ALERA; PERICHARES. By Dr. M. Dx^audt. 995 



196. Genus : Alera Mab. 



Palpi and antennae as in Thracides. Apex of forewing somewhat stunted, distal margin running straight 

 down to the middle radial vein, then very oblique to the anal angle; the two lower subcostal veins forked. 

 Posterior tibiae with long hair. 



A. furcata 3Iab. The very long, blackish-brown forewing shows in the middle an oblique band of furcaUt. 

 •i hj-aline spots: the first at the costal margin yellow, the 3 others white; behind the lower cell-angle there 

 is a smaller one, farther distally; fringes brown. Hindwing without spots, with yellowish fringes. Base of fore- 

 wing beneath blackish, apex lilac-white. Hindwing at the base greyish-yellow, otherwise brownish-violet with 

 a lighter part at the distal margin. Body above metallic blue. Expanse of wings: 56 mm. Sao Paulo. 



197. Genus: l»ericliares Scddr. 



Antennae long with a very long club and very long apex. Veins not different from the u.sual veins. 

 Hindwing prolonged at the anal angle. Body strong ; middle tibiae with short spines. The rj exhibits a strong 

 scent -scale stripe from the rise of the upper median vein to the middle of the submedian. 



P. corydon F. (= phocion F., dolores Beak., adela Hew., marmorata Scddr.) (192 a). This very corydon. 

 common and widely distributed species is above brown with yellow hyaline spots, and beneath in the apical 

 part of the forewing and on the hindwing marbled lilac; fringes distinctly speckled. Abdominal end beneath 

 ochreous-yellow. From Mexico to Brazil, in the Antilles, Cuba, Jamaica, Hayti. 



P. tripuncta sp. nov. (191 g) is above dark brown, at the cell-end above the median a narrow hyaline iripuncla. 

 spot, below it and distally to it a V-shaped one, above it another small, quadrangular one. Beneath somewhat 

 lighter, hindwing brown without any markings. Described according to 3 J'cJ in the Coll. Seitz from Hondmas 

 and Southern Brazil. 



P. heroni Kaye. Above deep chocolate-brown, at the apex of the forewing narrowlj^ white; in the J^eroni. 

 cell a yellow spot strangulated in the middle, below it 2 wedge-shaped spots ; behind the cell-end another small, 

 yellow, punctiform spot. Beneath the apex of the forewing and the costal margin are reddish-lilac, the 

 rest dull black with the yellow spots. Hindwing reddish, suffused with brown, Avith 2 small yellow postdiscal 

 dots. Expanse of wings : 48 mm. Trinidad. 



P. trinidad Luc. (192 a) differs so much from corydon (192 a) with which it was confounded, that trbndad. 

 we must better consider it to be a distinct species, at least as an especial insular form (from Cuba). From corydon 

 it differs by only 3 spots of the forewing, a hook-like bent spot in the cell and 2 behind it. Fringes speckled: 

 beneath not different from corydon. 



P. agrippa G. & S. (191 g) is blackish-brown, at the base green, the stigma grey; 3 postdiscal white- agrippa. 

 hyaline spots, a transverse one between the median veins and a smaller one behind it, before it in the cell 

 a long, oblique, curved spot. Beneath somewhat lighter, costal margin of forewing apically lighter whitish ; 

 hindwing scantily dusted with grey, fringes ochreous. Nicaragua. 



P. lotus Btlr. (192 a). The (^ is blackish-brown, fringes of hindwings whitish ochreous. Body and loins. 

 bases of wings green; in the cell of the forewing there is a large, yellowish, distally concave spot, a triangular 

 spot behind it, stigma grey. Beneath the same, apex of forewing, and hindwing marbled lilac-grej'. The $ 

 has white spots, beside the cellular spot a large one between the median veins and one small spot each below 

 and above it. Mexico, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Trinidad. 



P. luscinia Pldtz (192 c) resembles corydon (192 a), but differs by the absence of the white spot of luschtia. 

 the forewing above the submedian and by the hindwing beneath, where the dark spots flow together forming 

 transverse shades which rest almost rectangularly on the submedian fold. South Brazil, known from the Colony 

 of Blumenau in Sa. Catharina. 



P. lindigiana Fldr. (= colenda Plotz) (191 f) is very easily recognizable by the broad orange proxi- imdigiana. 

 mal margin and anal angle of the hindwing. Forewing with 3 large white discal spots which are beneath pro- 

 longed to the costal margin. Apex of forewing, costal margin, and the hindwing lilac, mixed with brownish, 

 with 3 brown transverse bands and a broad similar marginal band. Fringes of hindwing at the apical part 

 yellowish-white. From Colombia and Venezuela. 



P. crotona Hew. (= elisa Plotz) (191 g) has above 2 very large yellow discal spots and one smaller c-oiona. 

 one, which are situate close together; above the submedian there is mostly yet a j'ellowish longitudinal patch 

 which turns a large white spot on the under surface, extending almost to the proximal angle. Hind-ning A'iolet 

 with large brown .spots and a broad brown margin. Colombia, Brazil. 



P. anitta Plotz (192 c) is rather similar to corydon (192 a) above, but in the apical part of the forewing anilia. 

 there are 5 or 6 minute hyaline spots. Beneath the hindwing is uniformly coloured lilac-grey, only the cell 

 and anal lobe are filled up with dark brown and before the margin are some narrow, small internerval spots, 

 From Brazil. 



