Publso.I. 102J. VINIUS; SYNALE. By Dr. M. Dratot. &77 



M. heraea Heiv. (= xenarclius Mob.) (188 b) is above blackish-brown, in the basal half of the costal heraea. 

 margin and in the cell, on two thirds of the proximal margin, in 4 postdiscal spots growing smaller towards 

 the apex, and a bipartite subapical spot lustrous orange. Hindwing orange, the costal margin broad, the proximal 

 margin narrow, and a shortened basal line below the cell blackish-brown. Beneath yellow, marked red-brown, 

 f orewing with an irregular median band from the base to the apex ; proximal margin and anal angle are blackish, 

 the hindwing at the proximal margin blackish-brown. Panama to Guiana and the Amazon District. In fresh 

 specimens the hindwing is iridescent. 



M. nebrophone Schs. (189 f) resembles heraea above; the orange colour is browner, in the cell there nebrophone. 

 is a blackish-brown stripe-spot; the black costal margin of the f orewing exhibits in the middle a projection 

 towards the cell, the proximal margin is broader black. The hindwing is distally reddish with yellow postdiscal 

 spots and a blackish-brown shade behind the cell. The $ is predominantly blackish-brown with smaller yeUow 

 spots. Costa Rica, Panama. 



M. kenava Btlr. (= myrona Plotz) (188 b). Blackish-brown, at the proximal margua of the forewing kenava. 

 red-brown, with an orange, oblique postdiscal band and a separate subapical spot. Hindwing m the disc reddish- 

 yellow. Beneath yellow, the loM^er half of the cell, the proximal margin and anal angle black. Hindwing yellow 

 speckled with red, with a small red- brown discal spot and a black proximal margin. Described from Venezuela. 



M. humeralis Mob. (188 c) differs from /jeraea by its larger size and much more extensively blackish- humeralia. 

 brown colour, the cell containing only a small yellow dot at its upper end. Hmdwing black with a broad, straight, 

 orange transverse band. Beneath red-brown with postdiscal bands of yellow spots on both wmgs, at the proximal 

 margm of the fore^ndng black, at the costal margin of the hindwing dusted greenish. The $ is very much more 

 extensively blackish-brown. Brazil, Colombia. 



M. apella Schs. almost exactly resembles humeralis above. Hindwing beneath brownish-yellow with apella. 

 black margmal dots; by darker antemedian and postmedian shading an orange postdiscal band is distinctly 

 prominent; also before the margin is dark shading; the veins are somewhat lighter. In the $ the ground-colom- 

 beneath is darker olive-brown. Expanse of wings: 37 to 45 mm. Costa Rica (Carillo). 



M. misius Mah. Jet-black, costal margin of forewing at the base reddish-yellow, two .such spots misius. 

 at the ceU-end, behmd them a macular band from the apex to the submedian, from here as a broad stripe to 

 the base. Hhidwing black with a short, bent discal band, also the proximal margin being reddish-yellow. Fringes 

 of forewing reddish-yellow speckled with black. Fringes of hindwing plainly reddish-yellow, not speckled. 

 Forewing beneath more yellow, at the costal margin as far as the apex reddish-yellow, at the base and the proxi- 

 mal angle black. Hindwing yellow, with long, black streak-shaped spots between the veins, at the costal margin 

 bordered with black, at the proximal margin black with a yellow longitudinal stripe on the fold; below the 

 costal margin there are 3 small black strigiform spots. Expanse of wings: 27 mm. Massauary. 



158. Genus: Vinius G. & S. 



Chiefly distinguished by the ^ stigma on the forewing : a scent-stripe on the lower median vein, another 

 one below it. The hindwmg near the base of the proximal margin shows a tuft of whitish hair. 



V. sagitta Mob. (188 c) is very similar to M. heraea (188 b) but smaller, the yellow is darker, less sagitia. 

 bright orange, the blackish-brown colour broader, the hindwing broadly bordered with blackish-brown. Be- 

 neath the same, but paler yellow, the hindwing with dispersed, oblong, brown spots. Panama. 



V. arginote (?.<&. /S. (188 c) is very much like the preceding, more reddish-yellow and more extensively arginote. 

 so especially in the disc of the hindwing. Hindwing beneath with rounded, not oblong submarginal spots. 

 Amazon, Brazil. 



V. exilis Plotz (188 d) is above blackish-brown, in the cell reddish-yellow like an oblique band to exilis. 

 the apex extending at the proximal margin to the base, and a postdiscal costal-margmal spot. Hindwing only 

 in the basal third black with a roundish yellow cellvilar spot, behind it bright orange with a narrow black border. 

 Beneath the light yellow hindwing exhibits a larger black cellular spot and no postdiscal nor antemarginal 

 punctiform spots. The habitat stated, California, is wrong. Patria unknown. Perhaps identical with ephesti-s 

 Hhn. which originates from Surinam. 



V. nicomedes Mah. (= letis Plotz) (188 d) is very much like arginote above, but the hindwmg beneath nicomedcs. 

 is without the blackish spots. From Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, Manaos). 



V. ephesus Hbn. (188 c) is smaller, lighter yellow, especially the whole costal-marginal part broadly ephesus. 

 yellow; also at the proximal margin near the base a yellow, oblong spot. Hindwing in the disc yellow with 

 a but narrow black margin. Guiana. 



159. Genus: Syiiale Mab. 



Antennae and palpi like in the following genera. Forewing with a rounded apex; the bent costal is 

 nearer at the uppermost subcostal vein ; the uppermost median vein rises before the cell-end. Posterior tibiae 

 grey-haired. 



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