PYRRHOPYGE. By Dr. M. Draudt. 839 



P. Jonas Fldr. (= cydonia Drc.) (162 e) is a large, beautiful species with undulate wliite fringes; jonax. 

 palpi and abdominal apex are yellow. F'loni Mexico. 



P. josepha Plotz is very similar, but it has yellow fringes and pale red palpi. Brazil, joscpho. 



P. josephina spec. nov. (162g) has the same shape as the two preceding ones, the fringes are white, josciihiim. 

 witli a yeilowisii tint, with a fine antemarginal orange-yellow line being on the forewing only as fine as a hair. 

 Head, palpi and apex of abdomen are red, the femora black. Described according to 1 ^ from the Songo, Bolivia 

 (Fassl). 



P. araxes Hew. (= cyi-illus Plotz) (162 e) is above brown with several small hyaline sjjots, beneath (/(vm-cs. 

 the hindwings are deep ochreous-yellow with two dark brown macular bands, between at the costal margin 

 another small spot and a broad brown margin which is proximally sharply defined by black lunae. Mexico to 

 Colombia. 



P. arizonae G. d- S. (= araxes Holl.) is very much alike and may be the northern repre.sentative ch-'izoikh'. 

 of the preceding species, exhibiting on the hindwings beneath less distinct, more blurred transverse bands, 

 and the marginal area being here blackisli is not sharply defined. Arizona. 



P. maculosa Hew. (= agatiion Fldr.) (162 e) resembles the preceding, the ground-colour is blacker »i(iiii/o.«fi. 

 and the small spots are smaller and whiter. The larger basal half of the hindwing beneath forms a broad, orange- 

 ochreous area. Brazil. 



P. erythrosticta G. d- S. (162e) differs from maciilo.sa by a red spot below the base of the cell of eri/thro- 

 the forewing. Distributed from Central America to Colombia. .vZ/rfa. 



P. cossea Drc. exhibits above on the forewing the same spotting as maculosa, the hindwing shows vosxca. 

 an orange-red band extending from the distal margin to the proximal margin. Beneath the base of the forewing 

 is more extensively spotted orange, and at the co.stal margin there is a red dot. South America. 



P, thericles Mah. is above quite black, also the fringes of all 4 wings black, only the head and apex thfncles. 

 of abdomen red: on the hindwing beneath a moderately large, white, oval spot. Bolivia. 



P. cardus Muh. differs from thericles by a much larger white spot on the hindwing beneath, to which canluti. 

 a minute blue spot corresponds above. Bolivia. 



P. hylaeus 3Iab. is larger than cardus, the spot of the hindwing beneath decidedly blue-white, divided hijlaeiis. 

 into 8 rays by the veins with a rounded end. Bolivia. 



P. creon Drc. (= cyclops Stgr.) (162 e) is a large species of a metallic blue lustre, with a round red rrfon. 

 spot near the proximal angle of the hindwing. Distributed from Honduras to Colombia. 



P. aerata G. d- >S'. (166 a) is bronze-green and exhibits at the cell-end of the darker hindwing 3 minute aeraia. 

 red spots. On the abdomen there are 6 yellow lateral spots. Bolivia. 



P. hygieia Fldr. (= bogotana Beak.) (162f) is likewise of a bright metallic blue lustre and has, like hyyifia. 

 the following species orange-red fringes of the hindwing, whereas the fringes of the forewing remain black as 

 well as the head and apex of abdomen. The anterior femora are spotted red; the species is particularly charac- 

 terized by the broad orange-red marginal band being situate before the fringes of the hindwing. Ecuador. 



P. rufinucha G. <£■ S. (162 f) differs from hygieia by the orange-red marginal band of the hindwing nifinnrha. 

 being much narrower, and by its red neck and palpal base. Bolivia. 



P. aesculapius Stgr. (= variegaticeps G. d' S.) (162 f). has black anterior femora and no orange ,(c,s(i//o/)i«s. 

 marginal band in front of the red fringes of the hindwing. Central America. 



P. insana Stgr. differs from the preceding by a narrow red marginal band before the fringes of the iii'^iuia. 

 hindwing, extending as far as the subcostal vein, and by its red neck. Described from the Chiriqui. 



P. fassli Boull. approaches hygieia (162 f), but it deviates above by the brilliant blue lustre of /d.s-.s/;, 

 the wings exhibiting a slight greenish reflection. Forewing with a moderate black marginal band; the hindwing 

 shows a rather broad, red band extending beyond vein 6 almost to vein 7. Fringes of the forewing intermixed 

 with red-orange. From insana' Stgr. it deviates by the collar being black, not red, from aesculapius Stgr. by 

 the red band not extending to the costal angle. Colombia, Peru, Bolivia. 



P. kelita Hew. (162 h) is very easily recognizable by the 3 or 4 orange-red, in the $ more yellow kclila. 

 longitudinal rays of the hindwing; of the same colour are the fringes, somewhat smoky at the extreme apex 

 of the forewing. Head, palpi, borders of the shoulder-covers and apex of abdomen are red, the anterior femora 

 spotted red, — The form tristis Mab. d- Boull. has the fringes of the forewings smoky already from the upper tri.-<lis. 

 median vein. The species is found in Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador. 



