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PARACARYSTUS ; ZENIDA; CYCLOSIMA; CARYSTUS. By Dr. M. Dratot. 



hylaspes. S. hylaspes Cr. (188 d). Above black with 2 large white discal spots and a broad subapical band of 



the forewing, and a roundish spot near the apes of the hindwing. In the $ the spots are longer and narrower, 

 and besides there is a submedian spot and a small postdiscal spot. Beneath the hindwing shows a long longi- 

 tudmal ray from the base to the middle of the distal margin, proximally more orange, distally lighter yellow. 

 Brazil (Para). 



silanion. S. silatliotl Plotz (188 d) is very similar, somewhat smaller. The hindwing exhibits a longitudiiial 



ray being above shorter, beneath extending from the base to the middle of the distal margin, and being inter- 

 rupted at the cell-end. Fringes Avhite. From Bahia. 



hypargyra. 



radiaius. 



menetriesii. 



koza. 



160. Genus: Paracarysttis O. d- S. 



Different from Carystus by another ^ genital organ, the strongly prolonged valves being bent. Middle 

 tibiae spined. 



P. hypargyra H.-Schdff. (= argyris Mob., senex Plotz) (188 e). Above blackish -brown with a white 

 cellular spot, 3 postdiscal and 3 small subapical spots. Fringes especiallj^ on the hindwmg ochreous. Beneath 

 the same, but duller brown, at the apex of the forewing lighter. Hindwing beneath variably violettish-blue 

 or light steel-blue, with dark brown veins. Fringes whitish. Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, Bahia). 



P. radiatus Mab. It is questionable whether it belongs hereto. Above blackish-brown, with 3 yellow- 

 ish hyaline spots: one in the cell and 2 quadrangular ones behind it and below it, the latter being larger. 

 Forewing without spots with a somcAvhat indented margin. The forewing is beneath similar, at the costal margin 

 and apex lighter; hindwing blackish with broad white veins, along the upper edge of the cell, on the upper 

 radial vein and the subcostal vein with a broad white band forking towards the margin like a Y and being 

 below shaded with red-brown. Fringes reddish-white. Expanse of wings: 39 mm. Brazil (Sao Paulo). 



P. menetriesii Latr. (= rona Heiv.) (188 d, e) is most variable in its size and the number of the white 

 spots. Above blackish-brown with or A^ithout 1 or 2 cellular spots and 2 or 3 postdiscal ones. Beneath the 

 apex of the forewing and the A^hole hindwing are dull metallic violettish-blue, in the $ more greenish-blue, 

 with 2 broMU, narrow transverse bands. Fringes dark brown. From Colombia and Brazil. 



P. koza Btlr. (188 e) is above similar, intensely spotted white on the forewing. Beneath on the fore- 

 wing a large, subapical, blue spot, hindwing light metallic blue, in the discal area yellowish iridescent, with 

 a brown, bent transverse band from the apex almost to the middle of the proximal margin. Brazil. 



161. Genus: Zeuida Mob. 



Antennae long and slender with a fusiform club ; second palpal joint rising, projectmg beyond the eyes, 

 the conical last joint hidden in the hair of the 2nd joint. Apex of forewing obtuse. Femora clad with thick 

 short hair. The cj shows a very conspicuous scent-organ: a silvery hair-scale stripe begins pointed at the rise 

 of the upper median vein and grows broader, filling up the angle of the rise of the lower branch and extending 

 to the base of the median. 



abdon. 



Z. abdon Plotz (188 f) is a large, above monotonously blackish-brown species with a grey scent- 

 stripe. Beneath the apex of the forewing and the whole hindwing are dark slate-coloured blue, with brown 

 veins. From Brazil. 



162. Genus: Cyclosma gen. 



nov. 



Distmguished from the preceding genus by a somewhat longer, conical and obliquely rising terminal 

 joint of the palp. On the forewing the upper median vein rises close at the cell-end; below its proximal third 

 there is a circular, black, convex scent-spot corresponding to a slight depression on the under surface; in the 

 lower cell-end there is a thinly scaled part. 

 abdonides. C. abdonides S'p. nov. (188 f). Above uni-coloured blackishbrown, the scent-spot black, the thinly 



sealed part in the lower cell-angle is yello^Hsh. Ends of fringes lighter, tinted ochreous, at the anal angle of 

 the hindwmg almost white. Beneath dull greenish slate-coloured, with black veins, below the cell of the forewing 

 and from there in the shape of a bow to the anal angle blackish, before it in the submedian area whitish. Anal 

 margin of hindwing brownish. According to 1 ^- from the Songo (Bolivia). 



163. Genus: Carystus Hhn. 



Antennae long, with a long club and a long reverted apex; last joint of the palp short. Cell of forewing 

 of two thirds of the length of the costal margin. ^ without a scent-organ. 

 claudianus. C. claudianus Latr. (188 e). Above blackish-brown with 2 large white cellular spots, one between 



the median veins and a smaller one behind it; a subapical band of 4 lilac-white spots. Hindwing with a large, 



