690 OROCOZONA; ASTRAEODES. By Dr. A. Seitz. 



united to groups at some of the small black spots and forming beneath (sometimes also above) two lines 

 parallel to the border. The small silvery scales are much too fine to be reproduced on a figure. Not rare 

 inyi/roiJhir.'i.m Florida; to the north as far as Virginia, to the south as far as Texas. — argyrodines Bat. (134 b) is 

 the South American form, darker, sometimes above almost black, the $$ also larger; the upper surface dotted 

 more distinctly, the silvery lines of the under surface more prominent, the proximal one running also somewhat 

 hirrniii. differently. Between the ranges of the two forms there occur intermediate forms, as for instance laverna 

 iiilK.s. 0, and <S'. from Mexico and Central America, with a somewhat more pointed apex of the forewing, and nilus 

 Fldr.. from Venezuela, with a more deeply coloured upper surface, a grey macular marking and dull-lustrous 

 leaden lines. — The forms can neither be strictly separated from each other nor be arranged according to 

 patriae. The animals rest spread out, as if pinnecl, on yellow compositae resembling our Leontodon, close at 

 the soil, and can be taken off with the poison-glass. On being chased away, they fly beneath the nearest 

 leaves of the bush and soon return to their flower again. Very coinmon. — Regarding a species unknown 

 to me and not recognizable according to the description, azord Godt., which is said to originate from South 

 Brazil, though I did not discover it, I doubt whether it is allied hereto as the southernmost form, 

 or — as Wtichel wants — to the South Brazilian epijessa, resp. calirene, where we have mentioned it. — 

 xrinilinsa. xanthosa Stick. (142g) is certainly allied hereto, a bright red-yellow form, the silvery scales are presumably 

 extinct; type from the Coll. Sohenc^k von Schweinsberg at Darmstadt, now in the Berlin Museum, pre- 

 sumably from South Brazil. 



op/(rtin'.9. Ch. aphanis Stich. (I42g) from Uruguay is larger and of a grey ground-colour. 



orrliaia. Ch. occllata Heir. (i:Ub). J was not able to find the type in Hewitsons collection. It seems to be 



an aberration of a Charis, in which the silvery lines are absent and the red-brown, black-dotted band lying 

 otherwise between them has turned a chain of eye-spots in which single eye-spots are especially distinctly 

 prominent. It is scarcely a Symmachin. as Hewitsox supposed; nuich lather an unfringed Ch. znma. From 

 Venezuela. 



64. Genus: Ooeozoiia Fldr. 



The structure of the body, the very delicate, outside broad wings with a long-stretched apex and 

 a very nnuth rounded border, the metallic lines or small scales ally this genus immediately to the chaonitis-gronp 

 of the preceding genus. The inner margin of the forewings is almost as long as the costal margin, the 

 hindwings are very broad. The colouring is black with scarlet or orange-red bands which are paitly bordered 

 in metallic lines. Only 3 or 4 species are known occurring in the northern part of South America, where they 

 are not rare; Fas.sl found them early in the morning drinking from the dew on the leaves. 



rai'ciof:. C. caccias Hew. (134 d, e). Both the wings are traversed by a scarlet transverse stripe running rather 



parallel to the border. Beneath it is in the (J greatly widened and tapering at both ends. Bolivia, Peru and 

 on the Amazon; near Pozuzo (Huanuco) and on the Chanchamayo at an elevation of up to 1000 m not rare. 



arniaiii. — arcuata Godm. (134 e) deviates by the red stripe of the forewing running more inw^ardly towards the costa. 

 Colom))ia, not rare. The red stripe varies, moreover, according to the finding-places not inconsiderably in 

 width, particularly beneath. 



phereiiiini. C. pheretlma Fldr. (= caciparis Heir.) (134e). The red stripe of the forewing lies oblicjuely, that of 



the hindwing is absent. On the under surface the whole disc of the forewing is red as far as to the base. In 

 Colombia, in some parts not rare; taken by Fassi. in December in the Canon del Gallo, at an elevation of 

 1600 m, and near Muzo (1500 m). 



/aftriii/,i.'\ C. fasciata Hpffr. (= clusia Heir.) (134 e). Larger than the preceding; the spot of the forewing is 



shortened to a more transverse oblique spot. Peru and Bolivia; La Merced in August and September. 



65. Genus: Astraeodes Schatz. 



A comparatively large butterfly deviating entirely from all the other Erycinidae in its exterior, but 

 distributed over a great part of South America, forms this genus. The veins do not differ essentially from 

 those of Baeotis and the other allied groups. The body is delicately and gracefully built, the wings are very 

 broad, with a metallic line in front of the border. Nothing has become known to me with respect to its habits. 



aroitlti.'i, A. areuta Ww. (128 i). Orange-yellow, with 3 dark transverse stripes, a golden line before the border 



aiKJ a row of dots in front of this. From East Brazil through the Amazon Valley to Peru and Bolivia. The 

 variation of the different finding-places refers to the more lemon-coloured or pale ground-colour, to single 

 dark spots before the border of Ihe hindwing beneath, and the thickness of the transverse stripes. Every- 

 where rare. 



