626 EUSELASIA. By Dr. A. Seitz. 



in the anal part more intense black radiary rays, but it seems otherwise to be closely allied to euliotie; 



from Siu'inam. 



thusyielda. E. thusnelda Jlscklr. is said to be above velvety blackish brown, beneath similar to mys, but 



the second transverse stripe of the fore^^dng distally fringed; Siurinam. Does not lie before me. 



cafusa. E. cafusa Bat. (121 f). A transition from eulione to eustackms. The upper surface is blackish-brown 



as in eulione; the under surface resembles that of eustachius, but the black eye-spot on the under surface of the 



hmdwing before the middle of the border is considerably larger, mostly also the ground of the wings darker, 



greyer. The $ is colom'ed and marked like the ^, but the transverse stripes beneath are broader and brighter. 



inconspicua. Guiana, Amazon and Ecuador, not rare. — inconspicua G. and S. from Central America is certainly only a 



$-form of a differently named (J; maybe it belongs here, unless it be the $ of an eu7-yo7ie-iorni. 



eustachius. E. custachius. Very variable, above mostly with red, beneath marked very much like licinia (121 f). 



In oru' figure the marking of the under smface is unfortunately missing altogether, but it is almost exactly 



that of the form figm-ed as aurantia (121 f). It varies by more or less developed submarginal spots on the under 



surface of the hindwings as well as by their ground-colour appearing sometimes more yellow, sometimes brown 



or grey. Unless cafusa being above entu'elj' blackish brown be only a unicolorous form of eustachius, it has above 



mys. always red which appears, for instance, in the smaller mys H.-Schdff. lighter, almost like in aurantia. The latter 



exhibits more miniate hindwings vdth a broad dark costal margin. — As the red occurs in almost any distri- 



btrtion and probablj' varies at every finding-place, we have denominated here only the more conspicuous forms : 



rhodon. rhodoti form nov. where it is confined to a sector in the hindwing, and fervida Btlr. where the forewings are 



iervida. g^^ijeiy black, the hindwings red with a dark ray from the base to the middle of the border ; from Costa Rica 



and Surinam. Specimens from Colombia exhibit the centres of all "\nngs brightened by bro\ni-red, and from them 



there occur all the transitions to typical eustachius. The butterfly has a verj vast range, from Central America 



aitraniia. to Peru. — auratitia Btlr. and Drc. (121 e) from Central America is presuma-bly only an adaptation of the upper 



procula. surface to chrysippe (121 f) flying there; — whereas procula G. a.nd S. from Costa Rica mth an almost entirely 



black upper surface being only tinged in red-bro\^n at the base of the wings, forms the transition to eulione. ■ — 



sergia. sergia G. and S. (121 e) approximates procula by the fore-wdngs being coloured almost just the same; it exhibits 



however, also above on the hindwing the red sector of rhodon; likewise from Central America. — A most con- 



licinia. spicuous form is licinia Godm. (121 f) flying in Guiana with j)hoedica and effima and exhibiting like them a 



atlmia. large white spot at the distal margin of the hindwing. — In athena Hew. (122 a), from Guiana to Ecuador, the 



white area of the hind^^•ing of licinia is j'olk-coloured, whereby it resembles the upper surface of gelon-^, but 



the under sm'face is c[uite different, like in licinia. The species is locally not rare and specimens from the same 



countries may have a verj'' different upper sm'face, the under sm'face, however, is more constant. 



mystka. E. mystica Schs. (142 c) resembles above an eustachius, being intensely tinged in yellowish-red, but 



the postmedian line of the under surface of the hindwings does not round into a hook, but it is sharply angled. 



Costa Rica. 



chrysippe. E, chrysippc Bat. (= labiena Hew.) (121 f). ^ above bright fiery red, $ yolk-coloured with black 



margins of the wings: at once recognizable by the unicolorous yellow under sm'face exhibiting only before the 



margin of the hindwing a series of black dots. Central America. 



placidus. E. placidus nom. nov. (= am-antia G. and 8., nee Btlr. and Drc.) which has been figured on t. 121 f as 



,,aurantiaca", is hardly in any way connected with the mys-grou]). The forex^ings above are Cjuite the same 



as in eustachius, but the hindwings have a broad black border. Immediately recognizable by the quite silvery, 



unmarked under surface of both sexes. The 5 may be above entii'ely browm, but the disc of the forewing is 



mostly yellowish-brown and sometimes the middle of the hindwing is also brightened by yellowish. Costa 



Rica and Panama, on the Chiriqui locally not rare; it flies early in the morning. This species is peculiar for 



the course of the veins; it has on the forewing only two subcostal veins both of xx'hich branch off before 



Icucophry- the Cell-end. — leucophryna Schs., likewise from Costa Rica, is beneath one-colom'ed silvery like placidus, 



""• but above more diffusely and daz'ker brownish-red, the hindwings vnih a very narrow dark margin. 

 hieronymi. E. hieronymi G. and iS. (122 h). Above blackish-broTXTi \\ith dark-red brightenings, beneath with 



colom's and markings quite siinilar to eulione or eustachius. In the north of the range there occm' two forms 

 of the (J ; such vith entirely blackish-brown forewings and such with a red flame in their basal part. We have 

 figm'ed the former. Both exhibit on the hindwing a red ray from the base towards the aiial angle. Mexico 

 and Central America. — From South Brazil I possess a ^ forming an evident transition to the mys-ioxm. and 

 being, therefore, probably better placed to eustachius. On the upper smface of the hind-wing another fiery ray 

 runs from the base under the apex, cutting off the costal part. — Apparently not common. The $ is always 

 dingy dark broxvn, without any red, but recognizable by the under surface resembling the (J and not easily 

 distinguishable from the allied $ of eulione. 

 violeiia. E. violetta Bat. (121 i). The under surface of this species and the following one exhibits, on a brightly 



(mostly orange) coloui'ed gi'ound, the median line distinctly double, not at first straight and then bent into a 

 hook before the inner margin of the hindwings, but slightly curved, often finely undulated and often with a 

 knot in the middle of the hindwing. Before the middle of the border of the hindwing a larger eye-spot, above 



