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25. Genus: Diseophellus G. ds 8- 



Antennal club moderately thickened, with a very fine point unciformly turned round. Costal fold 

 present. On the forewing the lower median vein rises nearer to the base than to the upper. The hind\^ing is 

 somewhat angular before the anal angle and sinuated in the middle of the distal margin; otherwise like the 

 preceding. 



D. porcius Fldr. (= doriscus Hew., coecutiens H.-Schdff.) (169 e) is above of a dim reddish-yellow, -porcius. 

 towards the border brownish ^^'ith a cellular hyaline spot on all the wings, which, however, may be also absent 

 on the hindwings ; on the forewing there is below it a darker double ring-spot and behind it a series of darker, 

 small ring-spots or punctiform spots. The $ has broader wings with more extensive hyaline spots, parti- 

 cularly in the disc of the forewing. Central America to Peru and Colombia. 



D. sebaldus Cr. (= crameri Lair.) (169 f) is scarcely to be mistaken for any other species by the numerous sebaldus. 

 hyalme spots on both wings, most of which are encircled by dark. The ground-colour is a beautifTil, warm, 

 ferruginous brown, towards the border somewhat darker. French Guiana. 



D. fulvius Plotz (= erythras 3Iab.) (169 e,f) is a somewhat smaller species of a fiery ferruginous fulvius. 

 yellow groimd-colour ; the J" has no hyaline spots, instead of them black dots: on the forewing, a small one 

 at the cell-end and 2 below it situate beneath each other; on the hindwing there is behind the double cell-dot, 

 which may also be confluent, a postmedian row of black dots; the border is very much darkened. The 2 has 

 in the disc of the forewing 3 discal hyaline spots greatly varying in size. A small apical hyaline spot may be 

 present, erythras described by Mabille has somewhat smaller hyaline spots hollowed out towards the margin, 

 for which reason it may be separated. Colombia. 



26. Genus: Xasciis Wts. 



Chiefly distinguished by the much stronger, cylindrical antennal club; the end, being tinned over, 

 is extended into a fine, very long point. Costal fold present. In the q the anal angle is extended into a rather 

 long lobe, in the $ the hindwing is broader and often undulate at the border. 18 mostly large, beautiful species. 



N. phocus Cr. (= pherenice Hew., morphus Cr.) (169 f) has dark brown wings with an olive tint, phocus. 

 sometimes exhibiting a slate-coloured lustre, with 4 small, yellowish apical spots connected by 1 or 2 small 

 hyaline spots below them with the 4 discal spots. The costal margin of the hindwing is broadly black, and 

 through the middle extend 2 similar faded transverse bands. Beneath the hindwing is more extensively yellow 

 in the disc. The 2 is much larger \\ith broader, rounder ■s'sings, and larger and white hyaline spots. Distributed 

 from Mexico to Brazil and Colombia. — dianina Plotz has above bright yellowish-red hindwings, whilst beneath dianhm. 

 it is much darker, almost black. Brazil, Paraguay. 



N. euribates Cr. {= hesns DM., gaums Plotz, nicia.sF., ? tychios PZdte) (170 a) is above bright reddish- euribates. 

 yellow with 3 small apical spots and 3 large, yello^^' discal spots distally gnawed out. The hindwing with a 

 blackened distal margin exhibits a black cell-spot and behind it a row of 5 more spots. Guiana to Brazil. Mabille 

 presumes that tychios placed by Godman as the 2 to B. ramusis may belong hereto as the $ or to an unknown 

 species. 



N. cous Mschlr. (= coris Mob. ex errore, eugamon G. <& S.) differs from phocus (169 f) by its light com. 

 brown wings with white, not yellow hyaline spots, 5 of which are situate in the apex, 4 in the disc. The hindwing 

 is light yellow; in the distal third broadly brownish. Venezuela, Guiana to Brazil. — solon Plotz differs by 

 its shorter, small apical spots crowded together, so that the impression of a single oval spot is created; in the 

 disc there are but 3 hyaline spots. On the upper surface the colour of the hind'n'ings and the base of the forewing 

 are more greenish-brown. — decemmaculata Sepp presumably also belongs hereto. The markings are exactly decemmacu- 

 as in cous. The body, base of the forewing and the hindwing are of a still more intense green, the frmges ^'°- 



of the hindwings speckled with black. In case the bad figure is to represent the type itself, Sepp's name would 

 have to be inserted for it. Described from Surinam. 



N. phaselis Heiv. (= faustinus Burm., coenosa Mschlr.) (169 d) is above light ferruginous brown pTia^ens. 

 with 5 apical spots and 4 widely separated hyaline spots in the middle, the latter distally gnawed out, and aU 

 of them encircled by black. Hindwing in the cell and behind it spotted black. Fringes of hindwings distinctly 

 speckled white. The $ is larger with larger hyaline spots, and it is therefore not out of the question that Bunga- 

 lotis erythus Cr. (169 d) belongs hereto as the $. Widely distributed from Venezuela to Ai-gentina almost over 

 the whole of South America. 



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