CYRENIA; NECYRIA. By Dr. A. Seitz. 669 



The band is nearly always continued also on the hindwing which then, howevei-, exhibits frequently onl3' a 

 small orange-yellow triangle in the centre of the oosta. We also figure a specimen (from beneath) in which 

 the orange band traverses broadly the whole hindtving above and beneath, ending broadly at the inner margin. 

 Mexico and Central America to Colombia. ■ — In ocollo Sndrs. (= pausias Fldr.) (130 c, d) the light yellow ocoUo. 

 narrow band runs through both the wings also in the ^. Colombia. 



A. palchra Hew. (130 d). Forewing of the (J with a red. very oblique band-like spot; hindwing with pidchra. 

 a band-shaped blue reflection being parted by the veins. Peru, Ecuador. ■ — In miranda Heic. (130 d) from nnranda. 

 Bolivia the spot of the forewing is vermilion instead of miniate, more upright and with an outwardly convex 

 distal margin. The blue iridescent .spot of the hindv.dng is cuneiform. — sogamuxi Fassl represents miranda soyamuxi. 

 in Colombia; the band oi the forewing is shaped like in miranda, but not of such a glaring colour and not 

 so sharply defined; the blue band of the hindwing is narrower and very brilliant. ■ — In the form xanthozona xanthozonu. 

 Stick.' from Peru the spot of the forewing is orange. — In formosa Heiv. from Ecuador the red spot of the iormosa. 

 fore.ving is narrower, the blue spot of the hindwing broader than in miranda. — Not very rare. 



38. Genus: Cyreiiia Wtv. 



Clumsy, stoutly built animals with broad wings, the forewings hav^e not the long-extended apical part 

 of the preceding group. Metal colours are absent, but there are white central clouds and hemochrome lu- 

 mmous spots. The colouring is otherwise insignificant. The butterflies are rather rare, being distribuied 

 from Panama throughout Colombia and the Amazon district to Bolivia. 



C. martia Wiv. (130 d). Very likely all the forms of tliis genus, except belphegor Ww. from the Ama- mart'm. 

 zon being unknown to me, belong to one species, as they are distinguished by the size and intensity of the "^'P'^S'"'- 

 white spot of the hindwing. — pyrippe Godm. and Salv. is the smaller form from Panama; it has shorter, pyrippe. 

 rounder hind wings than marcia, their marking being hardly visible, the white discal spot obsolete. — ab. 

 androgyne Sfich. is, according to the author's figure, the form without the white spot of the hindwing. It andro'jync. 

 is, however, impossible to found s, subspecies upon it, because specimens with entirely grey hindwings rarely 

 occur everywhere among the original species and there are, on the other hand, also specimens from Bolivia 

 possessing the white spot of the hindwing. 



39. Genus: Xecyria Ww. 



The forms belonging to this genus exactly agree with the preceding genus in the structure of the body; 

 the broad head with the vaulted forehead beyond which the bent-up palpi are hardly projecting, the short, 

 laterally glariuglj" coloured abdomen, the bright red spots of the wings which are at least beneath always 

 present, the antennae attaining a length of more than half the costa and being scarcely thickened at the tips, 

 as well as the whole habitus join the genus to the preceding Cyrenia as well as to the following Lyropteryx. 

 From Cyrenia and Ancyluris, however, they are distinguished by the regular shape of the wings, the hind- 

 wings exhibiting neither angulations nor the formation of lobes or tails. It seems that the genus consists of but 

 very few, extremely variable species. At least the three frequently occurring species show that constant forms 

 are living at the single flying-places, but that specimens of the same species from two different flying-places 

 are hardly ever equal. Also in the habits the Necyria seem to resemble the preceding genera; they certainly 

 remain very much hidden like these. 



N. bellona. This species is above black with a dull steel-gloss which grows more intense only in the 

 marginal part of the hindwings, where it forms radiate pointed wedges. Also beneath it is much duller than 

 in the Ancyluris and is sometimes altogether absent in the disc of the hindwing. Beneath there are hemo- 

 chrome band-like spots. — In whyteliana Drc. (129 b) flying in Peru and recently brought in great numbers n-hytdiana. 

 from Pozuzo these spots may also show through above, though the male upper surface is often without true 

 red bands ; only below the middle of the inner margin on the hindwing a hemochrome spot faintly shows through 

 from beneath, in some specimens, as in the figured one, it is scarcely noticeable. Stichel denotes such spe- 

 cimens Avithout any red on the upper surface as forma obliterata. — la westwoodi Hpffr. (129 b) this inner mar- obUterafa. 

 gmal spot is already more distinct, and also on the forewing a small costal cell-end-band shows through above. "^'^^''^'"O"'- 

 From Marcapata being separated from Bolivia only by a narrow range of hills. — In enyo form. nov. (129 b, c), cnyo. 

 from the interior of Bolivia, the red bands do not only show through from beneath, but they are also above 

 glaring hemochrome running as an uninterrupted chain of spots on the hindwing as far as to its centre. — 

 In the typical bellona Ww. (129 c) from Bolivia, the adjoining Brazil and the southern parts of Peru they hcUona. 

 are greatly expanded, beneath particularly on the hindwing, above on the forewing. The butterflies are local, 

 but not rare. 



N. duellona W. (129 c). The blue lustre is confined to a macular band, but of a much more luminous dta-Uona. 

 metallic colour than in bellona, warming into greenish, and the red inner marginal spot of the under surface 

 of the hindwing is oviform. Ecuador. 



N. saundersi Hew. (= hewitsonii Sndrs.) (129 c). Also the 2 has the blue, brilliant macular chain saioidtrsL 

 on the upper surface of the hindwings. The forewing exhibits a light red band being in the $ bright light red 

 and traversing the whole forewing as far as towards the anal angle, whereby the species is distinguished from 



