Publ. 30. XI. 1910. MESOSEMIA. By Dr. A. Seitz. 641 



VI. Group, (odtce- Group.) 



Shape of the fore wings as in telegone, pointed with a curved margin. Hind- 

 wing only slightly angled in the middle of the margin or quite round. 

 Without blue reflection, but with t r a n s v e r s e 1 i n e s. 



M. odice Godt. (125 e, f). An insignificant, earthy brown butterfly varying uncommonly, especially odice. 

 in the course of the double transverse lines, as seen from our figure. $ only somewhat larger and with broader 

 wings than the (J. These lines run differently at every flying-place, similar to the size and shape of the eye- 

 spot of the forewing. Specimens before me from Espiritu Santo and Rio de Janeiro have quite straight lines 

 of the hindwings ; those from Rio de Janeu'o and Argentina (Misiones) exhibit them serrated. Specimens from 

 Petropolis, where I found the animal singly, hold the balance between these two; a subspecies (cymatodis Stick.) 

 can, therefore, not be founded on the serrated course of these lines. — cymotaxis Stick, is unknown to me; cymotaxis. 

 it is said to be from ,, Brazil" and to differ also by the course of the discal lines which run together posteriorly 

 inclosing a reniform spot. I believe that they are only slightly varying odice, the lines of which, as mentioned 

 above, run differently at every habitat. 



M. rhodia Godt. (125 f). $ much darker; easily recognizable by the transverse line of the hind-^ing rhodia. 

 being above single, not double as in odice. The 5 is not so red as reproduced in our somewhat exaggerated 

 figure, but more earthy grey, almost like a teZegrowe-^ without blue reflection. Espiritu Santo, Rio de Janeiro, 

 singly. — fribitrgensis Scks. (125 f) is somewhat smaller (specimens from Novo-Friburgo) or very much smaller friburgen- 

 (specimens from Curityba). It stands between rkodia and odice, being lighter than the former, but darker than ^'* 



odice; the hindwing has 2 lines running exactly parallel and almost quite straight. The species seems not to 

 be rare near Novo-Friburgo in South Brazil, from where the original of our figure is. 



VII. Group, (mewoetes- Group.) 



M. antaerice Heio. (125 d). In the marking almost exactly as frih^irgensis, but the spaces between antaerice. 

 the dark transverse stripes are of a metallic dark blue gloss, though by no means so intense as in Hewitsoic's 

 original figure. The $ of it appears to me to be maeotis Hew. (his fig. 50) *). It is little larger, light grey, but 

 with exactly the markings of the ^, except the lower part of the median area of the forewing being not 

 entirely black, but only bordered and m-arked in dark. Guiana to Trinidad and the Amazon; not common. — 

 veneris Btlr., maj^be a proper species, is considerably larger, darker, but finely and sharply marked; from South veneris. 

 Brazil. 



M. menoetes Hew. (125 d). (J quite similar to the preceding, but the transverse stripes particular^ menoetes. 

 on the hindwing broader, more band-like; the colouring darker, so that the marking is to be seen only in a 

 certain light. The $ with more grey and more sparse markings, and not such pointed wings as in our figure. 

 Typical menoetes fly on the Amazon, though they are not common ; they have a scarcely noticeable bluish lustre, 

 being distinct only in very bright sunshine. Specimens from the Rio Songo in Bolivia have none at all, others 

 from other places of Bolivia, from Guiana etc., have a more intense violet lustre (= menncnia Stick.). The 

 $$ are easily recognized by the upper and under surfaces being powdered with yellowish-grey. 



M. meeda Hew. (125 a) the $ of which I do not know and which is said to occur in ,, Brazil", mccda. 

 is almost of just the same colour as the following carderi, but the undersurface exhibits less transverse lines. 



M. carderi Drc. (142 d) greatly resembles the preceding in the male. From the dii-ection of the anal carderi. 

 angle, the blue marginal band of the hindwing is pierced by the beginning of a small, thin, black stripe which, 

 however, disappears before the middle of the wing. The under surface shows very distinct bands and its gi'ound- 

 colour is quite faintly tinged in violettish-grey. From Muzo in Colombia which has supplied the greatest part 

 of the so-called ,, Bogota-Collections". Not common. 



M. orbona Godm. (125 c) has an under surface with still brighter bands, and in the (J being above orhona. 

 very near to the preceding, the short anal black stripe in the blue marginal band of the hindwing has been sup- 

 plemented to a complete arcuate stripe extending to the apex of the hindwing. Guiana and Colombia. — thyas thyas. 

 Stick. (142 d) which is unknown to me, was based on a couple the $ of which originates from Peru, the 9. from 

 Surinam. We reproduce the $ according to the tj^pe; but I think it doubtful whether the ^ exhibiting 

 almost the colours and markings of an epidius-(^ (125 c) belongs here. — thera Godm. (125 d) which I figure ihera. 

 according to a specimen from the Anna River which I have compared with the type iii the Coll. Godmax, has 

 a broader black median area, the blue distal stripes are narrower and the eye-spot of the forewing is more 

 finely encircled. All these species greatly approximate epidius, and it is most likely that they are onlj races 

 or even only subraces of it. The $ is recognizable by the great number of parallel lines in the hindning 

 being especially prominent beneath. 



*) M. maeotis. Stick, with an azure (^ seems to be quite a different species (cf. p. 643) the $ of which is almost 

 just the same marked as Hbwitson's maeotis, but which has the shape of the (J belonging to it, thus not having pointed 

 wings. 



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