<i(hithr(i. 



Puhl. 17. /r. I9ir. URANETS; ESTHEMOPSIS. By Dr. A. Skitz. (\:?, 



Stgr. (128 i) iff nlmo-^t entirely \\!iitc. only hofore the Imrfler slio;)it]\ \c]l(i\\islil\ (lai-]<ciu'(l and '.vitli a yel- 

 lowish-brown under surface. — duMa Bat. and the hardly differing eidothea Btlr. form the intermediary ilnhia 

 between pellex and phasmn, being darkei than peUe.r, lighter than phasmu. They are forms of the eastern 

 coast of Brazil, (hihia occurring in the north (near Para), eidothea in South Brazil. The latter is white uiih 

 greyish-bro\\-n veins and a broad marginal l)and of the forewing, being the broadest at the "osta and nar- 

 rowed in the second median interspace. Hindwing beneath of a dull white or pale ochreous tini;e. 



47. Genus: Uraiieis B'lt. 



A number of forms of this genus may be divided among ([uite few species which have foitunately 

 received but few denominations. They cojiy black, hyaline-spotted (Ujllopo(Ii)i(te or Perirojyiiixie. the latter of 

 which are protected by the secretion of oil out of the thorax. The consecjucnce of this imitation is an ex- 

 tensive polymorphism, since the imitators have to copy now this inodel, then the other; but they all are 

 black witli whitish or hyaline spots and a blue reflection. The palpi are well visible from above, projecting, 

 of medium length: the cell of the forewing of almost half the length of the wing, the cell of the hindwing 

 only quite short. There is a remarkable difference in the shape of the hindwings. The Urantis are not 

 rare, but difficult to discover from among the great number of hyaline Tthomiinae. and Heterocent: they 

 come to the bait early in the morning and are beaten out of the bushes in day-time. 



U. hyalina Btlr. (138e. misj-.rinted into vcalina). Recognizable by the long-stretched anal part of in/ilhia. 

 the hindwing ot the (j*^. Black v^ith hyaline bluish discal brightenings and alike oblicpie band befoie the 

 apex of the forewing. Amazon to Bolivia. Bolivians from Buenavista have a broader black margin of the 

 M'ings; the preapical oblicjue band may be broad or narrow, short or long, straight or bent. It resembles certain 

 Ttnefoglene (e. g. esthemu) whic'h, however, have orange-_\ellow ])al)ii that are nc\ er found in Uraiiel^. 



U. zamuro TIivi. (13Se). Here the disc of the wings is black, the oblicpie band of the foicwing very -.luntirn. 

 broad oval, bluish-.vhite: hindwings with white antemarginal cuneiform spots. Differing at every habitat. 

 Near C'undinamarca (Colombia) the band of the forewing is rather narrow, the wedges of the hiwlwings 

 do not reach the ceiitre of the wing. On the Rio Negro (f'oloiubia) the wedges of the hindwings feebh' 

 run as far as towards the base, in the figured specimen (from Ecuador) they are very much broader. Not rare. 



U. UCUbis Hew. (— radiata Stgr.) (13Se). Blackish-l)hie, before the border of all the wings white muhis. 

 cuneiform rays which grow especially thick and broad in the form lamproktlis Bch. (l.^Se). Colombia, Ecu- lani/n-nirjii-i 

 a dor. Rarer. 



48. Genus: Estlioiiiopsis Fldr. 



Very closely allied to the preceding genus, scarcely differing in the veins, nor considerably deviaiing 

 from the preceding in the habitus and partly confined to the same models with respect to t!ie mimicry. 

 The red innria being described as hymnns, but according to iStirJiel to be inserted here, is entirely unlike 

 this group, but perhaps (jidy because it copies a model from another group than the rest of the EMhe.- 

 iHcpsis which are confined to black, hyaline-spotted or fenestrated originals. We must ;> et be bettei in- 

 formed about this genus, a-^ it has been hitherto looked at in a differeat light by every a'.ifhor, .Vccordinc 

 to MeTnGEI. it contains 14, to Stichel 13 (many other) species. The butterflies, the habits of « lii'--!i j wn-: 

 not able to observe myself, presnma])ly ini'tale ihe 'labits of their models. 



E. clonia^'Wr. ( 128 e, as c;'o«,i«s) entirely resembles Urantis zamuro Thm. aim\ vari"s like it narli'-ulprly i-lnnia. 

 in the shape of the band of Cue torcvving and of the w^edges of the hindwing Blackish-biue wilh :: iiroad 

 white, subapical band of a bluish reflection, showing half through. Immediately distinguishable from ('/«- 

 7ieis zamuro by the palpi being in the latter long-projecting, black, with white stripes, in E. clonia. however. 

 short, bright red-yellow. From Cenfial America to the Amazon, not very rare, — alicia B(it. described from aliria. 

 Guatemala, is alsmost just the same, but without the \\hite cuneiform spots in ihe hindwing. — saracena "(imccna. 

 8m,. does not show the band of the forewing broken up towards below into spirts i)ut coherent, ending hefoic 

 the anal angle; without distinct cuneiform spots in the hindwing. Brazil. 



E. macara 8)n. (= acara Mengel) from Colombia is smaller than the prc'-eding. otherwise -similar ; nKicura. 

 the band of the fore^^•ing above narrow, band-shaped, the lower end slightly curved inwards; above without 

 cuneifoi'm spots on the hindwing, but beneath are magnificently blue rays on it. 



E. poliotactis Stich. (142 k) is based upon 1 ,^ from Peru. Black, on the forewings with gn^y, on imliolarll-i. 

 the hindwing with obsolete cuireiform spots before the border. Beneath the wedges are more distinct, in 

 the hindwing almost white. Head and body black, i-\\ii jellow. Lengih of forewings 19 mm. 



E. caeruleata a. and S. Above black with a small narrow white oblique band, so tliat above the 'nn-idrafa. 

 appearance of Chaynaelimnas pansa (127g) is produced; Init at once recognizable by the under surface ex- 

 hiliiting the magnificently blue raj's of the preceding species on the hindwing. Panama. Only 5$ kiiown 

 which may Ijclong to a differently denominated q- 



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