TARSOCTENUS. By Dr. M. Draudt. 851 



somewhat curved, without touching the distal band which is parted into 4 spots and ends pointedly on the 

 upper median vein. From Cayenne. 



Ph. thermus Mab. is immediately discernible by only 2 hyaline bands on the forewing above: an thermus. 

 apical one, and a discal one, extending as a band up to the costal margin ; the only remainder at most of the 

 postdiscal band may be a small vitreous dot above the lower radial vein. Beneath like pigmalion (16.5 e), 

 the basal band almost straight, the middle one narrow, longer, not touching the distal one, which Is short and 

 ending at the middle of the median. Bogota. 



Ph. hewitsonius 3Iab. (= pygmalion Heiv.) is a doubtful species showing above long, blue basal hewiisonius. 

 rays like valgus (161 a); the hyaline spots are uncommonly large and a little differently placed; it presumably 

 coincides with one of the preceding species. The under surface is unknown. 



Ph. batabano Luc. (= mancinus H.-Schafj.) (165 d) is not to be confounded with any other species, batabano. 

 Above dark slate-brown, at the bases of the wings striped bluish-grey, and in front of the margin of the hindwing 

 with an undulate line of bluish-grey. Beneath the hindwing shows yet 2 or 3 narrow blue stripes in the middle 

 and near the proximal margin. Cuba. 



Ph. urania Dhl. ds Hew. (165 f) is very well recognizable by the long, bluish-green internerval stripes urania. 

 extending almost to the border. Common in Mexico. — pyres G. <£• S. is of a more brilliant green, the subter- pyres. 

 minal band, which in the form texana Scudd. is yellowish-brown, being coherent. Uxana. 



Ph. vida Btlr. (165 f) is the same, but without any hyaline macular bands at all, so that there is a vida. 

 broad, black apical area. Panama and Costa Rica. 



Ph. lincea H.-Schdff. (= grandimacula Mab.). Above slate-coloured with a slight olive tint, similar lincca. 

 to Nascus pJiocus (169 f) towards the base somewhat lighter, distally bordered darker with 3 hyaline bands 

 placed like in urania (165 f), but much broader, the discal one extending to the costal margin and here with 

 a yeUow tint. The hindwing exhibits a dark median band forking towards the costal margin. Beneath the 

 forewings are lighter, towards the base yellowish, the hindwings reddish-yellow with 3 dark bands. Described 

 from Brazil. 



Ph. iphinous Latr. is a species having for a long time been erroneously taken for another, resembling iphitious. 

 oreades (165 e) on the forewings, but the basal rays are entirely absent, and the brick-reddish discal band is 

 above and beneath of the same with, something like in nurscia (164 d). The hindwings are likewise quite black, 

 with only one narrow blue subterminal band and a similar blurred spot at the proximal margin. Brazil. 



Ph. thrasea Heiv. (= mazares Mab. [Stgr. i. I.]), a small doubtful species, is above black with a ihrasea. 

 steel-blue reflection, at the apex of the forewing brownish, in the apical part of the forewing, and at the anterior 

 angle and border of the hindwing beneath light violet. Head and palpi, collar and shoulders, as well as the 

 apex of the abdomen of a deep dark red. Epanse of wings: 35 mm. South America. 



Ph. maximus Mab. is only known to me from the description and figure. Above black, the spots maximus. 

 of the forewings diaphanous reddish-yellow, the discal ones below the cell much broader; hindwing with 3 blue 

 rays and an antemarginal row of blue crescents. This species on the whole recalls Mimoniades versicolor (163 e), 

 but it is much larger. Brazil. 



Ph. nakawara Weeks almost coincides with distans (165 e) in the description, but there is only one nakaicara. 

 white apical spot mentioned on the forewing, and on the hindwing the triangular blue median band is absent. 

 55 mm. From Venezuela. 



2. Genus : Tarsocteims Hbn. 



Closely allied to Phocides from which the species differ by the 3rd palpal joint projecting a little more 

 and being. bare; besides the transverse vein of the forewing is not so oblique, and the middle discocellular is 

 somewhat longer than the lower one ; the hindwings are here also longer and extended into a round anal lobe. 

 In the ^ one of the two spurs of the posterior tibiae is prolonged, and the proximal end of the tarsus shows 

 on each side beneath a comb of yellowish bristles, covering this spur when the tarsus is stretched ont. In papias 

 this is not so much developed. Quite a number of species, copying the most diverse kinds of Pyrrhopyginae, 

 are found in Tropical America. 



T. plutia Hew. (165 g) is a variegated species: on the black ground with a red base of the wings plutia. 

 and a red thorax, a large discal vitreous spot of the forewing, a bluish longitudinal stripe below it, and a Mght 

 blue submarginal band of the hindwing. Amazon District. 



T. herrichi H.-Schdff. (165 f) is very similar, the red colour of a more yellowish tinge, besides there JicrricM. 

 are near the apex of the forewing 4 small vitreous spots, the blue rays are almost dying away. Patria unknown. 



