P„bl. ■-,. 17/. i!)jr. ■ LEMONIAS. By Dr. .\. Skitz. 7<>5 



white ])osterior half and l_)hu-'l< marj^iiial (Int^. Beneath marked ju.st tlie same witli a lnuwnish-grey ground- 

 udlour in some parts mixed \\i1h wliite. Amazon. 



L. argenissa Stall (— jietronius F.. sudi:'.s iSlgr., staiulingeri Godm.) (137 i). In tiie ^ the wixilc iipjjcr (inir,il.s.-<((. 

 surfaee is suffusetl witii violettisli-lilue, narrowly marked witli blacis:; $ greyish-brown with a \\hite obiitpie 

 band of tiie forewing ending bioadiy befoi'e tiie anal angle, t'olombia, Panama. 



L. fannia Oodtx. (137 1) is known to nie only from Godmans figure of the (^. Above dark brnwn. the iinuiiii. 

 distal part of the hindwings violettish-blue; under surfaee with small blackish streaks in the disc, a dull band 

 before the border and dark-pupilled eye-spots before the border of the hindwing. Guiana. 



L. laobatas Heir. (= lal)otas (r.d- S. \). ji.) (137 li). 5 blackish-brown, in the apical part of the fore- Itiniiiiius. 

 wing and before the border of the hindwing sjjarsely spf)tted in white, in the disc of both wings small black 

 dashes. (^ very similar to the figured andraemon Stirfi. (137 i). but the upper surface of the ^ more reddish- iniilnniiiui,. 

 than blackish-brown ( ^^ trotschi G. tL'. <S'.), the luuler surface more shaded and streaked in dark. Colombia Irdtsilii. 

 and Panama. — simplaris Stirli. from the Amazon is smaller than laohatas and has no A\hite internnxture in siin/iiiiris. 

 the forewing; in the hindwing the white is increased, Init the blue is absent. 



L. caligata Slir/i. Shape of the wings like in idnioii. the anal angle of th(! hindwings somewhat more rnliijutd. 

 rounded. , .Upper surface greyish-green, under surface light-blue, on both surfaces l)lack spcits, the position 

 of which corresponds with the general scheme of markings of the genus." In the hindwing besides i more spots 

 near the costal margin on a grey ground. Near the margin of Ijoth wings a scarcely appreciable silvery line. 

 Beneath all the spots are smaller. Kio San Juan (Colombia). 



L. antanitis Hew. probably does not belong into this genus (rather to Pnndeitios). in case Hewitsoxs (ini<iiiiils. 

 figure really represents a (^. Snow-white, forewing with a broad black mai'ginal band ending broadly in front 

 of the anal angle. A black wedge runs from the base of the forewing to the cell-end along the costa. Hindwing 

 ([uite snow-white. Under surface with a brownish median shade being broad at the costa of the forewing. and 

 an undulate brown line in front of the marginal part. It resembles on the whole a white Di/naviine (101 A a). 

 Bolivia,, 



L. byzeres Heir. (142d). Above brown with fewer darker dots and streaks corresponding about with /'//■:(/•<>■. 

 those beneath. Brazil. 



L. luceres Heir. (14i>d). I doubt whether it belongs hereto. 'I'he under surface like the upper one. hiccir.-:. 

 l)ut orange-red and the white subapical spot of the forewing larger. Ecuador. Somewhat homochromous wath 

 certain fJcometrids from that region {Demrodcs). 



L. pione But. (137h). Deep blackisli-l)lue, aliove with numerous, small dark spots and dashes. It iiionc. 

 faintly reminds us of an Erne-sis oeypore (13(i g), but it is smaller and more lustrous. Para. 



L. pulchra Lathij (137 h). Similar to the preceding in the shape, but much lighter blue, the wings at iiidchnt. 

 the base above dirty brownish grey, the disc almost without small black spots. V unknown. Ecuador and 

 Peru. Rare. 



L. thara Heir. ( $ = melia Bat.) (137 g, h). o blue, with rows of black spots, the base of the wings and tluint. 

 the inner marginal part of the hindwing dirty yellowish-brown. 2 quite different, whitijm-j'ellow with black 

 macular bands, the disc of the forewing like a band bone-white. Godman separates the Cruiana-form as nomin 

 from the (typical ) Amazon-form. But 2 qj' of my collection from Surinam deviate from each other more than 

 from a Humayta-specimen. The VV from the Amazon are somewhat yellower than the figured .;' from Cayenne, 

 which belongs perhaps to Godman's nomi.ii; martialis Fldr. is presumably only a J-form from Surinam. miiriidlis. 



L. emylius Cr. (^ = crispus Cr.) (137f). o vermilion with a black apical part and costal-marginal ciiiiilin.-i. 

 part cf the wings, under surface silvery bluish-white; disc of the wings with blackish dots. The i ciuite different, 

 above dark-brown with an ochreous yellow oblicpic iiand of the forewing; before the apex and border small 

 white spots. Guiana, Amazon. — emyliana .S7n7(. (= emylius Stgr.) from Peru, Ecuador and the Amazon which <iiii//i<iii(i. 

 I do not know is said to be larger and to have in the male increased and deeper red. Of my Peruvian specimens 

 all the (^^ exhibit a lighter red which is jnore interspersed with black, the $$ have a more irregular oblique 

 band on a lighter ground-colour: = crispineila Stich. (137 f as crispineUus). n-i.-iiiiicHn. 



L. cilissa Heir. (137 f). .^ cpiite similar to the preceding, but the light veriuilicn is replaced by orange red. rili.-^.sa. 

 The $9 are quite wax-coloured with a broad dark brown margin of the forewing and a narrower daric margin 

 of the hindwing. From Nicaragua to ('olombia. Typical 9? cnly have a border as fine as a line, the fringes 

 (jf the hindwing being brown. In s])e:-imens from Costa Rica, as we figure them, the border of (he hindwing 

 is broadly brown. 



L. asteria Stic/i., unknnwn to me, is placed between ri/i-s.su and em ///ins: J above red-brown, the costa, ii.-<l,ri(i. 

 the apical ])art as far as the C'cll-cnd. and the boi'der broa.dly biackisli-browii. In front of the a.pcx I or Ti white 



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