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VI. Group, (or/ice- Group.) 



Shape of the f o r e w i n g s as in t e 1 e y o u e , pointed with a e u r v e d m a r [£ i n. H i n d- 



w i 11 g only slightly a n g 1 e d in t h e ni i d d 1 e of the ni a r g i n o r ([ u i t e r o u n d. 



\Y i t h o u t I) 1 u e r e f 1 e e t i o n , b ii t with t r a n s v e r .•^ e 1 i n e s. 



M. Odice Godt. (125 e, f). An insignificant, earthy brown butterfly varying uncommonly, especially odice. 

 in the course of the double transverse lines, as seen from our figure. 9 only somewhat larger and with broader 

 wings than the (J. These lines run differently at every flying-place, similar to the size and shape of the eye- 

 spot of the forewing. Specimens before me from Espiritu Santo and Rio de Janeiro have cj^uite straight lines 

 of the hindwings; those from Rio de Janeiro and Ai'gentina (Misiones) exhibit them serrated. Specimens from 

 Petropolis, where I found the animal singly, hold the balance between these two; a subspecies (cymatodis Stick.) 

 can, tiierefore, not be founded on the serrated course of these lines. — cymotaxis Stich. is unknown to me; ojmola.cis. 

 it is said to be from ,, Brazil" and to differ also by the course of the discal lines wliich run together posteriorly 

 inclosing a reniform spot. I believe that they are only slightly varying odice, the lines of which, as mentioned 

 above, run differently at every habitat. 



M. rhodia Godt. (12.5f). q much darker; easily recognizable by the transverse line of the hindwing rhodia. 

 being above single, not double as in odice. The $ is not so red as reproduced in our somewhat exaggerated 

 figure, but more earthy grey, almost like a ?f?e(/o»e-$ without blue reflection. Espiritu Santo, Rio de Janeiro, 

 singly. — friburgensis Schs. (125 f) is somewhat smaller (sjjecimens from Novo-Friburgo) or very much smaller fribunjcii-^ 

 (specimens from Curityba). It stands between rhodia and odice, being lighter than the former, but darker than ''"' 



odice; the hindwing has 2 lines running exactly parallel and almost quite straight. The species seems not to 

 be rare near Novo-Friburgo in South Brazil, from where the original of our figure is. 



VII. Group. (menoete.s-Grou\i.) 



M. antaerice Hew. (125 d). In the marking almost exactly as jribitrgensis, but the spaces between anfairice. 

 the dark transverse stripes are of a metallic dark blue gloss, though by no means so intense as in Hewit.son's 

 original figure. The $ of it appears to me to be maeotis Hew. (his fig. 50) *). It is little larger, light grey, but 

 with exactly the markings of the ^, except the lower part of the median area of the forewing being not 

 entirely black, but only bordered and marked in dark. Guiana to Trinidad and the Amazon; not common. — 

 veneris Btlr., maybe a proper species, is considerably larger, darker, but finely and sharjily marked; from South I'cnrris. 

 Brazil. 



M. menoetes Hew. (125 d). ^ quite similar to the preceding, but the transverse stripes particularly meuoclrs. 

 on the hindwing broader, more band-like; the colouring darker, so that the marking is to be seen only in a 

 certain light. The $ with more grey and more sparse markings, and not such pointed wings as in our figure. 

 Typical menoetes fly on the Amazon, though they are not common; they have a scarcely noticeable bluish lustre, 

 being distinct only in very bright sunshine. Specimens from the Rio Songo in Bolivia have none at all, others 

 from other places of Bolivia, from Guiana etc., have a more intense violet lustre (= inenno7iia SticJi.). The 

 $9 <'irc easily recognized by the upper and under surfaces being powdered with yellowish-grey. 



M. meeda Hew. (125 a) the $ of which I do not know and which is said to occur in ,, Brazil", inrrdn. 

 is almost of just the same colour as the following carderi, but the undersurface exhibits less transverse lines. 



M. carderi Drc. (142 d) greatly resembles the preceding in the male. From the direction of the anal rardcrl. 

 angle, the blue marginal band of the hindwing is pierced by the beginning of a small, thin, black stripe which, 

 however, disappears before the middle of the wing. The under surface shows veiy distinct bands and its ground- 

 colour is quite faintly tinged in violettish-grey. From Muzo in Colombia which has supplied the greatest part 

 of the so-called ,, Bogota-Collections". Not common. 



M. orbona Godm. (125 c) has an under surface with still brighter bands, and in the (J being above (>rh< 

 very near to the preceding, the short anal black stripe in the blue marginal band of the hindwing has been sup- 

 plemented to a complete arcuate stripe extending to the apex of the hindwing. Guiana and (Colombia. — tliyas ihjin 

 Stich. (142 d) which is unknown to me, was based on a couple the o of which originates from Peru, the $ fioni 

 Surinam. We reproduce the $ according to the type; but I think it doubtful whether the (J exhibiting 

 almost the colours and markings of an epidius-^ (125 c) belongs here. — thera Godm. (125 tl) wiiich I figure /hmi. 

 according to a specimen from the Anna River which I have comijared with the type in the Coll. GodmaN, has 

 a broader black median area, the blue distal stripes are narrower and the eye-spot of the forewing is more 

 finely encircled. All these species greatly approximate epidius, and it is most likely that they are only races 

 or even only subraces of it. The $ is recognizable by the great number of parallel lines in the hindwing 

 being especially prominent beneath. 



Ukuui. 



'U.S. 



*) M. maeotis. Stich. with an azure (J seems to be quite a. difterent species (of. p. t)18) tlu^ J of which is almost 

 just the same marked as ILewit.son's maeotis, but which has the shape of the J '" loiiKiui;- to it. tluis not liaviug pointed 

 wings. 



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