CRONIADES; MICROCERIS; AGARA; MYSCELUS. By Dr. M. Dratjdt. 847 



M. punctiger 3Iab. db Boull. (164 a as punctigera) is very much like pityusa; the median band of puncHger. 

 the forewing is pointed towards the proximal margin; the hindwing exhibits a regular, curved median band; 

 the shoulder-covers are distally broadly bordered with red-yellow. Colombia, Bolivia. 



M. minthe G. <h S. (164 a) differs by the absence of the apical spots, so that there are only three minthe. 

 red-yellow macular bands. — In the form: egena Mob. & Boull. the two postmedian spots are likewise absent, egena. 

 Bolivia. 



M. mimetes Mob. Somewhat smaller than ocyalus (166 a) which it superficially resembles entirely, mimeies. 

 though the position and shape of the spots are different. The orange spot which in ocyalus is between veins 

 3 and 4, is parted in two by vein 4. The apical band is curved, composed of 5 spots, whereas in ocyalus it consists 

 of 4 spots. Tlie blue and yellow stripes run likewise somewhat different in mimetes. Guiana. 



M. baroni Mab. & Boull. differs from all the others by the forewings being strewn with yellowish- haroni. 

 green scales and exhibiting 3 rows of spots; fringes and palpi are yellow; the median band of the forewing is 

 more red. The hindwings are black with two yellowish-green discal bands. Ecuador. 



13. Genus: Croniades Mab. 



Differs from the preceding genus only by much longer hindwings with the anal angle extended like 

 a tooth. Only three species are known: 



C. machaon Dbl. <& Hew. (164 b) shows 3 yellow-white bands on the black forewing, on the hindwing machaon. 

 a broad, yellow median band and reddish-yellow fringes. Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul. 



C. pieria He^v. (164 b) recalls again more Jemarfw by the scheme of markings ; tlie spots of the forewings pieria. 

 are light lemon-coloured, partly diaphanous, the hindwings are red-yellow with two black median bands being 

 united towards the proximal margin, and a black border. Amazon, Colombia. 



C. auraria H. Dree, is very closely allied to pieria, the yellow marginal band of the forewing is broader, auraria. 

 the black postmedian band of the hindwing much narrower and towards the costal margin almost extinct ; 

 the hyaline band of the forewing has a somewhat different shape and position, and the hindwing is beneath 

 in the proximal half of a much deeper orange than in the costal half. From La Paz (Bolivia). 



14. Genus: Microceris Wats. 



The antennal club is decidedly more slender and more pointe^ than in the allied genera. The hindwings 

 are not prolonged as they are in Croniades, but dentate at the border. On the forewings both the lowest subcostal 

 veins are situate next to each other at their rise. Only 1 species: 



M. variicolor Men. (164 e) shows on the black ground towards the margin blue, deeply notched variicolor. 

 lines, and discal and subapical yellowish macular bands. Anal apex, palpi, and stripes on the thorax are likewise 

 ochreous yellowish. Minas Geraes. 



15. Genus: Agara Mab. & Boull. 



The only species has a still longer antennal club being pointed almost like a thread, so that one might 

 be inclined to doubt whether it is a Pyrrhopygina at all. The hindwings are somewhat longer than in the prece- 

 ding and deeply notched. Both the lowest subcostal veins of the forewing are close next to each other, the two 

 median veins rise close beside each other. 



A. pardalina Fldr. (164 g) is black, on the forewing with large, discal and smaller subapical hyaline pardalina. 

 spots. Thorax and bases of wings red-brown, on the hindwing very extensive and spotted black. The hindwing 

 beneath exhibits instead of the red-brown a bluish-white colouring and in it, towards the base, two black 

 transverse bands. Colombia. 



16. Genus: Mysceliis Hbn. 



Differs chiefly from the preceding genus by the shape of the hindwings: they are not so uniformly 

 dentate, but more undulate, below the somewhat extended apex sinuous, between the anal angle and the next 

 tooth likewise deeply concave; the antennal club is likewise slender and pointed. 



