668 ANCYLUR18. B;y Dr. A. Seitz. 



in which the band of the foiewiiiii eitiier becomes extinct behaw the subcostal or is continued (aberratively) 

 in irregular undulations. Saundees figure is inexact, the left differs from the right, the band is straight, 

 piicltda. the fringes of the hindwings are white. — paetula Siich. has the wing-contour and upper surface similar 

 to eiia.o, but the red spot at the inner margin of the forewing and near the anal angle of the hindwing smaller, 

 ijracUis. particularly the latter; Peru, unknown to me. — gracilis Sticli. is said to be more slender than the type, with 

 a broad band, the band of the hindwing ..not bent posteriorly, but terminating near the anal transverse stripe". 

 tedea. — tedea Cr. (129g) to which the description of miniola Bat. is also very well applicable, is at once conspi- 

 cuous by the very pointed shape of the wings of the ^ greatly resembling that of colubra. — The 22 are 

 nearly always red-banded: only tedea-'^^ have dull light-yellow bands, the band of the hindwing being inter- 

 rupted above the anal fold; the figured $ originates from Paramaribo. — From Colombia. Guiana and Para 

 to Peru and Bolivia. 

 cuhibra. A. colubra Sn(lr-s. (130 a). The forewings are conspicuously pointed, with an entirely straightl,\ deli- 



mitated distal margin which, at the inner angle of the J, even projects into a tip. The median band of the 

 hindwing quite straight; it runs towards the very broad anal crescent before the centre of which it ends poin- 

 ted, whereas in aulestes and melibcetis it turns round there and runs towards the middle of the inner margin. 

 poiniwtid. Venezuela, Amazon to Peru. — pomposa Sdch. from the Upper Amazon, which is not before me, seems to 

 form a transition to the preceding species. The shape is like in colubra, i. e. the forewings pointed, the hind- 

 wing without a distinctlj defined anal lobe, but the red median .stripe on the hindwing turns round towards 

 the middle of the inner margin so that the marking greatly approximates that of melior. 

 mini. A. mira Hevj. (130 a) has above a.lmost exactly the marking of colubra (130 a), but the small anal 



band is broader; the forewings, however, are hot so pointed as they are there; the under surface of the ,^ 

 is much duller blue than in nil the ]n-eceding species. Lying before me only from Peru, but it is said to 

 occur also in Bolivia. The red nediao band on the forewing is mostly 1 to 2, sometimes 2 to 3 mm broad. 

 irit/iid-i. (^ triglitis Slich.'-^)). -- thaumasia Stich. (130 a) from Bolivia (the figured specimen from Oroya. 3000 m) has 

 (ciuincisia. ^ yp,,y broad, small anal band, but tlie red median band on the hindwing is absent. — The species is appa- 

 rently not rare at its habitats. 

 huascur. A. huascar Sndr-s. (130 a, b). Immcdiatelj recognizable by the small red anal band being absent in 



the (J ; instead of it there often appear, in the anal lobe of the hindwing, light punctiform spots in a blue 

 iridescent area. The red median band varies to such an extent that similar specimens can only be collected 

 at the same flying-place. Just like the band of the forewing varies in width, that of the hindwing varies 

 acpyra. in length; it maj be shortened to the shape of a spot, below pointed, bent down like a hook (= sepyra 

 Heio. 130 a), or continued with a darkened end etc. In case the band of the forewing be greatly expanded, 

 lalija^ciafa. ^e have latifasciata Lathy before us; if it is shortened, we have cacica Flclr. {— zinna Kg.]; — it is narrower 

 in callias Fldr.; it may also be quite straight or slightly curved. These sub-races are not bound to certain 

 patriae. Specimens taken by Fassl in October near Mineiro (Colombia) differ from those from the Rio Dagua 

 by their small size, a lighter red and a much smaller red spot at the middle of the inner margin of the hind- 

 wing beneath, huascar is not a common butterfly, but as it is conspicuous for its beauty and easy to 

 capture, it is nearly always contained in the Bogota-Collections probably mostly originating from Muzo 

 (Colombia). — The $ is not before me, but it presumably resembles that of jurgenseni (130 b). 

 junjcii.fciii. A. jurgenseni Sndrs. (= montezeuma Sndr-f., erigone Bsd.) (130 b). In the cJ a series of spots with 



a magnificent blue gloss lies behind the crimson band in the distal part of the hindwing; $ with a white common 

 median band being marked in red at the beginning and end. Anal lobe of the hindwing red, marked in white 

 iiialiiiatpa. and blue. From Central America to Mexico. — atahualpa Sndrs. (130 b) is quite similar and replaces the 

 species in Colombia; here the bluish-green spots of the upper surface are more intense, the red stripes more 

 bright red than crimson, the red spot in the anal lobe of the hindwing is absent altogether. The $ has onl}' 

 the transverse lower end of the white band on the hindwing bright red, not also a part of the rising band 

 as in jurgenseni. The species is local, but not rare at its habitats. 

 /oj-)((06is.s/- A. formosissima Hew. {= venerabilis Stich.) (130c). It somewhat resembles the $ of the preceding 



via. species, but the white median band is much broader, inflated in the middle, almost its whole part of the 

 hindwing above with a red tinge, beneath very bright red. Ecuador, Peru. In order to demonstrate that the 

 width of the bands is not constant in formosissima, I have purposely figured a narrow-banded specimen from 

 beneath and a broad-banded specimen from above. Between the two is Hewitsons type; I have at any rate 

 not seen two entireh' equal specimens. Captured in August and September in la Merced (Peru) at an altitude 

 of 3000 m (Simons).^ 

 arisludorus. A, aristodorus Mor. (130c). Smaller, otherwise similarly coloured as formosissima; the white median 



band narrower, beneath continued in red. Amazon; the figured specimen from Teffe (Ega) was taken in 

 November 1907. The wanton destruction of the woods in the caoutchouc-districts at the banks of the 

 Amazon seems to have swept away particularly also the flying-places of this butterflj^, for which reason it is 

 rare in collections. The $ is not before me. 

 '"'■"■ A. inca Sndrs. (= lais Bsd.) (130 c). cj with a golden-yellow oblique band of the forewing and black 



hindwings with a blue reflection before the anal lobe. The $ may be like the q. only with a broader, 

 more oblique band of the forewing; this, however, may vary in width, length and shape to such an extent that 

 there are scarcely two specimens alike and it is impossible to maintain names for these deviations of the bands. 



*) The figured specinifii ranks betwiTU typiral mira and tlic (not dt'finalilr) Iriijlitis. 



cacica. 

 caUias. 



