864 TELEGONUS. By Dr. M. Draitdt. 



looking somewhat dentate, owing to prolongations on the veins. Body and bases of wings without any green 

 or blue at all. Beneath the same, only somewhat lighter. Colombia. 



xagua. T. xagua Luc. (= malefida H.-Scfiaff.) (167 d). Above black with a blue basal half and body, 



also beneath the base of the forewing is blue ; in the middle of the costal margin there is a square white spot 

 which may occasionally be absent. The hindwing only shows a faded, darker median band. Cuba. 



hiirga. T. hurga Schs. seems to belong here. Above brown, towards the base green, the hindwing exhibits 



a darker submarginal shade which also becomes prominent on the ligliter under surface and is distally bordered 

 with yellowish. Expanse of wings: 41 mm. Peru. 



pheres. T. pheres 3Iab. (167 e) is above the same; beneath the marginal area on both wings is lighter, 



rosy-grey, in front of it a broad, uninterrupted, black band. Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Paraguay. 



habana. T. habana Zmc. (167 d). Above black with a metallic blue base and body, beneath brown, before 



the margin on all the wings whitish with brownish-grey scales. Cuba. 



latimargo. T. latimargo H.-Schdff. (= cartomes Mab., gi'ullus Mah.) (167 c) is above the same, but the hindwing 



is more extended at the anal angle. Beneath the grey marginal area is present only on the hindwing and twice 

 as broad as in habana. The forewing shows towards the costal margin 2 dark macular bands. Brazil, Colombia. 



alardus. T. alardus Stall. (167 c) is larger and distinguished on the hindwing beneath by the very broad whitish- 



grey marginal band scantily strewn with greyish-brown and being continued yet for some distance at the proxi- 

 mal margin; in latimargo it is blackish-brown. The forewing has likewise a light marginal band, parted and 

 proximally bordered by dark macular bands. Distributed from Mexico to Brazil and Colombia and mostly 

 common. 



herhd. T. heriul Mab. Above not different from the preceding. Beneath the light marginal band is absent 



altogether, only on the forewing it is indicated by few small whitish scales; the forewing shows a broad black 

 postmedian band which is interrupted below the apex. Described according to a $ from Brazil. 



megalurus. T. megalurus Mab. (= consus G. db S.) (167 e) is at once recognizable by the anal angle of the 



hindwing, which is extended like a taU. Beneath the costal margin of the forewing is white as far as the middle 

 of the cell, the wings show a violettish-grey marginal band which is broader on the hindwings. Mexico. 



apaslus. T. apastus Ci-. {= acastus F.) (167 e) initiates a series of species exhibiting on the forewing an 



oblique, white hyaline band. The fringes of the hindwings are speckled black and white. Beneath the hindwings 

 are strewn with greenish-yellow scales and show 2 indistinct, darker transverse bands. Guiana, Brazil, Peru. 



janeira. T. janeira Schs., according to the description, looks exactly like Th. aulestes (168 d). On the brown 



under surface of the hindwing, strewn with yellowish, we only notice a large, yellowish spot near the middle 

 of the proximal margin. Expanse of wings: 49 mm. Rio de Janeiro. 



alector. T. alector Fldr. (168 c) is a doubtful species and belongs perhaps to Thymele. Recognizable by 



the white costal margin beneath on the fore- and hindwings, and by the large white spot in the disc of the 

 forewing; the hindwing shows 2 thick, blackish-brown transverse bands. Bogota. 



pertma.v. T. pertinax Sepp (= schelleri Ky., alector H.-Schdff. nee Fldr.) (167 f) is somewhat smaller and very 



similar, but beneath it has neither on the fore- nor hindwings a white costal margin. The dark transverse 

 bands are distally somewhat lighter, yellowish. Surinam. 



neobuhis. T. neobulus Mab. differs from the very similar preceding species by the hindwing beneath being 



darker in the basal half than in the marginal area, both being parted by a light yellow band from the costal 

 margin to the anal angle, being divided into regular spots by the veins, the two lowest spots being white 

 and more posteriorly removed. Brazil. 



eude»ius. T. eudemus Mab. is another doubtful species and perhaps only a darker form of Thymele passalus 



(p. 866). Base of wings and body suffused with a deep dull green. Beneath monotonously black, only the 

 proximal margin of the forewing lighter, somewhat reddish-bro^vn. Described according to a ^ from the 

 Chiriqui. 



virgahis. T. virgatus Mab. is larger than the preceding, above more brown, and the bases of the wings 



and the body with rusty-yellow, instead of green hair, otherwise marked the same with the oblique white hyaline 

 band of the forewing. Beneath the same. Anal angle of the hindwing extended in a hook-like bow. Described 

 according to a $ from Pebas. 



prohus. T. probus M-schlr. (168 d, e) certainly belongs into a special genus, and is sexually very dimorphous. 



The (J is coloured like the preceding species, but on the forewing it has instead of the oblique hyaline band 

 2 large, four-cornered spots obliquely above each other, and on the hindwing a curved row of black punctilor m 



