656 LEPRICORNIS; PHELES. By Dr. A. Seitz. 



florali.i. I. floralis Fldr. (127 li). Wings in the disc hyaline with dark margins, a cross-bar in the middle of 



the cell of the forewing and one at the end; in the black apical part of the forcwing a small band consisting 

 of 4 small hyaline isj^ots. The broad black margin of the wings is filled with red, beneath lighter and more intense 

 crphah'ii((. than above. — In the smaller form cephalena Heii\ the red marginal filling is absent in the forewing and the 

 apical part of the hindwing; the apical band of tlie forewing is somewhat broader. Before me from Potaro 

 (British Guiana), whereas the typical form is not rare near Cayenne. As the name indicates, the model is Leu- 

 mthyris flora from Cayenne. 

 cfHilhi. I. celtilla Hew. (= oeltilla Stich.) has likewise a hyaline disc of the wings, traversed by the thick black 



veins, but in the apical part of the forewing there is a large lacteous oblique oval. In typical specimens from 

 ruhruVniia- Ecuador there are above on the black margin of the wings only traces of a red filling. — In the form rubro- 

 '" lineata Lathy (127 g) this filling is moi'e distinct and extends yet to the inner margin of the forewings. Peru, 

 Bolivia. 

 rascclld. I. cascclla Hew. (= servilia Stich.) (127 h). Here is in the apical part of the forewings an orange 



band instead of the hyaline band of flondis or the lacteous band of celtilla. In the 5 there are traces of tiie 

 hyaline band in the midst of the orange band; in Colombian cJ^J the margin of the hindwings above is without 

 the red filling. The model is Heterosais aureola or Napeogenes corena. According to the appearance of the corre- 

 sponding model is also that of cascella of which hardly two entirely equal specimens are to be found. 

 calli.veiiii. I. callixena Hew. (127 g) is connected with Leucothyris of the sexmaculata-grouY) and has, there- 



fore, white-spotted forewings; like there, the light space next to the inner margin is tinged bluish. Ecuador. 



25. Genus: liepricoriiis Fldr. 



Likewise mimetic, according to models from the same groups as those of the preceding genera (Itho- 

 niiinae, Cyllopodinae, Arctiidae). The genus is recognizable by the shape of the antennae looking as if thickened, 

 but being in fact only densely scaled. The forehead has rough and projecting hairs. In the forewing 

 the middle radial rises nearer to the anterior cellular angle, so that the middle discocellular (the upper one 

 is absent) gets very short. The margin of the hindwing is in the middle very slightly angled. There have 

 10 forms been named, many intermediate forms are not named. 

 nu-lanchmia. L. melatichroia Fldr. (127 e). This common species from Mexico greatly resembles Tmetoglene eulesca, 



but it is easily recognizable by the thickened antennae and by having orange-yellow palpi; generally also tiie 

 sides of the neck are yellowish-brown. Wings black, somewhat lighter between the veins, before the apex of 

 the forewing a white cuneiform spot. 

 uiiiroiar. L. unicolor G. and S. (136 b) from Guatemala re.sembles the preceding, but the light spaces between, 



the veins are entirely darkened and only indicated by a faint bluish lustre; there is no small white band of 

 the forewing, but the collar and palpi are orange. 

 tiir'iyr)>!iis. L. strlgosus Stgr. (127 e). Here the light spaces between the veins are present, but begrimed in a dark 



grey colour; instead of the small subapical band there are 4 white oval spots. Erom the Chiriqui, rather common. 

 /;v.-7;.s-. — tristis Schs., mentioned already by Staudinger. but not denominated, has a darker colouring and the white 

 }i\cr'id(ir_ spots are shaded in dark; from Peru (Pebas). — meridae Dyar from Colombia and Venezuela exhibits, instead 

 of the white oval spots, long hyaline diffuse spots which, however, are begrimed in grey. The sides of the neck 

 and the palpi are more dull red-brown than orange-yellow. — The forms have been described from different 

 countries, they are, however, not bound to them, but to certain flying-places. 

 trrciK. L. teras Stich. (128c). Unknowji to me in nature; is said to come from Brazil; (^ from 8a. Cathariiia, 



$ from the Rio Madeira. According to the author's figure which we copy, the (J exhibits an oval subapical 

 spot traversed by light blue veins; $ above unicolorous black, without blue, with the oblique spot like in the ^. 

 ntrirnior. L. atricolof Btlr. approximates the preceding, but the upper surface of all the wings is very dark, 



the small transverse band before the jet-black apex of the $ white. From Brazil. Imitates certain Getta. — 

 slyyialix. stygialis Stick. (142 b) has a somewhat longer subapical spot being, however, orange-yellow in the $. Peru. 

 incciia. L. incerta Stgr. (127 e). Almost like sfrigosus, but the spaces between the veins and the spots of the 



cihiici. subapical band of a pure hyaline. Colombia to Peru. — cilnia Stgr. (127 e) from the Rio San Juan in Colombia 



has a yellow disc of the hindwing. — May already belong to the following genus. 

 bicolur. L. bicolor G. and S. (136 b) is unknown to me in nature. Disc of the wings orange; in the apex 



of the forewing there is an orange spot. According to the authors, it is said to belong here owing to the veins; 

 but as the veins are not very characteristic of the genus, its position remains doubtful to me. It imitates certain 

 Cyllo'podina {Oricia) and was described from Panama. 



26. Genus: Pheles H.-ScMff. 



Differing from the preceding genus by the short appressed (not projecting like a hair-tuft) hairs on 

 the forehead, as well as by the posterior discocellular of the foiewing being also stunted beside the anterior 

 one. Palpi rust-yellow, bristly, as in Lepricornis; wings hyaline. 



