636 EURYBIA. By Dr. A. Seitz. 



miseUivesiis. DistTict. In the south of Brazil one sometimes finds almost unmarked specimens = misellivestis SticJi., in 

 which the eye-spot of the forewing may also be absent *). — Considerably larger is the form from Ecuador 

 jemima, and the western district of the Amazon; this is jemima Hew. (123 c). — In sinnaces Druce, which is besides 

 sinnaces. certainly more closely allied to lamia and has a superficial likeness to leucolopha (123 e), the otherwise greyish- 

 franciscana. yellow ring-markings are red. — franciscana Fldr. is the Bahia-form with a moderately intense blue reflection 

 and bright yellow rings of the hindwings,' the $ having a round eye-spot like the (J. Fblder includes with 

 his franciscana-^ a $ from the Rio Negro with a ,, differently shaped" eye-spot of the forewing which of course 

 does not belong to franciscana. — Stichel denominates the forms from the north-western part of South 

 annulata. America, being mostly without any reflection and with red rings of the hiiidwings, annulata, if the latter are 

 ruheolata. narrow, rubeolata, if they are broader and diffuse; the latter form occurs more to the south. — unxia Salv. 

 unxia. ^j-^(j Godm. (123 d) from Central America and the neighbomring Colombia has a deep blackish-brown ground- 

 colour, and the eye-spot of the forewdng encircled by a dull brownish-red is often blurred, small, not round, 

 appearing fom:-cornered or somewhat diffuse; on the under surface we often notice 4 eye-spots, one on each 

 wing, which are, hoT^ever, mostly distorted, while in dardus and jemima the eye-spots of the forewings are 

 beneath just as round as above. We cannot speak of subspecies, although the unxia of the different finding- 

 places, even at quite little distances, are constant, and alone in the collection of the Tring Museum there are 

 large series illustrating this behaviour. In Peru and Bolivia unxia grows very large; we figure a Peru-specimen 

 from the under surface, in which we distinctly notice the 4 distorted eye-spots. — Fassl discovered, on the 

 East Colombian mountains at an elevation of about 2000 m, a very small alpine form attaining scarcely half 

 fassli. the size of a typical unxia and having been denominated in our figure (123 d) fassli. — sannio Stick, from the 

 sanmo. j^j^ Pachitea in East Peru I cannot separate from fassli. — All the dardus-iovms are rather common in their 

 range and, like in most of the Erycinidae, the specimens from the same finding-place resemble each other exactly. 

 lamia. E. lamia Cr. (= dardus Wiv. nee F.) (123 d). About a dozen of very constant local races are 



distributed over the whole northern part of South America and over Central America. The typical form resem-^ 

 bles pretty much jemima (123 c), though it is smaller and the marginal rings are smaller and more separated, 

 being also generally farther away from the border. The typical lamia comes from Guiana. The model for our 

 figure originates from Peru and belongs already to a larger subrace. • — Still larger are Central Americans which 

 wherever they fly together with lycisca of a very bright blue reflection, have likewise very bright hindwings 

 of a metallic cyan-blue reflection. But in certain localities the reflection is absent altogether, while in others 

 it is faint, sometimes hardly noticeable according to the locality. Where it is so intense that they might be- 

 mistaken for lycisca, both are easily distinguishable by the blue lamia-iovm. having behind the cell-end 2 small 

 white vitreous dots being always absent in lycisca. According to the intensity of the blue gloss, the forms have 

 been denominated, as for instance lauta Stick, (without), coerulcscens Drc. (123 d) (with a famt), fulgens Stick. 

 (with an intense blue lustre). Proceeding thus, we should be forced to give innumerable names, since besides 

 the blue varies in extent and is sometimes distinct only in the disc of the hindwing, sometimes covering the 

 \vhole hindwing and in certain places even extending over the forewing. The size also varies constantly almost 

 at every habitat, being characteristic for the locality, but not for the season. 

 leucolopha. E. leucolopha Thieme (123 e). Nearly allied to the large forms of the two jjreceding species, but more 



constant, not varying so much according to the locality and at any rate less distributed. The (J is deep 

 blackish-brown, with fiery red eye-spot rings and marginal rings, easily recognizable hj a bright silvery-white 

 point of the antenna; the $ is larger, of darker and didler colours. A great number of sjDecimens before me, 

 from Ecuador, Peru (Pebas), and Bolivia. Apparently very common in its range. 

 laiifascia- E. latifasciata He%c. (123 c). Of the same size and structure as the preceding, but of a different appea- 



'"■ ranee o\^ing to a broad white band traversing both the wings, and therefore not recognized as Euryhia hitherto. 

 From Peru and, in a form with a narrower band, also from Colombia (A'illavicencio). Apparentlj^ rather rare. 

 3 specimens in the Tring Museum; also in HE^^^TSON's Collection in London. The $ exactly like the $, beneath 

 like above, only the eye-spot of the forewing less intense. ^ 

 haUmcdc. E. halimede Hbn. (123 e). Recognizable by a row of white dots extending in front of the submarginal 



row of rings, and by the nearly entne absence of the eye-spot of the forewing, being sometimes only indicated. 

 The most distinct it is m North Brazilians; they also exhibit the row of white dots the most distmctly and 

 completelj'. In about 100 specimens lymg before me, beside the variation of the ground-colom' varymg from 

 a dull earthy grey to a dark chocolate-brown and almost black, also the row of white dots is variable; speci- 

 mens from Peru and Bolivia, for instance, always lack the two dots directlj^ behind the cell-end (between 

 stelUfcra. the radial-veins) of the foremng, and those on the hindwing are quite famt; this is stellifera Stick. In speci- 

 mens from certain localities of the northern part of South America the lowest dots of the row turn inward, 

 elvina. so in elvina Stick., and in granulata Stick. (123 e) from Ecuador, in either of which the same case takes place. 

 ^iolarta" Sometimes we notice, like in nearly all the Eurybia-species, the traces of a violet reflection (= violaria Stick.). — 

 passerciiia. passercula Stick, with a faint indication of central shades of the forewings forms a transition to elvina. — 



*) Such a specimen,, with an absolutely extinct marking, is in the Tring Museum. 



