal row of small white spots. 



A. lyceus Druce (120 B d) lies before us in several <5*,^ from West Colombia (Cauca- Valley, and 1 hjrrus. 

 pair from the Aguaca-\'alley, 20()0 m) and 3 $$ from Bolivia (Rio Songo. ToO m, .\. H. Fassl), acciirding 

 to Druce this species occurs also in Ecuador. While in the Cohnnbiaii V the violet-blue basal paiiT occu- 

 pies only scarcely the half and the subapical marking is very insignificant and blurred, the Bolivian $$ have 

 a larger and greenish-blue basal pai1 and greatly developed subapical and also some submarginal marking. 

 Beneath these $9 ^i''' browner and luive a much more silky gloss. We denote this form as lynceus xiih-^/i. nor. hiiiniin. 

 (120 Ad). 



A. schausiana G'. an<l .S'. (l20Ca, b) from Coatepek in Mexico is a. peculiar species because both sexes .^icusiiDia. 

 are above alnujst the same. It is known to us only from the figures in the ,,Biologia centrali-amei'icana" w liicli 

 are depicted according to specimens of W. Schaus. Approximates heatrix (120 Cb). 



A. odilia Cr. (= jxilycarnies F .) (120 Ad. 120 Bd) is a ra.re species fi'om the Upper Amazon. The <<,/;/;(/. 

 upper surface is lighter or dai'ker, but always unmarked. The under surface exhibits more or less white scaling. 

 The 9 is above greyish-brown with glossy blue scaling, except dull niar'gins; several indistinct bluish subapical 

 spots. Under surface light greyish-bi'own «'ith a slight cloudy marking on the hindwings and small white spots 

 at the distal margin of the hindwings. — The statements made by older nnthors about the larvae are in- 

 correct. 



