668 ANCYLURI8. By L>r. A. Sbitz. 



in which the band of the forewing either becomes extinct below tlie subcostal or is continued (aberratively) 

 in irregular undulations. Satjxdees figure is inexact, the left differs from the right, the band is straight, 



yaetula. the fringes of the hmdwings are white. — paetula Stick, has the wmg-contour and upper surface similar 

 to etias, but the red spot at the inner margin of the forewing and near the anal angle of the hmdwing smaller, 



(jracilis. particularly the latter; Peru, unknown to me. — gracilis Stick, is said to be more slender than the type, with 

 a broad band, the band of the hindwing ,,not bent posteriorly, but terminating near the anal transverse stripe". 

 iedea. — tedea Cr. (129 g) to which the description of miniola Bat. is also very well applicable, is at once conspi- 

 cuous hj the very pointed shape of the wings of the ^ greatly resembling that of colubra. — The 22 are 

 nearly always red-banded; only tedea-'-^^ have dull light-yellow bands, the band of the hindwing being inter- 

 rupted above the anal fold; the figured $ originates from Paramaribo. — From Colombia, Guiana and Para 

 to Peru and Bolivia. 



colubra. A. colubra Sndrs. (130 a). The forewings are conspicuously pointed, with an entirely straightly deli- 



mitated distal margin which, at the inner angle of the ^, even projects into a tip. The median band of the 

 hindwing quite straight ; it runs towards the very broad anal crescent before the centre of which it ends poin- 

 ted, whereas in aulestes and melibceus it turns round there and runs towards the middle of the inner margin. 

 tjoiiiposa. Venezuela, Amazon to Peru. — pomposa Stick, from the Upper Amazon, which is not before me, seems to 

 form a transition to the preceding species. The shape is like in cchibrn, i. e. the forewings pointed, the hind- 

 wing without a distinctlj defined anal lobe, but the red median stripe on the hindwing turns round towards 

 the middle of the inner margin, so that the marking greatly approximates that of melior. 

 inira. A. iTiira Hezv. (130 a) has above a.lmost exactly the marking of colubra (130 a), but the small anal 



band is broader; the forewings, however, are not so pointed as they are there; the under surface of the (J 

 is much duller blue than in all the preceding species. Lying before me only from Peru, but it is said to 

 occur .also in Bolivia. The red n edian band on the forewing is mostly 1 to 2, sometimes 2 to 3 mm broad. 



iriglitis. /— tfiglitis Stick.*)). — thatsmasia Stick. (130 a) from Bolivia (the figured specimen from Oroya, 3000 m) has 

 laumasia. ^ very broad, small anal band, but tlie red median band on the hinclwing is absent. — The species is appa- 

 rently not rare at its habitats. 



huascar. A. huascar Sndrs. (130 a, b). Immediately recognizable by tlie small led anal band being absent in 



the (J; instead of it there often appear, in the anal lobe of the hindwing, light punctiform spots in a bliie 

 iridescent area. The fed median band varies to such an extent that similar specimens can only be collected 

 at the same flying-place. Just like the band of the forewing varies in width, that of the hindwing varies 

 scpym. in length; it may be shortened to the shape of a spot, below pointed, bent down like a hook (= sepyra 

 HevK 130 a), or continued with a darkened end etc. In case the band of the forewing be greatly expanded, 

 'Miijasckiiu. -we have latifasciata Lathy before us ; if it is shortened, we have cacica Fldr. (= zinna Kg.) ; — it is narrower 

 callias ^^^ callias Fldr.; it may also be quite straight or slightly curved. These sub-races are not bound to certain 

 patriae. Specimens taken by Fassl in October near Mineu-o (Colombia) differ froin those from the Rio Dagua 

 by thek small size, a lighter red and a much smaller red spot at the middle ot the inner margin of the hind- 

 wing beneath, kuascar is not a common butterfly, but as it is conspicuous for its beauty and easy to 

 capture, it is nearly always contained in the Bogota-Collections probably mostly originating from Muzo 

 (Colombia). — The $ is not before me, but it presumably resembles that of jurgenseni (130 b). 

 junjcnacni. A. jurgenscni Sndrs. (= montezeuma Sndrs., erigone Bsd.) (130 b). In the q a series of spots with 



a magnificent bhie gloss lies behind the crimson band in the distal part of the hindwing; 2 with a white common 

 median band being marked in red at the beginning and end. Airal lobe of the hindwing red, marked in white 

 ululiualpa. and blue. From Central America to Mexico. — atahualpa Sndrs. (130 b) is quite similar and replaces the 

 species in Colombia; here the bluish-green spots of the upper smface are more intense, the red stripes more 

 bright red than crimson, the red spot in the anal lobe of the hindwing is absent altogether. The $ has only 

 the transverse loAver end of the white band on the hindwing bright red, not also a part of the rising band 

 as in jurgenseni. The species is local, but not rare at its habitats. 

 funnosU'il- A. formosissima Hew. {= venerabilis Stick.) (130 c). It somewhat resembles the $ of the preceding 



species, but the white median band is much broader, inflated in the middle, almost its whole part of the 

 hmdwuag above with a red tinge, beneath very bright red. Ecuador, Peru. In order to demonstrate that the 

 width of the bands is not constant in formosissima, I have pm'posely figured a narrow-banded specimen from 

 beireath and a broad-banded specimen from above. Between the two is Hewitsons type; I have at any rate 

 not seen two entirely equal specimens. Captured in August and September in la Merced (Peru) at an altitude 

 of 3000 m (SiMO>-s). 



A. aristodorus Mor. (130 c). Smaller, otherwise similarly coloru'ed a.s formosissima; the white median 

 band narrower, beneath continued m red. Amazon; the figiured specimen from Teffe (Ega) was taken in 

 Xovember 1907. The wanton destruction of the woods in the caoutchouc-districts at the banks of the 

 Amazon seems to have swept away particiilarh^ also the flymg-places of this butterflj^, for which reason it is 

 rare in collections. The 2 is not before me. 



A. inca Sndrs. (= lais Bsd.) (130 c). ^ with a golden-yellow oblique band of the forewing and black 

 hindwings with a blue reflection before the anaJ lobe. The $ may be like the ^, only with a broader, 

 more oblique band of the forewmg; this, however, may varjT in width, length and shape to such an extent that 

 there are scarcely two specimens alUie and it is impossible to maintain names for these deviations of the bands. 



*) The figured speeiuien ranks between typical mira and the (not definable) iriglitis. 



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