CARIA. By Dr. A. Seitz. ' 683 



blackish-brown; cell of the forewing red, above it (in the bulged-out costa-bow) and behind it (behind the 

 cell-end), at the apex and between both, metallic spots. Before me from Bolivia (Proviiuc of Sara) and 

 from the Coll. Bang-Haas from the Pachitea; described from Ecuador. — aniazonica Bat. has a moie copious iiiii<i:.<,Hi,u. 

 metallic scaling, particularly beneath, where often the whole cell of the forewing is endieddtd in metallic sjjots, 

 whereas the red in the cell is somewhat reduced; from Teffe. 



C. lampeto (t. and S. (135 f). Above alnmst exactly as the foi in (tiiiazoiiicd of the [jicceding specii's. haiiinhi. 

 beneath, however, the metallic scaling is reduced to faint traces above the cell and nuiybe a small faint 

 spot at the apex. Central America to Bolivia. Not rare, particularly near Muzo in Colombia. 



C. trochilus Er. is snudler than the preceding, the grountl-colour of the upper surface blacker, beneath irmhilKs. 

 there is no red in the cell of the forewing. but in the costal part are numerous metallic spots, especially also 

 in the cell of the forewing itself. Guiana. — arete Fhlr. (135 f) has the same inider sm'face, Init above less drcic. 

 gold which is more prominent almost only in the anal part of the hindwing: the submargiiud metallic line 

 of the forewing is absent altogether; Amazon to Peru and Ecuador. 



C. castalia. The most connnon form is marsyas (lodni. (135 e) rceognizable by the luider siu'face of iiiinsnas. 

 the forewings, where the cell being filled out with red is interpersed with small metallic spots. Above similar 

 to the preceding species, but with a faint metallic line before the border. South Brazil and Paraguay. In 

 the typical castalia Men. (tabrenthia Schs.) from Brazil and Peru the J has no I'ed at all in the cell of the tasidiiu. 

 forewing beneath. — ab. philema Stick, is the name of a specimen with a red-yellow stripe beneath before iiliilonn. 

 the border. — smaragdina Godin. (135 e) is above very brightly seak'd in green, the light metallic stripe siiinniijil',- 

 before the border on the forewing broad; under sm'face without red in the cell of the forewing. Bolivia. • — ""■ 



The species is not rare. 



C. colubris Hbn. (= paridion Dabn., argiope Godi.) (135 f). Easily recognized by the bridge which rohihris. 

 runs through between the green of the base and the disc on the middle of the forewing being narrow, jet-black 

 and filled up nai-rowly with brown. Before the apex mostly a bright orange spot. Beneath similar to Jainpcto. 

 — • ab. fulvimargo Lathy (135 e) is the denomination of a light specimen being bordered by orange-yellow hih iiravija. 

 above on the hindwing, beneath also on the forewing; a colouring often occurring in the 9? oi the other Caria- 

 spccies. Interior of Brazil to Peru. — In plutargus F. Stichki. presumes a $ of ..argiope": the figure of phdariiii^. 

 this form, being supplied by DoiNOVan. exliiluts a rough dotting which presumably scarcely answers to nature. 

 Brazil. 



C. domitianus F. (135 f) has on the upper surface of the foi'ewing the gokUn gicen exactly in the middle doiiiiHiii.ii^. 

 of the wing, i. e. at the place, where it is absent in mantinea, lampeto etc. Easily recognizable by the yellow- 

 ish-red under surface exhibiting metallic spots in the costal part of the forewing, while it is otherwise 

 covered all over with black spots. Guadeloupe. — ino 0. and <S'. from Mexico deviates especially by the ab- 'mo. 

 sence of all the golden green scales on the upper sin-face; ■ — melicerta Hchs. which extends still farther to the iiiclin rUi. 

 rujrth as far as Texas, with very few dispersed golden scales, forms a transition between the two forms; — 

 galbula i^'/rfr. is, on the contrary, the southern form, described from the Province of Caracas (Venezuela), looks (jallmla. 

 above almost like a small castalia, but is immediately distinguished by the red-yellow under surface. In this 

 form the golden-green strewing of the upper surface is the most copious. 



C. rhacotis G. and S. (135 f) exhibits in the median area of the forewing an accurately defined, ine- ,/„/,„/;,s. 

 gular spot of a golden gi-een lustre; the under surface is deeper red-brown, particidarly in the ^, with black 

 dots of which those along the co.sta of the forewing exhibit a dull leaden lustre. Honduras to Colombia. ■ — Inniinniiii. 

 harmonia G. and S., described according to 1 specimen, from the Isthmus, may only be an aberration without 

 the leaden spots on the under surface along the costa of the forewing. 



C. stjllaticia Di/ar (143 e, f). Upper surface almost cjuite blackish brown with jet-black spots; me- slHlaliciK. 

 tallic bluish-green scaling is noticed almost only in the anal region of the hindwings, and a nu'tallic line 

 may run along in front of the border of the hindwing or also be absent altogether. Very characteristic is 

 the dark red-brown under sindace by nearly all the black spots of the hindwing and all those of the costal 

 half of the forewing being brightly centred in silver. Mexico; the specimens before me originate from Guerreio. 



C. melino Dyar. Dark leaden grey with tiny black spots of a greenish lustre. Forewing with a s])ol mrliiit). 

 in the cell, behiiul the latter a series of small spots and in front of the border a double row. On the hind- 

 wing dispersed small spots scarcely forming a row, whereas the double submarginal row is almost formed by 

 lines between which there is a copper-like tinge. Under surface dull red, the spots like above and more dis- 

 tinct, scattered across the base of both wings; above the apex of the forewing lies a broad shade and a 

 narrow one runs along the border of the hindwing; the inner margin of the forewing grey. 22 mm. Tehuacan 

 in Mexico; discovered in 1911 by Rorert Mueli.kh. 



C. chrysame Hew. (135 g). Distinguished from all the species enumerated so far by the fact that not iln-u.^antc 

 the median area but the whole wings are above coloured in golden green; only the marginal area is blackish 

 grey, bordered by bright bluish-gi'een metallic lines, of which the outer one is as fine as a hair, sometinus 

 interrupted in typical specimens from Bolivia; — in Peruvian specimens — psittacus Hpffr. (= scmra Stgr.) p.-^ii/anis. 

 — it is broad and distinct, almost hke in sponsa (135 g). Under surface earthy-gi-ey \\ith rows of dark dots 

 which may be numerous and distinct, but also be absent. Common. 



