848 MYSCELUS. By Dr. M. Dratjdt. 



iUusfris. M. illustris Mab. (164 g) has, like the following species, a round hyaline spot on the hindwing. 



The colour is a bright golden-yellow with thick black veins and on the hindwing with three spotted antemarginal 

 bands interrupted by black. Peru and Bolivia. 



nohilis. M. nobilis Cr. (= salus F.) (165 a) extremely resembles the preceding, the black veins of the forewing 



somewhat less thick, the black border broader and the 3 black bands of the hindwing are more regularly coherent, 

 and on the median veins, the uppermost radial and the subcostal vein more strongly dentate towards the margin. 

 From Surinam. 



hages. M. hages G. dh 8. (165 a) has a much smaller hyaline spot of the hindwing, the 3 black bands of 



the hindwing being much less pronounced. Central America. 



amysiis. M. amystis Hew. (165 a) is not so bright yellow, with much finer black veins and a narrower black 



border, the 3 bands of the hindwing stunted, partly interrupted. On the much lighter yellow under surface 

 the black lines are much finer and consist only of short, black streaks. From Peru, Colombia and Bolivia. 



orbius. M. orbius Mab. (165 a) has a more brown colour, a broader black border of the forewing, parti- 



cularly broader at the proximal angle, with medium-fine black veins and somewhat nebulous, irregular bands 

 of the hindwing, that are partly connected with each other. The hyaline cell-spot of the forewing touches the 

 inner-marginal vein, in amystus it does not. The under surface is yellowish-brown, on the forewing the black 

 markings are almost entirely absent, on the hindwing they are fine, prominently black. From Brazil to Paraguay. 



epigona. M. epigona H.-Schdff. (164 g) is similar, above more yellowish-brown, the border not so black, the 



lines of the hindwing of a clearer, more prominent black. Beneath quite light-yellow, almost without any black 

 marking, also on the hindwings only light brownish traces of it. Venezuela. Perhaps the northern representative 



of orhius. 



sothis. M. sothis Mab. (165 a) approximates particularly fJioronis from which it chiefly differs by the under 



surface of the hindwing, in which the rusty brown ground-colour being broadly yellow at the base is traversed 

 by 3 undulate brown macular bands, the two lower ones of which are nearer to each other, whereas phoronis 

 has four black undulate lines at equal distances from each other. Brazil. 



aethras. M. aethras Hew. i. 1. is dark brown with a broad, black border of the forewing. The hindwing 



shows 3 stout, coherent, black transverse bands being broadly separated from each other. On the under surface 

 the bases of the wings are whitish, the hindwings exhibit distinctly marked transverse bands. Brazil. 



orthrus. M. orthrus Hew. is more red-brown, the brown border of the forewing exhibits 9 white dots. The 



macular bands of the hindwing are not black, but more rusty brown. Brazil. 



phoronis. M. phoronis Hew. (165 a). This well-known species is of a bright rusty yellow, the forewings almost 



without the dark border. The hyaline spot of the hindwing is very lai'ge, round, sharply defined with black. 

 On the under surface the proximal halves of the wings are sharply defined by a light yellow, with the three 

 usual transverse bands being brown here. Widely distributed in Colombia, Bolivia and Peru. 



belli. M. belt! G. & S. (166 c) differs by the darkened apical part of the red-brown forewing and a much 



smaller hyaline spot of the hindwing. Beneath the wings are lighter, the distal macular band of the hindwing 

 touches the margin. Central America. 



persela. M. persela Mab. (166 c) is above of a purer brown, beneath in the proximal halves of the wings light 



greenish yellow, marked similarly as phoronis, but the distal transverse band is situate nearer to the border 

 caucanus. and is more angular. Brazil. — In the form : caucanus Stgr. the under surface of the hindwing is witjiout the black 

 transverse band before the hyaline spot, and without the basal stripe; the distal part is so very much darkened, 

 that the black band bordering on it proximally and the one being situate in it are scarcely prominent. The 

 upper surface is also a little darker, of a more monotonous brown colouring than in phoronis. Cauca Valley. 



santhila- M. santhilarius Latr. (164 g) has, like the following species, no hyaline spot of the hindwing. Above 



rivs. rusty brown with a broadly darkened border; the small .subapical hyaline .spots touch the discal spot by being 

 moved forward towards the margin between the median veins. On the under surface the hindwing is yellow 

 with 3 black bands and a broad black border. Guiana to Brazil, Amazon. 



epimachia. M. epimachia H.-Schdff. (165 a) is above more purely rusty yellow without the darkened border of 



santhilarius. The discal spot is not so much pushed forward, the subapical spots do not touch it. The yellow 

 of the hindwings beneath is purer, more extensive. The hindwings are more prolonged. Peru to Paraguay. 



pegasus. M. pegasus Mab. (165 b) is smaller, more dirty rusty brown. The hyaline spots of the forewings are 



similar to those in santhilari^is . The under surface of the hindwings is of a purer yellow, without any brown 

 transverse bands, only discally there are occasionally traces of one. Palpi and legs are yellow. Guiana. 



