846 MIMONIADES. By Dr. M. Deaudt. 



oneka. S, oneka Heiv. has no basal spot of the forewing; the yellow bands of the forewing are very narrow 



and consist of separate spots; on the hindwing the 5th and 6th spots of the yelloM' band, counting from the 

 proximal angle, are removed towards the base. The under siu-face of the hindwing is preponderantly black 

 with 2 j^ellow spots at the base. The red head is posteriorly bordered with black; the black abdomen shows 

 beneath a yellow stripe, the sides being red. Ecuador. 



antias. S. ailtias Fldr. (164 f) has somewhat broader yellow bands than the preceding, red palpi and collar, 



the head being otherwise black. The venter is striped red. Brazil. 



erytkro- S. erythrosoma Mab. (164 f) is immediately recognizable by the red 4 last abdominal rings being 



soma, narrowly bordered with black; the short apical band runs straight. Amazon. 



damippe. S. dattiippe Mab. & Boull. (164 f) is above similar, but it has a black abdomen, the venter being 



black, too, with double red macular bands; the sides exhibit small yellow-red spots. The hindwings are beneath 

 black with a broad, regular median band and a four-cornered basal spot from the costal margin to the middle 

 of the cell. Head red, between the eyes spotted black. Brazil. 



catome- S. catomelaena 3Iab. & Boull. is distinguished by an entu'ely black abdomen with a blue lustre, the 



laena. venter being red only on the first rings; head and palpi are red, the hindhead striped black. Wings marked 

 very much like in the two preceding. Minas Geraes. 



hegesippe. S. hegesippe Mab. cfc Boull. has broader yellow bands on the wings, touching each other like in 



sjnxii (164 f). The hindwing beneath exhibits a yellow subbasal band being broad at the costal margin and 

 tapering downwards, and a broad, regular median band. Head, anterior femora, and anus are red; the venter 

 is bluish-black, the shouldercovers and the hair on the posterior tibiae are yellow. Guiana. 



pertyi. S. pertyi Plotz (164 f) is very similar, but it has a red venter with a black median stripe and yellow 



lateral spots separated from the red by a black stripe. The red head shows a black transverse stripe between 

 the eyes; the shoulder-covers are inside only narrowly margined with yellow. Brazil. 



martu. S. mart!! Plotz (164e). Here the distal band, running about parallel to the margin, extends down 



to the proximal angle; a large yellow basal spot is to be seen on the forewing; the hindwing shows a very broad 

 median band projecting cUstally between the upper median and middle radial vein. The fringes of the hindwings 

 are yellow, almost unspeckled. Brazil. 



lideizona. S. luteizona Mab. (164 b) is very similar, but it has black-speckled fringes on the hindwmgs, the 



still broader median band of the hindwing is distally somewhat blurred. Described from Mexico. 



12. Genus: Miniouiades Hbn. 



Large strong animals, the marking of which, on a black ground, corresponds to that of Jemadia, but 

 the colour of the ba!ids is a lighter or darker yellowish red, often with a brownish tint. The distal margin of 

 the hmdwing is only feebly undulate, but near the anal angle somewhat more distinctly dentate. On the forewing 

 the lowest subcostal vein and the uppermost radial vein rise from the same place; the cell is shorter than half 

 the costal margin, the transverse vein runs rectilinearly, the upper median and lower radial rise from the lower 

 cell-angle. 



ocyalus. M. ocyalus Hbn. (iphinous Ky.) (166 c) recalls Mahotis mirscia and malis (164 d). The black wings 



exhibit 3 brick-reddish, semi-diaphanous spots, the hindwmg shows bluish bands at the proximal margin and 

 distal margin. Brazil. 



euphcme. M. eupheme G. & S. (163 f) is very variegated like the following: next to the base of the forewing 



is a blue band, then a broad red one in the middle, 2 spots nearer to the apex are yellowish-red; the hindwing 

 exhibits 2 irregular blue bands. Anal apex black-haired. Peru, Ecuador. 



versicolor. M. Versicolor Latr. (= mulcifer Hbn.) (163 e) is similar, but the blue basal band is broader, the 



red median band narrower; above all distinguished by the red-haired apex of the abdomen. Brazil. 



sela. M. sela Hew. (= pityusa Heiv. pro parte) (163 f). Here and in the next species the forewing exhibits 



4 red-yellow bands; recognizable by the under surface of the forewing showing 3 blue-white bands near the 

 base and a more purely blue band near the margm. New Granada. 



pcriphema. M. peripHema Hew. (163 f) is above similar, but on the hindwmg it has besides a broad, red-yellow 



marginal band. The hindwings are red-yellow beneath, with two equally broad, black median bands and a 

 blue band in the broad black margin. From Peru and Bolivia. 



pityusa. M. pityusa Hew. (= porus Plotz) (164 a) is the same, but on the hindwing beneath the blue marginal 



band is absent, and the distal one of the black median bands is narrower than the proximal one. Colombia, 

 Peru. 



