706 EOHENAIS. By Dr. A. Seitz. 



dotii, the sefoiid being the largest, lu the cell 2 or 3 sometimes indistinet traiisver.se streaks, behind the cell 4 

 l)lack strigiform spots. Hiiidwiiig \'iith a white costal a.rea, below it 3 rows of black strigiform spots, each of 

 the two proximal oi'es with 2. the distal one with 6 or 7 spots, the latter row curved like an S. Colombia. 

 /'"■'<""'• L. hiciana F. (=^ nepia IIV.) (137 e). Copper-brown; costa, apical part of the forewing and distal 



margin of all the wings darker brown; under surface bluish-white with a dark shade in the apical area of the 

 forewing. All the wings above and beneath finely dotted in black. $ has broader wings and is somewhat darker 

 pscKdocrif!- than the (5*. Panama, Venezuela. — pseudocrispus ]Vu\ (= crispus Cr.) (137 e) has the apical part of the fore 

 '"'*'■ wing shaded somewhat darker and more distinctly defined towards the copper-red; hardly deserves a deno- 

 mination, (luiana to Bolivia; we figure a specimen from Para, in order to show the slight difference. Not rare 

 coiiciiiiiii. near Bahia. — concinna Stir.li. from the Rio San Juan in Colombia is said to be distinguished by a broader 

 iirjnoifU-.s. dark liorder cf the hindwing in the ^^ and quite dark hindwiiigs of the £$. ^ nepioides Btlr. (= luciana Hbn., 

 mehMiogyra B'tt.) (137 e), may be a distinct species, or may be only a district-form, from Houth Guiana and 

 the Amazon, has the copjK'r-red more fiery and the darkened parts of the wings distinctly defined tov.ards 

 this colour. Common. 

 ic/cpliiis. L. teleplius Cr. {= alphci.ea Hbn.. timandra Ww.) (13sf). ,-p forewings black with some dispersed 



white vitrec.us dots, hindwings orange-yellow Avith a, broa.d blaclv border. Under surface blackish, the hind- 

 wings speckled bluish-grey. The ':^ has the vitreous dots and the under surface like the ,^, but it is above yellowish- 

 ])rown, with a darli apical pait of the forewing and a black-dotted disc. The species varies with every habitat. 

 The couple figured by me originates from Paramba. Surinnm-^? are of a much brighter bean-yellow colour 

 and have smaller vitreous dots tluin the figured one, while the ^,^ from there have a darker yellow of the hind- 

 wings. There is a very interesting 5* with quite black hindwings being only in the centre narrowly red-yellow, 

 but with black spots in the orange part, like in the $. in the Paris Museum. Near St. Jean du Maroni (French 

 Gruiana) the (J exhibits yet a narrow orange band parting the black distal marginal band of the hindwing from 

 the direction of the proximal margin. In Colombian 2$, being above very light ochre-yellow, only the apical 

 ])art is distinctly defined black; in a $ the patria of which is not stated, in Fa.S.SLs collection, the distal margin 

 of both wings is also broa.dly black, the proximal half of the wings, however, fox-coloured. As there are often 

 different forms flying near each other, they are not to be regarded as subsj^ecies. — A genus of its own (Eln- 

 phrotis Stick.) has been established for the sj>ecies itself; but the habitus and particularly the under surface 

 exhibit its alliance to the emylius-group of Leiiionins. We nmst rematk 3'et that the abdomen is alway.-^' yellow, 

 not bi'own as on the fig'ire. 

 /i//K('.s/('.s. L. lyncestes Heir. Size and under suifacc almost exactly like in the preceding, but the upper surface 



quite dark-brown with black dashes, only the border is broadly red-brown, containing a series of white, proxi- 

 mally black dots. Guiana, Brazil; according to Hewjtsois's figure the black marginal dots exhibit a white 

 exterior which is iibsent in specimens 1 captured in South Brazil. Ra,rei than the preceding species. 

 '"'/'•""• L. bolena Bllr. {= xanthobrunnea Warr.) (138 k). Of a bright yellow, the base of the wings, a broad 



apical band cf the forewing, the apex and anal angle of the hindwing resembling the colour of the trunk of a 

 tree. Beneath dark-yellow on light-yellow, marked with dashes like the preceding species. South Brazil and 

 Paraguay. Forms a transition to the genus Echennis \\hich is not distinctly separable from Lemonias. The 

 shape of the broad apical spot seems to be different at every habitat. In specimens from Sao Paulo it is the 

 narrowest, similarly in Paraguay-specimens, in specimens from Espiritu Santo it is the broadest, in those from 

 Rio Grande do Sul its lower part does not project so arcuately towards the base. Single and not common; 

 flies in day-time and likes to re.st on the trunks of trees. 



85. Genus: Eelieiiais Hhn. 



Most of the species of this genus, the characteristics of which are still somewhat obscure and whose 

 species vary in every di.strict, have in the male .sex the anal part of the hindwing white which gives a peculiar 

 appearance to the butterfly })articularly on the wing, as if it was hurt cr wiped off behind. They rest in a Geo- 

 metrid-like attitude on the under surface of leaves, but they come forth at some hours of the day in order 

 to perform their gambols on the trunks of trees, t^ and 9 then sit on the trunk with their wings half open 

 and execute short, skipping flights by ascending or descending the trunks in curves. Echeiiai.^ is as little separable 

 from the preceding genus as from the following, and might better be regarded as a group of the Lemonias: thus 

 it happens that most of the species are sometimes quoted as Echennis. sometimes as Lemonias. The head is 

 small, the abdomen long, that of the ^ very slender and pointed, the forewings behind very broad; the hind- 

 wings rounded. The very long and capillary a.ntennae are carried ];arallel and stretched straightly forward 

 as the Erycinidne are used to do. The ujiper surface of the \\'ings nearly always exhibits the dots and transverse 

 streaks of the Le7nonias, but mostly bordered light. Most of the Echennis. compared with other Eiycinid-genera, 

 are common butterflies. 

 '"""■ E. iinea Bni. (142g). The smallest species; by the speckled fringes it reminds us of a anvAW Cahjdmi 



.IS which it wa.s also described. Dark brownish-grey; the black |iunctiform streaks of a. dull lighter shade. Guiana 

 a,nd East jii'a/.il, to the south a,s far as Matio Grosso; not rare. 



