LIUTLLA: THISBE: ANATOLU By Dr. A. Skitz. 715 



90. Genus: I^iicilla Hew. 



'J'liis genu^ is phiced by Kikby betwt'i'ii IitieJihi and Thislie. \\\\cyva< Stkiikl justly adds it tn J.i/iiitiii-'^. 

 The shajje of tlic body and wings ix'senibles the ])rt'eeding genus. As to the neuration, the geiuis differs from 

 Itiielda particularly in the system of the subcostal veins of the forevvings, and the eel! of the hindwing in Lucilla 

 does not reach the centre of the wing, as in Inuldit. Only 4 forms, being closely allied to each other, are known. 

 All the Lucilln. ari' rare. 



L. camissa Hey. (I2Sc). A true copy of a ('iiliiq/iiiniiin of the hrome- and (/e*;(//f/-group with a large nimifi.'id. 

 orange spot of the forewing and a lilue lustrous spot of the hindwing. Ecuador. 



L. asterra Sm. From Colombia. Differs from the figured pomposa Stic/i. (12.Sc) by a narrower red cislrrm. 

 band of the forewing and by the rays of the hindwings which are mow distinct and more skj-'blue, particularly /■"■"" /"'•■^■"• 

 towards the margin, ■pomposa, not lying before me, is described from Peru. 



L. suberra Heir. Black, in the disc of the forewing a large, miniate disc, similar to certain Heterocera suhemi. 

 from the NeJo ,splendi;n.^- and vel iter na-gvouYt, together with which the species flies in Ecuador. Very likely 

 this homochromy, however, is only secondary, and the model of botli, the Lucilhi as well as Nelo, are Actinote 

 from the rrtlluuithe-grcup, with which the}" swarm on the sands of the liver-banks. 



91. Genus : Tliisbe Hh».. 



The genus is so very much altered by mimicr^^ that it is clifficult to find out its real alliance. iStickel 

 places it between Rodinia and Lemon ins; it has nothing in common with these two. Stichel, however, has 

 justly abolished the insertion of a 7'/';.s6c-spe(^ies in the Nymphidium, which had proceeded from a mimetic 

 mystification. The body is uncommonly strong, the head Nymphalid-like, the palpi projecting, the antennae 

 very long, in the ,^ to ^^ of the length (jf the costa. The hindwings pointed at the anal angle, in lycorin.^ 

 even produced in a broad tooth. The butterflies are less rare than is the case in most of the other mimetic 

 species. 



Th. lycorias Heir. ( 140 f). Dark brown with a white ob]it[ue band, above and behind which there bjcorhi.'^. 

 are white spots. Round the white median band are above red-yellow spots, beneath there are such only in the 

 anal areas of both wings. Mexico and Central America. The typical form originates from Honduras and ha< 

 in front of tlie margin of the hindwing aiiother broad white strijie, as it is also found in all the Mexican speci- 

 mens. — ab. adelphina G. d- S. (140 f) shows this distal stripe obliterated. — germanus G. d: 8. (140 f) distri- nilriiihiiui. 

 buted from Colombia to Ecuador has the red spots much smaller, they are mostly also not so numerous in the 

 cell of the forewing. — incarum jorm. nov. (140 f) from Peru, from a very dry habitat, deviates the most from hiron 

 the typical form; it has a lighter ground-colour, a very narrow median band, the or.ange spots are pale and 

 dim, particularly the or.e above the anal apex of the hindwing. — lycorias is in some places common. 



Th. irenea Stoll (= belise Stoll [c?], belides Stick., atlantis Stick.) (140 f,g). rj black with a white h-nim 

 median l^and embedded in blue, above the upper end of which we see a small whitish oblique band. The $ is 

 quite different, without any blue above at all and with a. broader median band and another, second oblique 

 spot behind the small subapical oblicjue ba.nd. From Gviiana there generally come $$ with narrower bands 

 than from Colombia {belides Stick.), but these forms are not to be arranged according to patriae. We figure 

 a narrow-banded V from above, a broad-banded one from beneath. Both are from Venezuela. We can just 

 as little assert that the Isle of Trinidad p(jssesses a subspecies of its own (atlantis Stick.): the latter is said to 

 have more blue in the distal area of the Q-hindwing. Such specimens, however, are before me also from iSua- 

 pure. Much rather Costa-Rica-,-])ecimens would have to be denominated, in which the median band of the 

 ^(^ exhibits only quite a narrow blue bordering. In a J from ,, Bolivia" the white subapical stripe is as long 

 and broad as in 2$ from Surinam etc. Central .Vmerica and Guiana to the Amazon and Bolivia, local but mostly 

 common. T^ike the Dynaminc (being imitated l),\ the '2). the butterfly mostly flies about at a hardly accessible 

 altitude on the tops of young trees. 



Th. tnolela Hew. (140g). In the J' the blue median liand of the forewing is not white-pupilled. but mo/rln 

 it has only at its upjier end a tiny white spot. In the hindwing the white band of irenea. is replaced by a dull, 

 strigiform brightening which is often scarcely perceptible and grows distinct in some specimens (as the figured 

 (^ from the Amazon) only at the inner margin (ab. palilis Stick.). The '^ resembles above that of irenea, but 

 the under surface is marked quite differently, as the figvu'es show. Not rare in Wnezuela (Suapure). Guiana. 

 Para and so on. 



92. Genus: Aiiatole Hbv. 



The genus consisted onl}' of 1 species to wliich :} more wci'e recent l_\' added as being eongenei'ous. They 

 a.re robust animals, of the structure of the Nynipkidium, with a considerable sexual dimorphism. The veins 

 do not exhibit any peculiarities; the 3rd subcostal vein rises with the 1st radial from the upper, the 3rd radial 

 \\ith the 1st median from the lower angle of the cell of the forewing. The species are common at their habitats. 



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