892 PELLICIA. By Dr. M. Deatjdt. 



costimacula. P. costimacula H.-Schdff. (174 c) is more easily recognizable by the wings exhibiting violettish-grey 



costal and basal halves ; in this ground the beginnings of the 3 dark broAvn bands are distinctly prominent, the 

 two interior ones almost exactly rectangular to the costal margin, the distal one more oblique towards the 

 margin. This species and the following are without the small subapical spots. Fi'om Mexico down to Peru and 

 Brazil, common. 



violacea. P. violacea Mah. Forewing brown, glazed in a violettish blue, thereon three brown or ferruginous 



bands, the middle band only forming a spot at the cell-end. Hindwing rusty black with 2 scarcely noticeable 

 violet bands, at the costal margin lighter ferruginous. Beneath the forewing is rusty-black with 2 scarcely 

 visible violet bands, at the costal margin lighter ferruginous. Beneath the forewing is rusty black, at the costal 

 margin and apex dusted ash-blue lilie the proximal margin. Hindwing in the basal half rusty black, outside 

 light ash-blue, in it 2 faint, brown bands. Expanse of wings: 29 mm. Patria unknown. 



dimidiata. P. diitlidiata H.-Schaff. (= didia Mschlr., corinna Plotz, nivonicus Plotz, bilinea Mab.) (174 c) is 



marked the same .as costimacula, but somewhat smaller, with broader, rounder wings and entirely without 

 the puxple-grey suffusion of the costal parts of the wings. The anal part of the hindwing is prolonged, but more 

 in the shape of a broadly rounded lobe. Likewise most common beginning from Mexico, but the species seems 

 not to go so far to the south, reaching its southern extremity at Guiana. 



meno. P. meno Mah. (174 c) has a somewhat longer anal part of the hindwing than the preceding; this 



part being beneath whitish with a large, dark brown spot in it; in the disc there are besides 2 whitish spots, 

 and the proximal margin of the forewing is light, too. The costal-marginal part of the forewing is above suffused 

 with lilac-grey as in costimacula. This little species has apparently been hitherto only found in Panama. 



vecina. P. vecina Schs. (174 d) very much resembles costimacula (174 c) above, but the hindwing beneath is 



very different. Forewing dark greyish-brown with the darker brown bands as there. The hindwing is lighter 

 at the costal and proximal margins. Beneath the forewing is dark Ijrown, the proximal margin very light. 

 The hindwing is dark brown in the costal half, in the anal half whitish grey; in the middle, behind it and before 

 the margin traces of darker lines. Expanse of wings: 32 mm. Petropolis. 



pericles. P- pericles 31ab. (Stgr. i. 1.) (174 d) is likewise not dissimilar; above deep velvety-black before the 



margin, with a lighter reflecting violet macular band, which grows broader and still lighter towards the apex; 

 the beginnings of 2 similarly coloured bands commence at the costal margin before the cell-end and before the 

 middle of the cell and extend almost to the median. Hindwing similar; beneath almost uni-coloured blackish- 

 brown, the proximal margin of the forewing lighter reddish. Bolivia. 



licisca. P. lisisca Plotz (= thyestes G. & S.) (174 d) is recognizable by the entirely rounded hindwing without 



an extended anal part. The colour of the wings is very dark, so that the bands are scarcely prominent, only 

 on the lighter under surface and in the $ they are more distinct. Found from Mexico to Panama. 



capitans. P- capitans Schs. externally resembles G. viridiceps (174 b) by its brUliant metallic-green head and 



collar. The wings are dark velvety-brown in the basal halves, distally somewhat lighter with a darker shade 

 at the distal margin. The forewing shows 3 subapical hyaline dots in a darker oblique shade, the hindwing a 

 narrow, antemarginal nebulous band. Beneath lighter brown with traces of darker lines. Expanse of wings: 

 27 mm. Venezuela (Aroa). 



pohjdor. P. polyctor Prittw. (= ithrana Btlr.) (174 cl) is quite differently coloured and marked: white with 



a dark brown basal and distal third, in the latter 3 subapical hyaline spots, farther below 2 larger, square hyaline 

 spots scarcely noticeable in the white ground; in the discal area besides some brownish dentate lines; hindwing 

 in the costal part almost entu'ely white. Very common from Mexico to Colombia and Southern Brazil. 



castolus. P- castolus Hew. (174 e) by its under surface is most closely allied to vecina (174 d), but above 



it is almost uni-colom-ed blackish-brown, on both ^vings quite indistinctly spotted grey; the forewing shows 

 3 subapical hyalme dots, situate in a grey spot beneath. The anal half of the hindwing is whitish-grey, undulated 

 blackish-brown. Described from Brazil. 



zamia. P. zattlia Ploiz (174 d). Above monotonously blackish-brown, beneath the forewing is lighter in the proxi- 



mal-marginal area; the hindwing is tinted ferruginous and the anal half powdered gre5dsh--H'hite, the margin 

 itself, however, remaining dark and 2 dark stripes in the disc penetrating the lighter area. South America. 



thoon. P. theon Plotz (174 d) entirely resembles zamia, but it is larger and the upper surface is not so deep 



blackish-brown, so that a curved stripe before the marginal area on all the wings, a nebulous spot at the cell- 

 end and another nebulous stripe at the end of the basal third are distinctly standing out. Beneath the anal 

 parts of all the wings are lighter, of a dim whitish, and in this light part the nebulous stripes of the uppersurface 

 show through as a chain of dark spots. From South America (the exact patria is not stated in Plotz' table). 



demetrius. P. demetrius (174e) is above uni-coloured dark brown with 2 dark ante- and postmedian transverse lines 



on the forewing. Beneath the apical part of the forewing and the greater part of the disc of the hindwing is suf- 

 fused with a bluish grey, the powdered patches being traversed by dark brown lines of the ground-colour. Brazil. 



