850 PHOCIDES. By Dr. M. Deaudt. 



of the corresponding Pyrrhopyginae. These rays are partly bluish-green like the marginal spots of the hinclwings. 



oreas. The under surface, however, almost entirely corresponds to that of sela. Peru. — oreas Stgr. from Bolivia has 



debora. broader bands, which are yellowish-red also on the hind'wing. — debora Stgr. has quite light yellow bands. 



cliaronoUs. Ph. charonotis Hew. (165 e) differs from oreades by quite green basal rays of the forewings, without 



any yellowish-red, and much more extensive red-yellow bands of the hmdwings, which are also beneath of 

 the same colour, not blue. Bolivia. 



yokhara. Ph. yokhara Btlr. (165 e) is similar, but it has quite red-yellow basal rays of the forewings, the yellowish- 



red colour of the hindwings is still more extensive, and the black ground-colour on the upper aiid lower surface 

 of the forewings is suffused with a coppery brown. Magdalena River, Peru. 



piaKa. Ph. pialia Hew. (165 e), in contrast with the preceding, is banded almost quite greenish-blue, only 



the 3 large discal and apical macular rows remain red-yellow. Distributed from Mexico through Guatemala 

 as far as Brazil. 



Klea. Ph. Hlea Beak. (= albicilla H.-Schdff., cruentus Scdd., socius Btlr. <& Drc, decolor Mab., denuba 



Plotz) (165 d) is a dark species, above and beneath black with a red discal streak of the forewing, above in the 

 basal half tinted greenish-blue. Palpi and neck orange-red, fringes white. Like pialia most widely distributed 

 from Mexico to Brazil. 



palemon. Ph. palemoti Cr. (= polybius F., cruentus Hbn., spurius Mob., phanias Burm.) (165 d as spurius) 



is very similar, but in the anal part of the hindwing it has broad, orange-yellow fringes. Brazil to Argentina. 

 unimacida. — unimacula Mah. <& Boull. has only one red cell-spot, the costal part being absent. 



imhreits. Ph. Imbreus Plotz (165 f) resembles lilea (165 d), but instead of the red discal streak it has a metallic 



blue one, and the ring round the neck is not orange, only the palpi. Central America. 



Charon. Ph. charon Fldr. from Brazil approximates palemon (165 d as spurius); of a blackish-green -lustre, 



costal margin and base of the forewing strewn with lighter atoms, the fringes posteriorly white; beneath the 

 base is sooty brown with a blue proximal margin, 3 spots at the base of the costa and the dusting at the costal 

 margin whitish-green. Hindwing on both sides bluish, the costal and proximal margins violettish-blue, fringes 

 at the apex white, at the hinder angle yellow; beneath of a lighter lustre, with a dispersed basal and discal 

 strewing. 



tophana. Ph. tophana Plotz (= scython G. & S.) (165 d) likewise resembles palemon regarding the ochreous- 



yellow anal-angular fringes on the hindwing, but it has no discal streak at all on the black forewing, showing 

 but very little green reflection at the base. Minas Geraes, Peru, Uruguay, Paraguay. 



disiaivs. Ph. distans H.-Schdff. (165 e) from Central America, Colombia and Cuba entirely resembles a Jemadia, 



but, like in oreades, instead of the Pyrrhopyginae-tT&nsYeTse bands it has basal longitudinal rays of the forewing. 

 This species and the 4 following are very much alike and are often confounded. It is best distinguished on the 

 hindwings beneath : distans shows here 3 blue bands, the middle one being short, extending only to the middle 

 of the wing, equally distant from the two others, the most proximal one being at the same time the shortest. 

 Plotz' figure of the supposed Jemadia dysoni from the Chiriqui, in spite of the P5^'rhopyginal antennae, I can 

 only take to be a Phocides with a -wTong head, on account of the basal longitudinal rays ; it entirely resembles 

 tenuistriga. distans, and is only of a somewhat purer blue. — tenuistriga Stgr. is larger, more extensively black, the discal 

 band almost as narrow as a thread. 



pigmalion. Ph. pigmalion Cr. {= gnetus Latr.) (165 e) is a larger, robust species. On the hindwing beneath the 



blue median band is thin, almost hke a thread, bending outward at the lower end and touching the broad, 

 spotted distal band in its middle; the latter band is shorter than the proximal band. The blue basal rays above 

 are short. Colombia. 



hehw. Ph. belus G. & 8. (165 f) entirely resembles valgus (161 a), but the 3 hyaline bands of the forewing 



are more compact and are placed more steeply, the proximal one ending broader on both sides, whilst in valgus 

 it is tapering towards the hinder angle. From Mexico. 



perillus. Ph. perillus Mab. I only know from the insufficient description and uncoloured figure: it is above 



black with the usual 3 hyaline bands, the apical and postdiscal ones of which are situate close together and 

 both very large ; the text does not mention any blue colour on the forewing, according to the figure, however, 

 it is extensively present in the basal area and in marginal sp<?ts. The hindwing exhibits, parallel with the distal 

 margin, a broad band of 8 blue spots, a broad discal ray and a triangular patch of whitish-blue at the base. Beneath 

 similar to distans. From Colombia. 



valgus. Ph. valgus Mah. (161 a) differs above from pigmalion by much stronger and longer basal rays exten- 



ding almost to the discal vitreous spot, the blue colour being at any rate much more extensive. On the hindwing 

 beneath the blue middle band is almost purely white, longer and broader, only below the broad proximal band 



