Publ. 13. r. 1924. 



Additions: PERISAMA. By J. Robee. 



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C. texa-texotitania Strand. Tlie author says: „A (^ from South East Peru to a certain degree forms 

 the transition from C. texa Hew. to titania Salv. Above like texa as it is figured in Seitz' work, except 

 the red basal area being in the costal half of the wing less far extended towards the apex, so that the costal 

 margin of the area is here only about 9 mm long, whereas in fexa-iigure 101 B g in Seitz it is about 13 mm 

 long; moreover, the red area is besides diminished by a black dorsal-marginal band almost touching the anal 

 angle. In the hindwing there are near the anal angle two minute, light blue sublimbal spots. — The under 

 siu^face agrees better with C. titania; but from the figure in Seitz it differs by the read area reaching the 

 anal angle and a light costal band of the forewing being only present in the basal quarter and only linear, 

 whereas in the hindwing of my specimen the metallic markings are more bluish, the yellow sublimbal band 

 more distinct, the following yellow band distally not interrupted midway and being there almost contiguous 

 with the oblique median transverse band. — It is rather a form of texa than of titania, since the contours 

 of the wings are like in texa. Perhaps a distinct species." 



C. hydaspes aiaces Fruhst. ,,(J above very closely allied to hydaspes delma.s Fruhst. (p. 599) from 

 Paraguay. The red band of the forewing, hoMever, is broader, the blue area of the hindwing still more re- 

 duced. Under surface: the yellow preapical band of the forewing broader than in hydaspe.s from Espiritu 

 Santo. The yellow parts of the hindwing still a little more extensive than in specimens from Paraguay, the 

 black spots and bands accordingly reduced. The four pupils in the black median area of the hindwing predo- 

 minantly yellow instead of blue. Patria: Rio Grande do Sul, to the north distributed as far as Sao Paulo 

 in Brazil." 



C. pitkeas pallescens Fruhst. ,,The red spots on the hindwing above longer, the oblique band of the 

 forewing narrower than in C. pitheas Latr. (102 A b), the $? besides with a distinct, yellowish preapical band 

 of the forewing, which is absent in pitheas from Colombia. The black ocelli of the hindwing as a rule smaller 

 than in pitheas. Patria: Venezuela." 



C. codomamms paulistanus Fridist. ,,^ and $ very closely allied to selima Guen. (p. 494) from ilinas 

 Greraes, from which, however, it is at once discernible by the still more reduced red colour on the hindwing 

 above and the almost disappearing reddish-yellow preapical spot of the forewing. The under surface is more 

 different, e. g. the yellow preapical spot of the forewing is scarcely half as broad as in selima, the yellow sub- 

 marginal band of the hindwing is reduced to about a third of the extent of selima, accordingly the black band 

 is widened and the discal spots are contiguous. Patria: Sao Paulo." 



C. lyca maroma Fruhst. „(^ differs from lyca as Doubleday and Seitz-Rober figure it (101 Be) 

 by a longer, more uniformly broad and more conspiciious orange band on the forewing above. The blue reflec- 

 tion of the hindwing, however, is considerably reduced. The under surface is most similar to lyca aerias Godm. 

 (p. 598), . . . but the bluish-white pupils of the black discal area of the hindwing are larger. Patria: Colombia, 

 no exact habitat mentioned." • — • exultans Fruhst. ,, Above most closely allied to aegina Fldr. (101 B c) from 

 Ecuador with a much broader orange band of the forewing and a more extensive blue reflection on the hind-«dng 

 above. The black submarginal band of the hindwing beneath narrower than in aegina, as Felder figures it. 

 Patria: Bolivia." 



C. eunomia triteia. Fruhst. ,, Distinguished from C. eunomia Hew. (101 Bh) from ,, Quito" by the 

 narrowed red area of the forewing being confined to a vertical band of a finger's breadth, since a black 

 basal zone advances as far as the middle of the cell. Patria: Ecuador, Hazienda Anna Maria, Querindo." 



C. pygas catharinensis Strand. On the hindwing beneath the black postmedian band which other- 

 wise exhibits blue median spots, is in the centre yellow like the ground-colour, at the proximal margin at 

 most very slightly bluish. — ab. sublimbalis Strd. in the hindwing above does not show any bluish-white sub- 

 limbal spots, the length of the forewing is only 22 to 23 mm, and the light subapical marking of the fore- 

 wing is very much reduced. Santa Catharina. 



C. pyracmon Godt. E. Strand, in dealing with a 2 of this species from an unknown habitat whicli 

 he connects with the figure on table 101 B h having been done according to a ^, proposes the eventual name 

 pyracmonides. The specimen the upper surface of which has been figured originates from Surinam. 



C. aphidna aphidnella Strd. According to a (J from Peru showing slight differences from the original 

 description, the author introduced this eventual name. 



C. zerynthia Burm. Of this species I have neither seen a specimen nor obtained a description: it is 

 presumably synonymous with another species; in Kirby's Catalogue of the Diurnal Lepidoptera and its Supple- 

 ment it is not mentioned. Mr. H. Stichel in a letter presumes it to be a subspecies of sorana. 



iexoiitania. 



pallescens. 



paulistanus. 



maroma. 



exultans. 



friteia. 



catharinen- 

 sis. 



sublimialis. 



pyracmoni- 

 des. 

 aphidnella. 



zerynthia. 



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Genus Perisama. 



Peris, insignis sp. nov. (102 Ca) from West Colombia (Rio Dagua, 2000 m, A. H. Fassl) is distinguish- insignis. 

 ed by the broad golden green area of the forewing above. The hindwing beneath resembles that of humboldti 

 (102 A e), but the yellow is much paler and the black dots are arranged in a straight line; the under surface 



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