682 OARIA. By Dr. A. Seitz. 



fhrcissa. S. thrcissa Hew. (128 e) is a larger species, the forewings without red, only in front o± the cell- 



end a white cuneiform spot; in the hindwing the cell is red-brown. Nicaragua. Rare. 

 jiii/inihti. S. jugurtha >Stgr. (128f). Forewing black with much white forming in the centre of the wing a large 



costal triangle and behind it a macular band. The inner margin of the forewing and 2 thick rays in the 

 hindwing bright red. (Colombia. Rare. 

 aroii'ui. S. aconia Heiv. has the red inner marginal stripe of both wings like in jugurtha, but the white in 



the black forewing is reduced to some minute splashes, and the red wedge below the costa of the hindwing 

 is absent. Bolivia. Rare. 

 iiiiniH. S. miron Sm. has the forewings cpiite similar to jugiirthn. but the hindwing is uniformly red, only 



narrowly margined in black. Ecuador. 

 (irriisatrir. S. accusatrix Wic. (128 f). Forewing black ($ blackish brown) in the costal part very much spotted 



in white. The $ has white and reddish dots in the disc, in the i^ the costal part of the hindwing is 

 scarlet red. Central America to the Amazon. Rare. 

 probctor. S. probctor StoU (= probetrix Hbn.) (128 g). Quite black, only in the middle of the costa of the fore- 



(i^tiaiiKi. wing a small white wedge, and along the costa of the hindwing a red stripe. — In the form astiama form. nov. 

 iiclti. (128 g) the white is absent in the forewing; from Guiana and the Amazon. — In beiti G. and (S'. being some- 

 what smaller than typical probefor the $ has reddish-yellow, instead of white, small spots in the fore- 

 wing. Colombia. I do not know of any authentically patented model to this species, but in the form astiama 

 (with quite dark forewings) the species already resembles some other Erycinidae, such as Euselasia gelon-^ 

 (= sabinus HtoU. t. 121 b) and Xenandra heliodes-^ (131 i). 

 rhiiiiipinni. S. champiotii G. and S. greatly resembles probetor, but the forewings are more blacki.sh-green with 



a black-spotted base; the '^ is on the whole darker. Mexico and the adjoining parts of Central America. Rare. 

 uilc'iKtrigii. S. falcistriga Stich. (128 g) flies on the Lower Amazon and in Guiana together with homochromous 



C'oria-species. it is black, above with a greenish, lustre, hardly well discernible from a Caria. Thus the two 

 last-mentioned species form the transition to the mimetic forms. The figured specimen of this species is in 

 the Paris Museum and originates from the Maroni River. 



B. Mimetic species. Forewing longer, more pointed, the costa bent uniformly. 



irtriiiijuhtrif. S. triangularis Thm. (128 h). By the obhcpie orange stripe on the black gi'ound of the forewing it 



reminds us of numerous snuiller Arctiids with the same scheme of colouring, and of just as numerous imita- 

 tors of these Arctiids, several of which belong to the Erycinidae, but apparently also C4eometrids which other- 

 wise supjily but few examples of mimicry are concerned in this imitation. Colombia. 

 Irinilor. S. tricolor Heir. (128 g). Beside the median band running across the abdomen (as described in sagaris). 



hriiniKiini'i. we find here yet 4 small orange distal bands. Amazon and Colombia. — hedemanni Fldr. (= niciades Bsd.) 

 (134 i) has all the bands lighter yellow and the distal ones shortened to oval spots. Central America. — These 

 forms are homochromous with Heferocera as well as with Erycinidae from the genera Baeofis. Nyinphidium etc. 

 Rare. 

 rUa. S. rita Htgr. (128 g). In the exterior it resembles falcistriga above, but the costal part of the hindwing 



exhibits a lustrous blue, whereby it becomes similar to certain Thecla, and, of the Erycinidae, to certain Euse- 

 lasia. The tiny animals are rare. Beneath they resemble, like the somewhat similar S. falcistriga, certain species 

 of Charis. The figure has been done according to a specimen from Iquitos. 



56. Gpiius: C'aria Hbn. 



In the shape of the compact, robust body and of the costa of the forewing projecting arcuately before 

 the middle, in the flight and habits, a swell as in the veins of the wings, there is hardly any difference to be 

 noticed between this genus and the chief group of Symmachia (i. e. those species that are not deformed 

 by mimicry). Godman and Salvin, however, emphasize differences in the sexual organs of the ,^(^. and ever 

 since the two genera are separated afar in the catalogues. The Caria generally have a dark iipper surface which, 

 however, is more or less ornamented with golden scales of a magnificent green reflection; the under surface 

 sometimes exhibits a conspicuous red, particularly in the cell of the forewing. The $$ show a decided re- 

 lationship of the genus with the Emesis which, however, deviate from them in a different du'ection of develop- 

 ment, from the previously mentioned Mesene, so that the relationship cannot be described in a continous line. 

 The Caria described hitherto are probably only vicarious forms of few species. The animals sit, with their 

 wings spread, on sandy banks and are rather timid. 

 iiiiiiilhiea. C. mantinea Fldr. (135 e). Beside lampeto the largest species. Above at the base of the forewing' 



and in the disc dusted with a metallic bluish-green, and a faintly lustrous, .straight line before the distal mar- 

 gin. Of a brighter bluish-green lustre is an undidated submarginal cloud at the hindwing. Under surface sooty 



