TELEMIADES. By Dr. M. Draudt. 809 



shows an oblique band composed of 5 white sjoots; the hindwing is yellowish in the basal half; in the black 

 distal part there are 2 yellow dots above the cell and 2 distally to them. The species described according to 

 one specimen from tlie Coll. Staudixgee, perhaps does not belong here. 



T. avitus Cr. (168 f) is above ru.sty-yellow, in the $ more yellowish-grey with 3 apical and 3 discal (tvitus. 

 hyaline spots, the 2 middle ones forming a jacent U, the small third spot being situate outside; besides there 

 are 2 rather indistinct transverse bands, and on the hindwing there is a median spot and a brown post- 

 median band. Beneath more yellow, in the $ with more distinct spots. Guiana to the Amazon. 



T. littera Mab. ( 1(39 a) is smaller and more slender, resembling ceramina above, on top more grey, Vittera. 

 on the forewings f^imilarly spotted as in the preceding: the cell-spot U-shaped, the one below it V-shaped, a 

 third spot behind it, and between the latter and the small apical spots there are yet 2 smaller ones nearer to 

 the distal margin. The hindwing beneath is \\iiite with a brown transverse band. South America. 



ceramina. 



T. ceramina PIolz (169 a) resembles littera above, but the 2 small hyaline spots between the discal 

 and apical spots are absent. The under surface is greenish olive-grey, particularly light is the base of the hindwing, 

 crossed by 2 dark brown macular bands, the distal one being more coherent. From Surinam. 



T. megalloides Schs. presumably belongs here. Above brown intermixed with ochrcous-yellow hair; incyalloklcs. 

 the marking is like in ceramina, the hyaline spots small, the cell-spot parted. The under surface is lighter, in 

 the $ the base of the hind\\ing is yellowish-grey, the transverse bands divided into spots. Expanse of wings: 

 (S 3-t, $ 39 mm. Described from Peru. 



T. cobarus Mschlr. (= lucida Plotz) is above rusty-brown, towards the base gree.nish with similar mhurun. 

 discal spots as the preceding, behind them parallel to the distal margin a black submarginal band; a second 

 broad dark band crosses the middle of the wing. The middle of the hindwing is crossed by a blackish transverse 

 band, on both sides of a lighter, red-brown tint; the marginal area is of a pale violet tone. Beneath the basal 

 inner-marginal area is whitish, in it 2 small blackish spots. 



T. epicalus Hbn. (= avitus Cr. p. p.). Above rusty-brown, on the forewing with 2 small apical epicalus. 

 spots, without the discal hyaline spots and with 2 black macular bands being continued on the hindwing. Brazil. 



T. diores Mab. d: Boidl. is very similar, but it has longer hindwings being pointedly extended at diores. 

 the anal angle. The apical half of the forewing is blackened; the proximal band is coherent, not composed of 

 spots; on the hindwing the cell-spot is smaller, the proximal macular band less interrupted. South America. — 

 var. obscurus Mah. d- Boull. is above more blackish-brown, only in the disc of the forewing somewhat lighter obscurus. 

 reddish-brown. French Guiana. 



T. megallus Mab. is larger, above more blackish-brown, towards the base darker; the marking with incyallus. 

 the 2 black transverse bands is otherwise rather the same: the proximal one is straight and runs through the 

 middle of the cell. The hindwing beneath is ashy-bluish towards the anal angle, in the $ more at the proximal 

 margin, the distal black macular band contrasting sharply with it. Panama. 



T. purpurascens H.-Schafj. resembles nicomedes (168 e); on the rusty-brown forewing it has 3 small purpuras- 

 apical spots; a straight black band runs through the base of the cell to the ijroximal margin, another one farther ^''"'" 



distally bifurcates at the cell-end in the shape of a Y. The hindwing is darker brown with only one band through 

 the middle. The under surface is of a lighter red, the band of the hindwing composed of small square spots, 

 with 2 more spots at the costal margin. Brazil. 



T. nicomedes Plotz (16Se) resembles megallus, above with a slight olive tint. The transverse bands nk-omcdcs. 

 are narrow, conijjosed of spots; the one between the median veins is on the forewing removed far inward, the 

 band of the hindwing begins at the costal margin with an isolated square spot. The under surface has a somewhat 

 violet lustre, the bands are broader and more sjjotted. In case nicomedes Mschlr. from Colombia and Brazil, 

 the description of which runs somewhat differently, should be identified, Ploetz' species nuist get a new name. 



T. aberrans Mab. d- Boull. is above black, towards the base light rusty-brown, on the hindwing ahcrrans. 

 more extensive. Tlie forewing shows 3 small apical spots , a spot at the cell-end and below it 2 more in an 

 oblique line, the lowest being largest. The hindwing shows a black cell-spot and behind it in a curved row 

 small black streak-sj^ots between the veins. The middle of the distal margin is somewhat angular. Beneath 

 similar, the bases of the wings more yellowish; the disc of the hindwing is ochreous-yellow with 2 rows of small 

 black dots, the proximal one composed of 2, the distal one of 3. French Guiana. 



T. acutipennis Mab. A- Boull. has longer forewings with a pointed apex. Above rusty-brown with acutipcnnh. 

 3 apical and 3 liglit yellow discal spots; the marking is otherwise the same as in perseus (172 a), but the colouring 

 is darker, the spots of a lighter yellow. At the proximal margin of the hindwing beneath there is a dimple with 



