PYTHONIDES. By Dr. M. Draudt. 887 



with the same marking on the light brown ground with a darkened costal margin and apex. Suapure (Venezuela). 

 Expanse of wings: 1.8 mches. 



P. belt! G. & S. (= paterculus Heiv. nee H.-Schdff.) (173 d) is not unlike paterculus, distinguished belH. 

 by the longer anal angle of the hindwing, the colour above being more grey, and by 3 hyaline spots bordered 

 with black in the disc of the forewing, as well as 3 subapical dots; particularly the hindwings are marked with 

 more distinct black macular lines. Hindwing beneath radiantly blue with a black costal-angular spot. Nicaragua. 



P. lugubris Fldr. (= ophia Btlr., sephara Hew., cobarus Mschlr., ambla Plotz) (173 d). Grejosh-brown lugubris. 

 with a sUght olive tint; a narrow, dark brown antemarginal line somewhat widened at the costal margin and 

 proximal angle; in and behind a darker median band there are numerous hyaline spots. Hindwing at the base 

 vdth a brown transverse band, apex pointedly produced, before it a small, short, brown streak-spot. Beneath 

 very much duller, without any blue. From Mexico to Colombia and Brazil. 



P. truncata Heiv. (173 d) is similar, easily discernible by less strongly angled hindwings being beneath iruncafa. 

 of a greyish-blue colo\n' except the margin. From Bolivia. 



P. paterculus H.-Schaff. (— balma Plotz, zera Btlr.) (173 c) is easily recognizable by the proximal paterculus. 

 angle on the forewing being produced almost in a conical shape, whilst the costal margin appears somewhat 

 concave right before the apex. Of a deep red-brown mixed with slate-grey or violettish-grey, before the margin 

 rusty, below the cell-end 1 or 2 small, roundish hyaline spots. Beneath lighter rusty, two inner-marginal thirds 

 of the hindwing light blue. From Panama to South America. — Small specimens from Bolivia, the hindwings 

 of which are beneath quite rusty yellow without any blue, may be denominated: deflorata forrn. nov. (173 d). deflorafa. 



P. menedemus G. <& S. (173 e) is above of a warm brown with a deep velvety-brown oblique band menede- 

 to the base of the proximal margin, the distal margin of the forewing is likewise darkened, before the apex mus. 



there is a smaller spot with 2 or 3 minute hyaline spots. Beneath lighter red-brown, two inner-marginal thirds 

 greyish- white. Panama (Chiriqui). 



P. hyacinthinus Mob. (= servius Plotz) (173 e) is larger, otherwise above very similar. Hindwing hyadnthi- 

 beneath in the inner-marginal half light blue, in the costal-marginal part darker ferruginous. Nicaragua, ""*• 



Panama, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru. 



P. scybis G. <& S. (173 e) is still larger, above of a warm violettish-brown, with more rounded hind- scybis. 

 wings, the whole basal parts of the fore- and hindwings occupied by a large, deep velvety brown spot pointedly 

 extended distally at the lower cell-angle on the forewing. On the hindwing beneath the blue is of a variable 

 extent. Distributed from Mexico to Bolivia. 



P. phila G. ds S. (173 e) looks above exactly like scybis, but beneath it is entirely without the blue phila. 

 colour on the hindwing; the coloTiring beneath is on the whole darker. Described from Panama; it may be 

 only a form of scybis. 



P. pelopea G. & 8. (173 e) is likewise very similar. The upper surface is darker with a black margmal pelopea. 

 band being inwardly faded; there is only a small subapical hyaline dot. The under surface is still much darker 

 brown. From Mexico to the Amazon District. 



P. erisichthon Plotz (= gellius Mob.) (173 e,f) is allied to the two preceding species, the dark erisicMwn. 

 basal marking, however, is more interrupted than in menedemus; on the hindwing there are in a slightly curved 

 row 4 or 5 darker, small pimctiform spots in the middle. Beneath light reddish-yellow or ochreous-yellow, 

 the forewing with a similar, dark brown marking as above, the hindwing with 2 rows of dark dots, the proximal 

 row mostly confined to one costal-marginal spot, and with a large costal-angular spot. Ecuador, Bolivia. 



P. nolckeni Mob. is twice as large as hyacinthinus; the forewing with a large, black spot as far nolckeni 

 as the cell-end, covering also the base of the forewing; from the 3 apical hyaline dots a black band extends 

 encircling the cell and turning towards a large black spot bordering on a hyaline clot between the lower radial 

 veins. Wings with an intense violet lustre, at the margin more reddish. The under surface is ochreous-j^ellow 

 with a faint black marking. Hindwing almost quite whitish-blue, only at the costal-angle ochreous-yellow with 

 a black dot in it. Expanse of wings: 43 mm. Bogota. 



P. insulsus sp. nov. (173 f) in its exterior entirely resembles an Achlyodes, but according to the neu- insidsus. 

 ration it certainly belongs hereto. Large, brown with a violet reflection as scybis. The forewing only exhibits 

 3 small apical hyaline spots, the brownish-black velvety spots in the basal area are arranged in the same way 

 as in scybis, but they are much duller and more blurred; from the lower cell-angle a similar nebulous stripe 

 extends to the distal quarter of the proximal margin. Hindwing likewise similar, the dull, postmedian macular 

 band more complete. Under surface dull ochreous-brown with the same marking as above, but very indistinct. 

 According to a specimen of the Collection Seitz from South Brazil. 



