NYMl'HlDlUiM, By Dr. A. Sk'tz. 711 



N. grande G. d- S. (l."{9i). Tlic largest species of the genus. .\ broad oviil white or yelhiw hand f/nnnlr. 

 begins behind the cell of the forewiug and ends round before tiie inner n)argin of the hindwing. In fr( nt of 

 the border a double row of small white spots, before it a red strijjc. Beneatli like above, sonie\\ha.t dullei'. 

 the small marginal spots larger. Tliere occur '2Q with yellcw as well ;!.s white bands. Colombia. Rare. 



N. victrix Jiehel (13!t h). Conspieuous for the hindwings of the ] being pointed in the anal part and rirfrix. 

 ))rovided with a strpightly cut off Imider. Dark-brown with a white, ra.ther narrow, joint median !),uid if the 

 wings: liehind it a small, cuived. red-,\'ellow l)and, lieiiind this, before the border, an irregular white stri])e, 

 Rio de Janeiro, liut presum;i.i)ly scarcely near the town, but tarther in the mountains and rar;. Is saiil to occm- 

 also in the Amazon district ( '.'). The species seems to be transformecl by mimici'v. 



N, phliasus Cr. (= hewitsoni Rebel) (139h). Likewise su'necr to mimicry, reproducing an A'lr/jih'i iihli<rs,i.-<. 

 from its surroundings (.4. phiid-ss-ci). The orange spot behind tlie cell of the torewing pi'';iecting in a t;)uth tcwa.i'ds 

 the border passe> over into the while ;nedian band without an_\ -^epararion, i'h,' width and sh'ijjc of the band 

 varies sonr.-what according to t!ie habiuit. Gui lui. Rare. 



N. maravalica sp. tior. (139 h, i). Only in (I'.e '-' the A'!fl/)'i(i-i-^'<'cinbh\nLv i.- ili^tinctly \iNil)le by a iiiaravatica. 

 separated orange spot standin;.'; before the while, tiiough orange-endini; median band at the ccsta of the f(. re- 

 wing: it imitates the Adeljthn-fcnn dticehia Frvhs/. The ^ has the shape of the bands of phillotie. but the ujipei' 

 ti}) of the band is faintly tinged orange. Isle of Trinidad, presunialily also opposite in \'enezuela. 



N. enimanga ■i/i. nov. (13ilg as piuiliatinfi). Without the orange spot before the apex of the forewing: iniimniiiti. 

 the white median liand is here so much broader that it covei's the whole disc of the forewing and the whole 

 hindwing except the border and base. The under surface is all white except a spotted costal stripe of the fore- 

 wings and the moderately broad brown distal margin of both wings. Paraguay: the species is apparently not 

 common *). 



N. phillone Gmlt. \- phliasus Rebel) (139g, h, as pdulisiina). M once discernible from the prece- plulUmc. 

 ding group by the round border of the hiiulwing and a rust,y-red tinge of the collar and sheaths (what is unfor- 

 tunately not marked in the figure of the $. The white band of medium width varies at every habitat. In speci- 

 mens before me from Neu-Freyl>urg the band ends obtusely in front (our ^-figure), in the neighbouring 

 Rio de Janeiro pointed (^-figure), [n specimens from Theresopolis (or San Pedro ?) it is said to be narrower 

 (= pedronia Stick.) and in specimens from Sao Paulo (■= paulistina Sfirh. U2 g, not 139 g, h. as philone) still jKniiislma. 

 narrower, as narrow as in victrix. (The animal denoted as pmdivtiim nn t. 139 g is another species — enimanga — 

 and does not belong to phillone Godt., but it is allied to victri.v, phliasii.s and marnvnlica). — Not rare. 



N. velabrum G. d: S. (139 i). Above the upper end cf the white band, being common to both wings, L-ntabnim. 

 we notice an orange-yellow preapical spot. This creates the impression of an AdelpJxi iphicleola from Central 

 America. Panama. 



N. calyce Fid I. (139tl, e, as ciUice). Both sexes brown witli black, light-bordered spots before t\\L- valijic. 

 margin. The moderately broad median band ends in the ,^ above taperingly, in the $ broad; the latter exhibits 

 in typical specimens before the border a red-brown band being on both sides shaded with dark-brown.. — In 

 the form me.soleucuni Bates described from Baranc^uilla in Colombia this red-brown band is absent, but the 

 forewings exhibit a white submarginal stripe instead. — From the northern coast of South America, inclusive 

 of Trinidad, to the son'h as far as South Brazil nearly everywhere common. The butterfly, being an Erycinid, 

 is an inicommonly good flyer which, however, must nevertheless in dav-time be invariably beaten out cf the 

 bushes skirting the forest-roads. It varies but little in its immense range; in the figured couple (from Rio) 

 the bordering of the white band is almost smooth, in specimens from Cuyaba the inner (proximal) border of 

 the band is somewhat more dentate etc. From Peru there arc specimens of both sexes before me, with a pale 

 yellow median band; in a specimen taken in Peru at 2000 m, however, the band is purely white. — brennus iirrnnns. 

 iStich. I cannot distinguish from t,vpical calijce neither regarding the description nor according to thej before 

 me having been denoted with this i. I. -name by St.u'dixoer; of manius .(S7/p/(. the 9 is said to resemble more inaiiiK.f. 

 that of mycone. 



N. mycone Heu-. (139e) is, according to Stichel. only a deviating form of the preceding species. „iijn,iir. 

 The border of the forewing is more rounded, the hindwing of the ^ somewhat more educed in the anal part. 

 ^ above cjuite red-brown, without the white median band; the 'l exhibits the latter and, therefore, greatly 

 resembles that of calyce. but the band of the forewing is not so round above, but more obliquely cut off. Mexi(^o 

 and Central America as far as ('olombia, where also calyce occurs. 



N. gela Hew. (139 f). N'ery closely allied to calyce in the shape anil marking, but the band pale yellow . -/(/". 

 Typical specimens originate from the hower .\mazon (Santarem); they are represented by our V-figui'<-'. exhi- 

 biting a red-brown base of the wings and a red-brown transverse stripe between the white band and the border 

 of the wings. Specimens from Frv-n'-h Guiana have a more blacki^h-biown l)<ise (jf the wings and, according 

 to the habitat, they are large with a broad median band (opposite the UeviTs Island) or small anrl with narrow 

 bands (Cayenne). Connnon. 



*) Accordiug to StiiHKI.. I lir rii;nic oT niii' jiliillinii- l:i!l g. h r('|irchciil^ lii> iiiiiil is/i iiii. Hefurc inc. Ihiui-m-i-. Mir I In' 

 (ypes ol' Stichel's jMiilhliini (I'rdiii llic Coll. Hobkh) whiili I fitrme (I Vl -j.). Ii\ Sik nia.^ c|iiiit;itinii .,HrH. I, liu. L".C' In I hr 

 typiral jihilloiif (todt. we recojjiiizr in i)iiiiHnlhi(i Sfivli. a very slii^htly iiaiinwr u hi! c-liaiul.il ili'viatioii w liirh i-aiiimt lii' i(iiii- 

 hini'il with the ((uite differently shaped ric/ri.r I'clirl. 



