870 CECROPTERUS. By Dr. M. Deaudt. 



a hair-pencil at the upper margin, so that the species would have to be placed to the genus Ablepsis, if it had 

 no costal fold. Described according to a ^ from French Guiana. 



20. Genus: Cecropterus H.-Schdff. 



The genus contains more than a dozen of small species greatly resembling each other. The 3rd palpal 

 joint is shorter than in Telemiades. No costal fold. On the forew-ing the upper median vein rises from the lower 

 cell-angle or even somewhat above it. The male hindwings are much longer, in the round. It is very difficult 

 to tell one species from another species. 



annus., C. aunus F. (= zarex Hhn., brontes F., longipennis Plotz, orontes Plotz) (168 f) has no small apical 



spots. The fringes of the hind^vings are above %vhite only in the costal-marginal half, beneath somewhat farther 

 downward. On the hindwing beneath being somewhat strewn with yello^vish, and often appearing in the $ 

 rather variegated, there are 2 slightly bent bands bordered with a lighter colour. Widely distributed from 

 Mexico to Paraguay. 



oryx. C. oryx Fldr. from the Upper Rio Negro m North Brazil entirely resembles annus (168 f), but much 



larger (twice as large as Hubner's figure of zarex), the band of the forewing above interrupted at the subcostal, 

 the marginal spots and fringes of the hindwing broader and without the dark bands on the hindwing beneath. 



bipuncia- C. biputictatus Gmel. (168 f) has 2 apical dots, the lower one may be absent above. The comparatively 



"®" broad, white oblique band ends rather taperingly at the proximal angle; in its middle there may be a black dot. 

 The whiteness of the fringes of the hindwing extends far downward. From Mexico to Brazil. 



dhega. C. dhega 3Iab. has 4 apical dots and gi-ey palpi. The white oblique band of the forewing is some- 



what curved and terminates round below, the lowest spot is not smaller than the one above it. The fringes of 

 the hindwings are light grey, not white in the upper half of the distal margin. Beneath the hindwing is decidedly 

 yellowish-grey, towards the margin rosy-grey with 2 brown bands, the proximal one blurred, the distal one 

 very broadly outside bordered with a light grey on the outside. From Rio Grande. 



zonilis. C. zonilis Mab. has only 2 apical dots; the white band projects somewhat about in the middle, 



is otherwise equally broad and terminates round below. Fringes of hindwings above extensively white. On 

 the hindwing beneath the 2 brown bands are united towards the costal margin; the distal one is very broad, 

 below the anterior angle convex and bordered with a sharp light colour; also on the forewing beneath there is 

 a light submarginal line. Central America to Colombia. 



lunulus. C. lunulus Plotz (168 g) has 3 apical dots, the lowest of which projects far distally; the costal-marginal 



spot of the oblique band is very small. The hindwmg is beneath reddish-grey, towards the base lighter, the 

 two brown bands at the costal margin confluent, the distal one near the costal margin forming an angle, below 

 it somewhat concave, bordered with a light colom', the lightest at the anal angle; the triangular space between 

 the two bands at the proximal margin is rosy-grey, at the apex with 2 light dots. The palpi are whiter than 

 in zonilis. Brazil. 



reflexus. C. reflexus 3Iab. (k Boidl. Of the 3 apical dots the lowest projects proximally by half its width. 



The white oblique band is very broad, the costal spot narrow, in the middle it distinctly projects, the lowest 

 spot forms on the inner-marginal vein a fine apex towards the base. The hindwings beneatli are light grey, 

 marked lil^e in the preceding. Sa. Catharina. 



neis. C. neis Hbn. (168 g) has 3 apical dots. The white band strongly projects distally at the lower cell- 



angle. The fringes are above throughout brown. Hmdwings beneath brown, strewn with yellowish, with 2 

 brown bands and a very dark border. Palpi ashy-grey. Mexico to Brazil. 



capys. C. capys G. & S. extremely resembles neis (168 g); the lowest spot of the band is narrow, terminates 



obtusely and touches somewhat more than half the width of the spot above it. The sexual organs are very 

 different from those of neis. Central America. 



bocus. C. bocus Plotz (= integrifascia 3Iab.) (172 d) is very closely allied to capys. The white oblique band 



does not project so far at the cell-angle. Forewmgs beneath light brownish-grey, in neis almost black; the 

 hindwings are reddish-grey with 2 rather narrow blackish bands. Fringes brown. Guiana, Colombia, Brazil. 



itylKs. C. itylus Hbn. (168 g) is smaller, with broader wings, without or with 1 or 2 apical dots, the white,band 



rather narrow, particularly the costal-marginal spot; at the lower cell-angle there is no spot at all, the lowest is 

 narrow and touches the one above it only in the distal half. Fringes of the hindwings grey. Guiana to Brazil. 



cinctus. C. cinctus H.-ScMff. (= rotundatus Mab.) (168 g) has 4 apical dots in one line. The lowest spot of 



the band is distaUy removed by about a quarter of its width, at the lower cell-angle there is a minute triangular 

 spot. Hind'tting comparatively round vdXh, white fringes, Distrib\ited from Mexico to BrazO. 



