PYRRHOCALLES-. SERDIS. By Dr. .M. Dkaldt. 947 



spot; before it at the costal margin yellow scales. On the hindwing the lo\\'er half of the cell and a spot behind 

 it bright reddish-yellow, so that only a small part remains dark brown; between the median veins near 

 the cell there is another br(nvn spot. Beneath the forewing is black, the costal margin, apex and distal margin 

 light brown with darker stripes between the veins which are yellow. Hindwing violettisli-brown, veins light 

 yellow; a broad, black wedge-shajjed stripe is situate near the proximal margin and widens towards the anal 

 part. Fringes black, distally grey. Expanse of wings: :5() mm. Petro])olis. 



P. amyrna Mab. is deep brown with a reddish-yellow reflection, in a certain light with a blue reflection : imii/nin. 

 forewing with ;} oblong, yellowish snbapical hyaline dots, the uppermost dying away. Between the lower median 

 and upper radial vein there are in an o))litpie row pale reddish-yellow spots only slightly contrasting with the 

 ground ; fringes dirty grey. Hindwing not spotted, with ashy-grey fringes. Beneath l)rown, forewing at the c(jstal 

 margin and apex more reddish, of the macular Ijand only 2 spots are visible. Hindwing with a reddish-brown 

 reflection, a black marginal line and 4 small yelhiwish jxistdiscal dots towards the apex. Expanse of the wings: 

 26 miu. Described from Porto t'abello. 



P. binaria M<ib. is deep blackish-lnown. in the cell with a ferruginous brown reflection, behind it liiiKiria. 

 with 2 whitish dots in an oblique line, costal margin and veins deeper black. Hindwing colorn-ed the same with 

 ferruginous yellow fringes. Beneath dull greyish-black, the spots more distinct, below the middle lighter yellowish- 

 white, at the costal margin and veins ashy-grey. The l)ro\\n hindwing is densely strewn with greyish-violet. 

 Expanse of wings: ;>2 nnn. Wnezuela (Merida). 



P. SOphistes Dyar. Blackish-brown with an orange l)and along the tostal margin to the cell-end. where xi'iihiMcs. 

 it turns downwards and is oblicpiely traversed by the ladial veins; another band extends along the proximal 

 margin as far as -,3 of its length, and is united here with another band which narr'ows upwards, is incised at 

 the cell-end and terminates at the lower subcostal vein. Fringes reddish-yellow. Hindwing reddish-yellow 

 in the disc and with a reddish-yellow" l)antl at the distal margin. Beneath the forewing is reddish-yellow at 

 the apex, otherwise as above; hindwing entirely reddish-yellow, markings from above only faintly showing 

 through. Expanse of wings: 24 mm. Mexico. 



P. inculta Dyar. Black, fringes at the ends reddish-yellow. Costal margin of forewing dusted reddish- "k:"!/"- 

 yellow with an oblique postdiscal band, traversed by the veins, bent round the cell-end and broken up into 3 

 subapical spots; hindwing with a reddish-yellow postdiscal band and yellow dusting at the proximal margin. 

 Beneath dusted yellow, forewing with a large yellow discal spot and yellow costal margin, in the cell a black 

 dot, proximal margin black, towarils the base penetrating into the cell. Hindwing yellow with yellow veins and 

 a dark marginal band. Expanse of wings: 27 mm. Mexico. 



P. dara Koll. (= maesoides Btlf., omaha Eclw., mingo Edw., californica Seddr.) is an insect widely ihim. 

 distributed in Asia and having been dealt with in the palearctic part (comp. Vol. I. p. 351, t. 89 g). Above 

 yellowish-brown, bordered with black, with an oblique longitudinal band from the proximal margin to 

 the apical thiid of the costal margin. This species also occurs in the United States. For this American form 

 ScuDDEE established the genus PotantJiUS. 



109. Genus: Pyrrlio fallen M<th. 



Antennae as in the preceding with a long apex. Forewing broad triangular, distal margin in the middle 

 convex. Palpi ascending, broad, flatly appressed, with a slender pointed terminal joint which is very long and 

 erect. The (J is without a stigma. Only one species: 



P. antiqua H.-Schaff. (= utha Hew.) (183 f,g). ^ above fiery orange-brown, broadly bordered with 'niiiqiiu. 

 black, with a large, black postcelhilar spot; $ much darker brown with a yellow, above forked macular band 

 behind the middle, a black discal streak on the hindwing and a lighter red-brown spot behind it. Behind the 

 forewing is as above, the hindwing brown with a red-brown postdiscal band. Hayti. Jamaica, Cuba. 



110. Genus: Scrdis Mab. 



Antennae longer than in the preceding genera, but they do not quite reach to tlu' cell-end. On the 

 forewing the median area between the two branches is very long owing to the lower branch rising near the base, 

 the upper near the cell-end. Posterior tibiae with long fringes. The o exhibits a thick stigma of a dull black 

 colour extending from the cell-end to the base of the sulnnedian and being divided into 4 parts. 



S. flagrans Mab. (183g) is above bright reddish-yellow, with a black b(n(ler, which between the ilo'jnni.'.: 

 veins penetrates into the surface like a wedge; inner-marginal halves of both wings dusted grey; behind the 

 cell, as a continuation of the stigma, a black spot, a similar one being piipilled reddish-yellow in the cell is 

 situate at the costal margin of the hindwing. Beneath the apex of the forewing is reddish-brownish-grey, 

 and the greatest part of the hindwing except the broad yellow proximal margin; a postdiscal. bent, yellow 

 band, before it a lirow nish-grey band. Ecuador. Bolivia. 



S, venezuelae Wir. {---^ statins Plulz. fulgens Mab.) (l<S3g) is very much like jbiyran-^; the margin is iTne^udac. 

 less broad black, the grey dusting less intense, the postcelhilar black spot small, hindwing without a costal- 

 marginal spot. The $ is much darker with 2 large, white, postdiscal spots and 2 small ones at the cell-end. 

 Beneath the ,^ is plainly reddish-yellow, the proximal margin of the forewing black, the hindwing dusted green, 

 with somewhat lighter veins; the $ has a green apex and costal margin of the forewing and green hindwings 

 with 2 verv nnich bent, narrow, light vellowish bands. Venezuela. 



