840 PYRRHOPYGE. By Dr. M. Draudt. 



phaeax. P. phaeax Hpffr. (162 g) is above black, sometimes with a slight brown tint, both wings with red 



fringes. Head and palpi are black, the collar laterally, as well as the borders of the shoulder-covers and apex 

 of abdomen red, the anterior femora spotted red. On the base of the hindwing beneath, like in the 5 following 

 species, a red spot. Peru. 



croceimargo. P. croceimargo 3Iab. £& Boull. (162 f) looks very much like phaeax, but it has quite black anterior 



femora and conspicuously lustrously black-striped veins on a more olive-brownish ground. Besides, the fringes 

 are more yellow, not so red. Bolivia. 



martena. P. martcna Heio. (166 b) is distinguished by the very broad, orange-red marginal band of the hindwing, 



which is about 3 times as broad as the fringes. The base of the hindwing beneath exhibits a red spot which 

 is radiately prolonged to the border below the costal vein. Ecuador. 



ielassa. P. telassa Hew. (162 g) is like the preceding, but the marginal band of the hindwing is less broad, 



and on the under surface the red basal spot of the hindwing is not prolonged to the border. Ecuador. — 

 telassina. f . telassina j\iab. & Boull. from Para has the fringes more or less dusted black, and the marginal band of the hind- 

 wing is obsolete. 



cleopas. P. cleopas Mab. & Boull. has no marginal band before the broadly orange fringes of the hindwing; 



the veins are prominently lustrous black as in croceimargo. The apex of the abdomen and the interior margin 

 of the shoulder-covers are red. Bolivia, Peru. 



mendax. P. iTiendax Mab. & Boull. has much narrower fringes which are smoky towards the apex on the 



hindwing; the wings are of a purer black, the black shoulder-covers only at the end with some red hairs. Peru. 



pelota. P. pelota Plotz (166 a). In the following species the red spot of the base of the hindwing beneath 



is absent, pelota is a species with a metallic green lustre and light yellow fringes, in front of which there is 

 on the hindwing a light yellow narrow marginal line. Head, shoulders, and apex of abdomen are red, the anterior 

 femora spotted red. — Larva of a bright red-brown, with yellow transverse belts; on Psidium. Brazil and 

 Paraguay as far as Argentina. 



finibriata. P. fimbriata Plotz differs by deeper orange fringes, absent marginal line of the hindwing and black 



abdominal apex. Described from Mexico. 



rubricor. P, rubricor Mab. di Boull. from Ecuador has deeper orange-red fringes which .are blackened on 



the forewing from the middle radial vein to the apex, as well as by more extensively red shoulders and interior 

 margins of the shoulder-covers. 



zereda. P. zereda Heiv. (= rufipectus G. & S.) (162 f) is a large, green and blue species, with a broad, proxi- 



mally dentate, orange marginal band of the hindwing, the femora and legs spotted and striped orange. Head, 

 palpi and abdominal apex quite black. Ecuador. 



chalyhea. P. chalybea Scudd. (= zereda Hew. part.) (126 g) differs from zereda by its black femora. From 



Mexico and Central America as far as Venezuela. 



amyclas. P, amyclas Or. (= amiatus F., laonome Swns.) (162 f) has on the hindwing and on the forewing 



an orange-yellow marginal band before the fringes. Head, shoulders and apex of abdomen are red, the shoulder- 

 covers black. Guiana. 



hadassa. P. hadassa Hew. (162 f) has orange-red fringes and on the hindwing a dentate marginal band before 



them, which is broader than the fringes. The fringes of the forewing are mostly blackened towards the apex; 

 the proximal half of the shoulder-covers is red. Ecuador and Bolivia. 



pseudoha- P. pseudotiadassa Mab. & Boull. has the marginal band of the hindwing not broader than the 



dassa. fringes which are on the forewings blackened to a small extent. The proximal border of the shoulder-covers 

 is more narrowly red. From Peru. 



tenuis. P. tenuis Mab. d- Boull. Here the marginal band of the hindwing is still narrower than the fringes, 



more orange-yellow. Head and palpi are black, the proximal margin of the shoulder-covers narrowly red like 

 in the preceding. Peru. 



hades. P. hades Mab. (162 g) has quite black shoulder-covers, only laterally on the shoulders somewhat 



red; the head is likewise red with a large black dot on the frons and a black streak between the eyes; otherwise 

 like the preceding. Bolivia. 



phylleia. P. phylleia Heic. (162 g) differs from hades by deeper red fringes, the black frontal dot is much 



smaller, the streak between the eyes is absent. From Bolivia. 



liaemon. P. haemoti G. di S. is like phylleia (162 g), but the narrow orange-red margin of the hindwing is 



here broad; from hadassa (162 f) it differs by the red head. Forehips black. Costa Rica, described according 

 to a $ in the Coll. Stafdinger. 



