CELOTES. By Dr. M. Draudt. 



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b) With a costal fold, but without a hair-pencil (Pyrgus Hhn.). 



H. montivaga Realc. (= tessellata Scddr., communis Grt., adjutrix Plotz, albescens Plotz, varus Plotz) month-aga. 

 (178 k) differs from the very similar syrichtus by a darker, less grey-haired base of the wings, and the marginal 

 row of spots almost disappears. Distributed from Arizona and Florida to Nicaragua, everywhere common. — 

 f. crisia H.-Schdff. (178 k) is probably to be taken as a smaller insular form from Cuba with smaller spots, crisia. 

 which are less coherent. — f. occidentalis from Arizona and Texas is reported to be smaller and whiter. occideniaUs. 

 It was asserted of late that montivaga is synonymous to syrichtus, in which case the species would have to be 

 denominated tessellata. 



H. caespitalis Bsd. (= ricara Edw., petreius Ediv.) (178 k) looks very much like centaureae, on the caespitalix- 

 hindwing the postdiscal band of white spots is broader and more coherent. Beneath the hindwing has a decidedly 

 ferruginous-brownish tint with large white spots. California, Oregon, and Nevada. 



H, xanthus Edw. (179 a) is extremely similar to caespitalis, the white macular bands still broader, xantliwi. 

 especially on the hindwing. Under surface much paler, almost as in montivaga. Hitherto only known from 

 Colorado. 



H. americanus Blch. (179 b) is a larger, stronger species from Chile; the white discal band of the americamis. 

 hindwing is especially broad, fringes scarcely speckled. Beneath the hindwing is very differently marked, the 

 bands are verj' narrow, very dentate, the proximal one defined on the lower median vein, the costal-marginal 

 part almost straight and not dentate. — In f. bellatrix Plotz (178 b) from Argentina the bands of the hindwing hellatrix. 

 beneath are broader, more coherent. 



c) Without a costal fold and w i t h o vi t a hair-pencil (Battus Scop.). 



H. notata Blch. (= insolatrix Plotz, lycurgus Plotz) (179 a) is extremely similar to syrichtus and nofata. 

 montivaga, but the band of the hindwing is generally narrower, less curved. Very common from Mexico to 

 Argentina. — f. valdivianus Phil. (179 b) is probably also only a form of it from Chile with a faded, smoky valdivianvs. 

 brownish band of the hindwing without the white discal spot. Beneath the surface is of a more yellowish tint, 

 the transverse bands show a reddish-brown colour. — f. veturius Plotz (179 a) is presumably a form with much veiurius. 

 smaller white spots. 



H. trisignatus 3Iab. (= valdiviana Reed) (179 a) is presumably no form of notata, but a distinct trisignatus. 

 species. Above very dark owing to the great reduction of the white spots; on the hindwing a large, rounded, 

 white discal spot is very conspicuous, besides there is only an antemarginal row of spots. Beneath very much 

 dusted brownish, in the $ much more intensely transversely watered dark, with two interrupted, greyish-black 

 nebulous bands in and behind the middle. Argentina and Chile. 



H. emma Stgr. (179 a, b) is a rather large, broad-wdnged species, above black with 2 rows of white emma. 

 spots in the middle and anteterminally ; on the hindwing there is a large, square postmedian spot and a faded 

 row of whitish dots before the distal margin. Fringes above and beneath white speckled with black. Beneath 

 the forewing is blackish, at the costal margin and in the apical part light yellowish-white. Hindwing beneath 

 pale yellow with 2 rows of larger black markings in the middle and in the distal part, and a number of small 

 black strigiform spots at the costal margin and some small, dispersed dots. From Cocapata (La Paz in Bolivia). 



H. cuzcona sp. nov. (179 a) may be a smaller form of emma. Shape of wings much narrower; above cuxona. 

 the white spots are a little more prominent, the wings towards the base more intensely haired whitish-grej', 

 the fringes very broadly speckled white and black, the spot of the hindwing oblong quadrangular. Beneath 

 almost purely white, forewing in the disc faintly dusted blackish; the transverse bands on the hindwing very 

 narrow, composed of irregular, small, jet-black spots with single brownish grains of dust between them.; fringes 

 of hindwings beneath purely white, unspotted with thick black dots before them on the ends of the veins. 

 From Peru (Cuzco). 



H. archia Dyar is allied to emma (179 a, b). Above brown with yellowish-white fringes speckled with archia. 

 brown, base and marginal area scaled yellowish ; forewing with a quadrangular cell-spot and some more spots, 

 like in emma. Hindwing with a j^ellowish strigiform spot at the cell-end and light dusting behind it and an 

 antemarginal row of minute light spots. Forewing beneath as in cuzcona, hindwing light ochreous, strewn dark, 

 with 2 rows of blackish, rounded quadrangular spots, as in emma. Peru. 



65. Genus: €elotes G. u. S 



Resembles the preceding genus, the antennal club is more slender. Costal fold present : the terminal 

 joint of the palp is porrect, almost somewhat pendent. The posterior tibiae beside 2 pair of spurs exhibit a 

 strong hair-pencil. Only one species: 



C. nessus Edw. {= notabilis Streck., radiatus Plotz) (179a) is distinguished from all the American 

 species by the alternately light and dark radiary rays, and an unmistakable species. Texas to Mexico. 



