678 PHAENOCHITONIA. By Dr. A. Seitz. 



wing and a similar transverse stripe in the hindwing. In specimens from Castro in Parana, a small fine 

 transverse stripe is at the cell-end of the forewing; in sj)ecimens from Villaprudente in the State of Sao 

 Paulo, a thick orange wedge stands here; in specimens from Ypiranga, the small band of the hindwing is 

 as thin as a hair, almost obliterated etc. It is of no use to denominate all these forms. — Not rare. 



hocchoris. Ph. bocchoris Hew. (134 i). Only an orange oblique band on the forewing. which is narrow and 



suavis. obsolete at both its ends, but better developed in suavis aS^'IcA. (134 i). South Brazil, rarer than the preceding 



species, but less local. 

 vittafa. Ph. vittata Stich. Both the wings with a broad orange band running beyond the middle from the 



costa as far as in front of the anal angle. Amazon. I cannot decide whether this species not lying before 

 suapure. me, as well as stiapure Weehs (from Venezuela) being likewise unknown to me in nature, belong into this 

 genus indeed. 

 crocostignta. ph. Cfocostlgma Bat. Shape as in sagaris (134h, i), forewing speckled dark with black transverse 



streaks. On the hindwing a richty orange-coloured, oblong transverse spot runs through the disc. Guiana 

 and Amazon. 



apoplecta. ph. apoplecta Bat. seems to be verj^ similar to crocostigma; upjDcr surface dark brown, speckled 



in blackish : near the border the dark spots form a submarginal row. Fringes at the apex white, otherwise 

 black. From the disc of the hindwing to the inner margin runs a saffron-coloured spot; Rio Tapajoz. 



basilUsa. Ph. basilissa Bat. Black, in the cell of the forewing begins au orange band running to the anal angle 



of the hindwing; this band is indented at the cell of the forewing and at the inner side on the hindwing, 

 which is not the case in sagaris. The animal hardly belongs into the same genus Avith cingulus etc., the body 

 is strong and the shape of the wings already approximates that of Syimnachia and Carta by the bulging 

 costa of the forewing and the long straight inner margin of the hindwing. Was described as Mesene. Para. 

 sagaris. Ph. sagaris Cr. ($ = satnius) (134 h,i). The typical form is rather small. In the (J an orange stripe 



begins directly above the middle of the inner margin of the forewing, running obliquely across the hindwing 

 and also the abdomen, so that its middle is orange, the base and end, however, being black. The 2 is 

 entirely different, it has broad wings and only on the forewing an orange-yellow oblique spot. It is undoubt- 

 edly altered by mimicry, in the same way as also the $ of Pana)ra phereclus looking quite different in the 

 same sex; the model to both of them are presumably certain oil-secreting Arctiidae. Typical sagaris parti- 

 cularly come from Guiana and the Amazon. There occiu-, however, also larger specimens, as I took them 

 tyriotcs. almost exclusively in South Brazil; this is theform tyriotes G. and S. (134 i). These generally have a narrower 

 band extending on the forewing upwards in a twisted point beyond the middle of the forewing; but there 

 are in South Brazil (probably also elsewhere) also specimens with a broader point ending more obtusely 



majorina. in the forewing; these were again detached as majorina Stick. (134 h) *). I remark yet that another sexual 

 dimorphism consists in the oblique band of the forewing appearing in the $ also beneath, though that 

 of the cj does not show through, the ^ being beneath entirely black, only with a light (unsealed) inner margin 

 of the forewing. — The name of niatronalis Stich. seems to refer to an aberration of the $, in which here 

 phrygania. or there a small ochreous spot appears on the hindwing. — ab. phrygania Stich. from Sao Paulo in Brazil 

 has narrower bands, otherwise like sat?iius (majorina Stich.), but the bands of the ^ are still broader than 

 in specimens from Cm-ityba. — The sagaris-^^ fly in the shade of the woods, on narrow roads, where the 

 rays of the sun pierce the leafy roof. I took them near Santos at two places where, whenever I passed 

 there, I always saw one male dancing about, which M'henever I had captured it, was always replaced 

 again on the next day by another flying at exactly the same place; I obtained the $$ only on ransacking 

 the bushes along the same load. 

 iasis. ph. iasis Goc^m. (134 i). Larger than sagram- and easily discernible by the orange stripe on the hindwing 



not extending as far as to the posterior margin nor across the abdomen, but terminating obtusely soon 

 below the middle of the hindwing. Besides the wings exhibit a beautiful dark-blue reflection on both surfaces. 

 Of course, the same variations occur here as in sagaris; thus, for instance, the spot of the forewing in the 

 specimen I figured is much rounder than in the one from Godmans collection, figured in the Trans. Ent. 

 Soc. Lond. 1903 t. 22 fig. 7. Whoever wants to disseminate diverse names as this has been done in sagaris, 

 may introduce further denominations here. 



pluio. Ph. pluto Stich. (142 b). Shape and size like in the preceding; but above in the middle of the 



hindwing there is a large hemochrome spot and the back of the abdomen is of a bright hemochrome behind 

 the middle. Colombia. 



*) According to an investigation having been published in the meantime, Stichel corrects his former explanation 

 of this species by stating that satnius Dalm. does not represent the $ of typical sagaris, but that of his majorina, so that the 

 satnius. name of majorina Stich. would have to be replaced by satnius Dalm. tyriotes G. & 5. is said to be a form of crocostigma, 

 without the orange band of the hindwing. — Stichel supposes our figure of tyriotes (134 i) to be approximating satnius Dalvi. 

 (his majorina). In fact, the original was collected only 3 hours by train from the finding-place of tjTpical (J (J of satnius, 

 near Sao Paulo. From Curityba there is a specimen before me (Paris Museum), in which the orange band is still narrower 

 and, at the anal part of the liindwing. entirely obliterated: the; more attempts are made to denominate all these deviations 

 of the habitats, the greater grows the confusion. 



