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COBALUS. By Dr. M. Draudt. 



Through the middle of the dark brown hindwing extends an indistmct darker Une. Beneath both wings are 

 uni-coloured dark brown. Expanse of wings: 28 mm. Venezuela (Suapure). 



gabinus. C. gabinus Plotz (185 i) is above uni-coloured blackish-brown, beneath the same, on the hindwing 



with 3 or 4 white, roundish postdiscal spots situate close together, only separated by the veins, the second 

 from above being the largest and projecting towards the base; occasionally there is another dot in the disc. 

 Brazil (Santos, Rio, Sa. Catharina). 



Tierminieri. C. herminieri Lati-. (186 a) is above blackish-brown, beneath a little lighter brown, on the hindwing 



more reddish, with 2 grey, small, postdiscal diffuse spots behind the lower cell-end; veins somewhat darker. 

 Venezuela, reported from Carolina. 



nigrans. C. nigrans Schs. Wings blackish-brown, beneath duller, Forewing beneath with 2 small greyish-white 



spots between and above the median veins, anal angle lighter brownish-grey; hindwing with an orange dot 

 at the cell-end and 2 similar ones behind and above the cell. Costa Rica. 



laureolus. C. laureolus Schs. Above blackish-brown, above on the forewing in the middle the veins darkened, 



hindwing in the basal haK darker. Beneath lighter brown, only in the basal third of the forewing and a sub- 

 apical triangular spot dark, before the latter with 3 grey dots, anal angle lighter. On the hindwing the base, 

 a postdiscal band and large marginal spots are darker brown. Costa Rica. 



laleranm. C. lateranus Schs. The blackish-brown forewing shows transparent, white spots: a large one at the 



cell-end, a large one below it between the median veins, and a smaller one above it more distally, a small one 

 below it and 3 small subapical ones. Beneath the forewing is at the apex, costal and distal margins and the 

 hindwmg olive-brown, the latter with a white cell-spot and another one below the lower cell-angle. Looks 

 above like gabvna (185 i). Costa Rica. 



pitidar. C. pindar Schs. Smaller than the preceding, the spots brownish, without the cell-spot of the forewing; 



hindwing with a j'ellow hyaline dot below the lower cell-angle. Beneath lighter brown, costal margin and cell 

 of forewing more yellowish-bro'WTi, the spots as above, anal angle lighter. Hindwing brown, transverse vein 

 and 5 postdiscal spots darker brown, that below the lower cell-angle pupilled with the hyaline dot. Costa Rica. 



eteoda. C. cteocla Plotz (= ulrica Plotzt) (186b). Above blackish-brown, with a small, white cellular and 



submedian dot, larger postdiscal spots and 2 subapical dots. Beneath lighter violettish-brown, with blackish 

 veins, in the anal part of the forewing lighter, with a red-brown inner-margmal part of the hindwing. From 

 Rio de Janeiro. 



nrgus. C. argus Mschlr. (= jva, Plotz) (186 a) resembles the preceding above, but the subapical spots of 



the forewing are absent. Beneath grey, hindwing with a black cell-spot and 4 behind it in an irregular row, 

 all of them ringed lighter. Panama to Colombia and Argentina. 



chinoha. C. chinoba Weeks is above uni-coloiired dark brown, towards the margm somewhat lighter with darker, 



small, indistinct spots in the internerval spaces near the distal margin, on the hindwing a little more distinct. 

 Beneath brownish-drab, on the hindwing striated somewhat darker; an indistinct, darker transverse band 

 extends from the apex to the middle of the proximal margin, another one along the distal margin; the black 

 marginal spots are much more distinct than above; inner-marginal area light grey. Expanse of wings: 27 mm. 

 Venezuela ( Suapure) . 



percosiu-s. C. percosius G. (b S. (186 a) looks above like argiis, but the forewing is without the cell-spot, but there 



are 3 small, subapical spots. Hindwing often with 2 small light postcellular spots. Beneath on the hindwing 

 at the cell-end a j'ellow dot and 2 near the distal margin. Forewing at the anal angle lighter, yellowish-grey. 

 Mexico, Guatemala and Panama. 



qiiadruni. C. quadrum Mab. is above smoky black, forewing with a small subapical dot and 2 white postdiscal 



spots. Beneath lighter, the spots light yellow, the proximal margin of the forewing whitish, in the submedian 

 space more ashy-grey. Hindwing black with a large, quadrangular white spot between the upper radial vein-, 

 and the inner-marginal fold, touching the distal margin. Palpi red, laterally black. Expanse of wings: 34 mm 

 Rio San Juan (Colombia). 

 pacuUa. C. paculla Mab. is somewhat smaller, above the subapical dot another one being hardly visible; the 



postdiscal spots are small, quadrangular. Hindwing here also above with a white marginal band-spot from 

 the middle radial vein to the proximal margin; fringes above it spotted white. Beneath similar, the inner- 

 marginal area whitish. Expanse of wings: 32 mm. Villa Bella (BrazU). 



physcclla. C. physcella Heic. (186 a). Above blackish-brown with a greenish reflection, 4 postdiscal white spots 



in an oblique row and 3 subapical dots; on the huadwing with white fringes there are 3 subapical white dots. 

 Beneath the hindwing exhibits a broad, white distal-marginal part with a series of brownish, small dust-spots 

 in the middle, parallel to the distal margin. Brazil. 

 elegantula. C. elegantula H.-Schdff. (186 b) entirely resembles above the following quadrangula, but it has lighter 



yellowish fringes. On the rmder sm'face the basal half of the costal margin and the apex of the forewing are 

 light violet like the hindwing with a rather broad, brown, undulate marginal line. The hind'oing shows right 



