078 PHAENOCHITONIA. By Dr. A. Seitz. 



wing and a similar transverse stripe in the hindwing. In speoimens from Castro in Parana, a small fine 

 transverse stripe is at the cell-end of the forewing; in specimens from Villai^rudente in the State of Sao 

 Paulo, a thick orange wedge stands here; in specimens from Ypiranga, the small band of the hindwing is 

 as thin as a hair, almost obliterated etc. It is of no use to denominate all these forms. — Not rare. 

 hocchoris. Ph. bocchoris Heiv. (134 i). Only an orange oblique band on the forewing. which is narrow and 



sHctvis. obsolete at both its end.s, but better developed in suavis -S<«cA. (134 i). South Brazil, rarer than the preceding 



species, but less local. 

 vittata. Ph. vittata Stich. Both the wings with a broad orange band running beyond the middle from the 



co.sta as far as in front of the anal angle. Amazon. I cannot decide whether this species not lying before 

 suapurc. nie, as well as suapure Weeks (from Venezuela) being likewise unknown to me in nature, belong into this 

 genus indeed. 

 vrofosiUjina. Ph. crocostlgma Bat. Shape as in sagaris (134h, i), forewing speckled dark with black transverse 



streaks. On the hindwing a richty orange-coloured, oblong transverse spot runs through the clisc. Guiana 

 and Amazon. 

 opoplcrhi. ph. apoplecta But. seems to be very similar to crocostignia; upper surface dark brown, speckled 



in blackish; near the border the dark spots form a submarginal row. Fringes at the apex white, otherwise 

 black. From the disc of the hindwing to the inner margin runs a saffron-coloured spot; Rio Tapajoz. 

 haiiilis.'sa. Ph. basilissa Bat. Black, in the cell of the forewing begins an orange band running to the anal angle 



of the hindwing; tliis band is indented at the cell of the forewing and at the inner side on the hindwing, 

 which is not the case in sagaris. The animal hardly belongs into the same genus with cingulus etc.. the body 

 is strong and the sliape of ihe wings already approximates that of Symmnchia and Caria by the bulging 

 costa of the forewing and the long straight inner margin of the hindwing. Was described as Mesene. Para. 

 saijaris. Ph. sagaHs Cr. ($ = satnius) (134 h,i). The typical form is rather small. In the (J an orange .stripe 



begins directly above the middle of the inner margin of the forewing, running obliquely across the hindwing 

 and also the abdomen, so that its middle is orange, the base and end, however, being black. The $ is 

 entirely different, it has broad wings and only on the forewing an orange-yellow oblique spot. It is undoubt- 

 edly altered by mimicry, in the same way as also the $ of Panara pheredus looking quite different in the 

 same sex; the model to both of them are presumably certain oil-secreting Arctiidae. Typical sagaris parti- 

 cularly come from Guiana and the Amazon. There occur, however, also larger specimens, as I took them 

 lyriolcs. almost exclusively in South Brazil: this is the form tyriotes G. and tS. (134 i). These generally have a narrower 

 band extending on the forewing upwards in a twisted point beyond the middle of the forewing; but there 

 are in South Brazil (probably also elsewhere) also specimens with a broader point ending more obtusely 

 Diajorhm. in the forewing; these were again detached as majorina Stick. (134 h) *), I remark yet that another sexual 

 dimorphism consists in the oblique band of the forewing appearing in the $ also beneath, though that 

 of the (J does not show through, the ^ being beneath entirely black, only with a light (unsealed) inner margin 

 of the forewing. — The name of matronalis Stick, seenrs to refer to an aberration of the $, in which here 

 phri/<janUi. or there a small ochreous spot appears on the hindwing. — ab. phrygania Stick, from Sao Paulo in Brazil 

 has narrower bands, otherwise like satnius (majorina Stick.), but the bands of the (J are still broader than 

 in specimens from Curityba. — The sagaris-^^^^ fly in the shade of the woods, on narrow roads, where the 

 rays of the sun pierce the leafy roof. I took them near Santos at two places where, whenever I passed 

 there, I always saw one male dancing about, which whenever I liad captured it, was always replaced 

 again on the next day by another fl\ing at exactly the same place: I obtained the $$ only on ransacking 

 the bushes along the same load. 



ia»is. Ph. iasis Go(/m. (134 i). Larger than sag-am and easily discernible by the orange stripe on the hindwing 



not extending as far as to the posterior margin nor across the abdomen, but terminating obtusely soon 

 below the middle of the hindwing. Besides the wings exhibit a beautiful dark-blue reflection on both surfaces. 

 Of course, the same variations occur here as in sagaris; thus, for in.stauce, the spot of the forewing in the 

 specimen I figured is much rounder than in the one from Godm.^ns collection, figured in the Trans. Ent. 

 Soc. Lond. 1903 t. 22 fig. 7. Whoever wants to disseminate diverse names as this has been done in sagaris, 

 may introduce further denominations here. 



pliilo. ph. plutO Stick. (142b). Shape and size like in the preceding; but above in the middle of the 



hindwing there is a large hemochrome spot and the back of the abdomen is of a bright "hemochrome behind 

 the middle. Colombia. ■.i^-m 



*) According to an investigation' having'been published in the meantime; Stichel corrects bis fotntef 'explanation 

 of this species by stating that .lainiits Dalm. does not represent the ? of typical sagaris, but that of his majorina, so that tlic 

 satnius. name of majorina Stick, would liavc to be replaced by satnius Dalm. tyriotes G. & .S. is said to be a form of crocosiiyuui. 

 without the orange band of the hindwing. — Stichel supposes our figiu-e of tyriotes (134 i) to be approximating satnius lialiii. 

 (his majorina). In fact, tlie original was collected only 3 liours by train from tlie finding-place of typical Jo of satnitis. 

 near Sao Paulo. From Curityba there is a specimen before me (Paris Museum), in which the orange band is still narrower 

 and, at the anal part of the hindwing, entirely obliterated: the more attempts are made to denominate all these deviations 

 of the habitats, the greater grow.s the contusion. 



