672 PARAPHTHONIA; COLACITTCUS; HOPFFERIA; ZELOTAEA. By Dr. A. Seitz. 



43. Genus: Paraplitlioiiia Stich. 



This genus is based upon a species described as Monethe. but it maj-, just like the following genus, 

 not be at its proper place here, but rather belong near Aricoris. Distinguished from all the similar genera 

 by far-projecting palpi. The $$ (unknown to me) probably have still longer palpi than the ^(^. I presume 

 also that the species are dimorphous in the sexes. They are rare butterflies of the Peruvian mountains. 

 mctl'wnr. P. molione Godm. (127 h). q bright jolk-coloured. The distal margin is broad black, as well as 



the costal margin and the iipical part of the forewing; in the latter we notice a lemon-colouied oblique 

 diffuse sjjot. Pebas. 

 ftciiliix. p. cteatus sp. nov. (142 e). Disc of the wings of a bright miniate colour, liind\ving with black veins; 



the oblique diffuse spot in the black apical pait of the forewing is an obliqiiely-oval, dull whitish brightening. 

 Under surface similar to the upper one, with diiller colours, f'arabaya; the type (in the Tring-Museum) 

 was taken near San Domingo &t an altitude of 6000 ft. 



44. Genus: Colaciticus Stick. 



In the veins like the preceding genus, but the cell of the forewing is shorter. The palpi are not only 

 far-projecting, but are besides greatly prolonged, almost like in the $$ "f Aricoris. Before the border a 



' silvery line. 



■jolnixton'i. C. johnstoni Dannalt. (127 h). Wings lemon-coloured with a broad black border, in which on the 



iiindwing (in some specimens also on the forewing) a fine silvery line runs along the distal margin. In the 

 forewing the apical part and the costal margin are also black, also at the cell-end a small cross-bar appearing 

 sometimes as a knob, but also as a hair-line streak. The species is distributed over the whole of Tropical 

 South America and its appearance pi-esumably conforms with the species of Cyllopoda flying at the same 

 place. The butterflies most exactly resemble these yellow and black Cyllopoda so that it must be difficult 

 to recognize them when thej^ are flying, which may be the reason of their being rarely found in collections. 

 In one specimen from ,, Brazil" in the Tring Museum, the cell-end is crossed by a broad black band running 

 jnrdinii. to the anal angle, and since the form shows such an entirely different appearance, I cienominate it Jordan! 

 (142 e). The silvery antemarginal line is well developed on the hindwirig, on the forewing distinctly deve- 

 loped only in the apex. — Conformably to another Cyllopoda is a form from Cuyaba in which the yellow 



tifnujhdaxi. area is also intersected on the hindwing; I call it banghaasi (142 e). Type in the Coll. Bang-H^aas. — There 

 certainly occur still more modifications of the marking: the denominated ones may be distinct species. 



45. Genus: HopfTeria Stgr. 



The only species belonging hereto entirely differs in the marking and colouring from the genus Si- 

 seme to which it was reckoned; it is greyish-bluo with a royal yellow costal stripe of the hindwing. Tlie 

 hindvvings have an entirely round border withtuit a projecting anal part. The sole species lives in Peru. 

 hiciileiiiii. H. luculenta Er.sch. (= militaris Hpffr.) (133e). Light slate-blue, upper surface finely veined in 



black, hindwing wiih a broad, very bright yellow costal stripe. The latter runs beneath at the inner margin 

 also over to the forewing. Peru, local. 



46. Genus : Zelotaea Bat. 



The only species of this genus imitates pieris from the genus Levcidia. It has a conspicuous conglobate 



head with a thin neck. All the wings are rounded with a very convex distal margin; the costal ends alread^^ 



before the middle of the costa into the costal margin. The subcostal of the forewing sends forth the first 



and second branch before, the 3rd one far beyond the cell-end, the 4th branches off far before apex. The 



cell of the hindwing scarcely shorter than that of the forewing. The butterflies are pretty rarely found in 



collections, the reason of which may be that thej are taken for the Leucidia which are extremeiv common 



at their habitats and, therefore, left unnoticed. Their s;ystematic cla,ssification is uncertaui. Doubleday 



ranges them in Pandemos, while Stichel ranks them beside it. According to the peculiar formation of 



the body the\ have nothing whatever to do with this genus, but much rather belong closer to the genera 



Lymnas, Themone etc. with a similar formation of the neck. Pandemos has long palpi projecting far in 



the 2, differently formed legs, a short neck with the head placed flatty on it, and entirely different veins. 



phasma. S. phastTia Bat. More or less dull white; a stripe at the costa of the forewing, the border and a 



nrhroii. dull transverse stripe behind the cell pale brownish. Teffe. — In achroa Bat. (l2Hi) likewise from the 



pcllci: Amazon (described from the Tapajoz) the brownish-grey shading is more intense on both sides; — pellex 



