PHAE^U(JHlTOiVlA. By Dr. A. Seitz. 677 



M. capissene Hew. (135 b). Ea><ily recognizable by the rows (jf dij^eal dots traversing the narrowly caiihscuc. 

 blackish-margined red forcwiiig before and behind the middle. South Brazil, rare. According to Stichel, 

 M. strigulatn Schd. (being unknown to me) is said to be identical witli it. 



M. tnartha Schs. from Peru and Ecuatlor is alxnit as large as .silfirls, but in typical specimens with hhiiIIui. 

 a narrower margin and fine black cell-end streaks and tiny spot.s on the under surface. — In verecunda rcncinuld. 

 Stick. (142 b) fi'om North-East Peru the black costal strijjc in the basal part of the forewing is thickened, 

 so that the red discal area appears narrowed and turned round into a tooth projecting co.stalwards behind 

 the cell. ■ • - 



52. Genus: Phaeiiocliitoiiia >S'/h7/. 



This genus is composed of 4 groups of butterflies [ciiujuliis-. Siujuris-, hocrltoris-. and vJioenici<ra-giou\i) 

 wliich Stichel detaches from the red Mesene. These groujjs, however, greatly differ again among each 

 other, and the great sexual difference of Phaenochitonia mentioned by Stichel in separating them does not 

 prove correct in all their species. The differences in the veins (mentioned in 3Iesene). however, may very 

 well justify the detachment, if they are to be applied to all the species. — 1 was able to ascertain a dif- 

 ference in the habits, since some Phaenochitonia arc animatedly swarming about in the sunshine in day-time 

 {sagaris, bocchoris, diikinfihlia), whereas I frequently chased up the Mesene s. s.. though I never saw them swar- 

 ming spontaneously, even at the places where they were common. This may be also the reason why the Mesene 

 are mostly rjuite red, the PhaenochitGnia, howevei', of an inconspicuous black ground-colour. 



Ph. cingulus <S7o// (= aerope II'«'.) (l."!4h). q black with a vermilion basal half of the hindwing, riiKjuliis. 

 $ v/ith a red median band, resembling Crocozona (134 e). From Suriiuim to Bolivia. — trucidata Btlr. is inic'uUtln. 

 presumably only a slight deviation of the V ^^ith a broader margin of the forewing. Amazon. — Not com men. 



ph. pyrsodes Bat. In the shajtc and size it approximates the jneceding species, l)ut the red of the iii/rsmlcs. 

 hindwing in the (J is also continued on the forewing. the disc of which is occupied by it almost as far as 

 the subcostal. Teffe. The $ is unknown to me. — eanes Godm. (134 h) is probably only a somewhat smaller canc^f. 

 form with a lighter, more brightly marked under surface; Amazon. 



ph. debilis Bat. already reminds us somewhat of sagari'^ (134h.i). but it is considerably smaller ilthi/is. 

 and more delicate. Both the sexes are above deep dark-brown. With an orange band running from the 

 centre of the forewing or already from below the costa to the inner margin, where it continues on the hind- 

 wing at the base of which it is curved. The under surface is lirown, finely speckled in grey: near the inner 

 margin of the forewings a yellow sjiot. From the Tapajoz. 



ph. ignicauda 6'. and >S. differs but little from cingnln.s-,^: recognizable by the scarlet abdomen and iijnUitnda. 

 by the red of the base of the hindwing extending far beyond the cell. — In 



Ph. ignipicta Sch.s. (134h) the basal red of the hindwing extends only to the basal part of the cell, ii/iiiiiiilti. 

 but it accompanies the inner margin almost to the anal angle: Costa Rica: the figured si:)ecimen was taken 

 near Gua piles. 



Ph. fuliginea Bat. Above entirely like the J (it cingalu-'i. also the fringes white-speckled, t>ut the htiiijhica. 

 red in the hindwing is absent; the latter is also quite velvety black. From Mlla Nova (Anuizon). 



ph. sophistes Bat. (= pactohis M.schlr.) (134h). Resembles cingiiius-'^. but the red median band .s()////;.sVc.v. 

 is narrower, esjDecially on the hindwing, and the grouiul-colour lighter brown, traversed by parallel darker 

 spots and stripes. Under surface lighter and more variegated, almost like in eanes, but the median band 

 of the forewing broad. Amazon. 



ph. phoenicura G. and S. {= rioctis Stgr.) (134 i). Ground-t'olour as in ■sophi-fte.^, lighter brown. i,liu,iiUiir(i. 

 traversed by numerous, darker, small transverse stripes: the red median band of sojihi.s-tcs is al)seni. but 

 the end of the abdomen is broad red. Centi'al America to Colombia. 



ph. mandosa Drc Marking and coloiuing almost exactly as in the jireceding, but larger, the ab- mundu-sa. 

 domiiuil end not red and the under surface with a green lustre. Rio dc -Janeiro. Apparently I'are. 



ph. arbuscula M.ichlr. Similar to the preceding, above resembling a Caria. the marking above moie nrhnsrula. 

 faded, consisting of (j transverse bands separated by spots, the 4th and 5th of which flow together in cellule i. 

 Beneath the greenish lustre is replaced by a dull, somewhat brilliant bluish black, the wings somewhat 

 narrower. Described according to a (J from Pai-amaribo. 



ph. dukinfildia *S'c/(.s. (134 i). This elegant animal from South Brazil looks differently at every habitat. <////, ;*//(7-/;r(. 

 Nearly always recog\iizable by an orange belt cutting off the apical part and bj a cell-end spot of the fore- 



