682 CARIA. By Dr. A. Seitz. 



threissa. S. threissa Hew. (128 e) is a larger species, the forewings without red, only in front of the cell- 



end a white cuneiform spot; in the hindwing the cell is red-brown. Nicaragua. Rare. 

 jiigurfha. S. jugurtha Stgr. (128 f). Forewing black with much white forming in the centre of the wing a large 



costal triangle and behind it a macular band. The inner margin of the forewing and 2 thick rays in the 

 hindwing bright red. Colombia. Rare. 

 aconia. S. aconia Hew. has the red inner marginal stripe of both wings like in jugurtha, but the white in 



the black forewing is rediiced to some minute splashes, and the red wedge below the costa of the hindwing 

 is absent. Bolivia. Rare. 

 mh-on. S. miron S711. has the forewings quit^e similar to jug^irfha, but the hindwing is uniformly red, only 



narrowly margined in black. Ecuador. 

 nrr-iimfrLr. S. accusatrix Ww. (128 f). Forewing black ($ blackish brown) in the costal part very much spotted 



in white. The $ has white and reddish dots in the disc, in the ^ the costal part of the hindwing is 

 scarlet red. Central America to the Amazon. Rare. 

 probetor. S. probetof Stoll (= probetrix Hbn.) (128 g). Quite black, only in the middle of the costa of the fore- 



astiama. wing a small white wedge, and along the costa of the hindwing a red stripe. — In the form astiama for7n. nov. 

 helii. (128 g) the white is absent in the forewing; from Guiana and the Amazon. — ■ In belti G. and /S. being some- 

 what smaller than typical 'prohetor the $ has reddish-yellow, instead of white, small spots in the fore- 

 wing. Colombia. I do not know of any authentically patented model to this species, but in the form astiama 

 (with quite dark forewings) the species already resembles some other Erycinidae, such as Euselasia gelon-,^ 

 (= sabinus Stoll, t. 121 b) and Xenandra heliodes-^ (131 i). 

 rhniiipioni. S. champiotii G. and S. greatly resembles pi'ohetor, but the forewings are more blackish-green with 



a black-spotted base; the $ is on the whole darker. Mexico and the adjoining parts of Central America. Rare. 

 frilei.«iriga. S. falcistfiga Stich. (128 g) flies on the Lower Amazon and in Guiana together with homochromous 



Caria-s'pecies. It is black, above with a greenish lustre, hardly well discernible from a Caria. Thus the two 

 last-mentioned species form the transition to the mimetic forms. The figured specimen of this species is in 

 the Paris Museum and originates from the Maroni River. 



B. Mimetic species. Forewing longer, more pointed, the costa bent uniformly. 



iriangiilarifi. S. triangularis Thm. (128 h). By the oblique orange stripe on the black ground of the forewing it 



reminds us of nunierous smaller Arctiids with the same scheme of colouring, and of just as numerous imita- 

 tors of these Arctiids, several of which belong to the Erycinidae, but apparently also Geometrids which other- 

 wise sujjply but few examples of mimicry are concerned in this imitation. Colombia. 

 iricolor. S. tricolor Hew. (128 g). Beside the median band running across the abdomen (as described in sagaris), 



hcdouiaiuii. we find here yet 4 small orange distal bands. Amazon and Colombia. ■ — hedemanni FIdr. (= niciades Bsd.) 

 (134 i) has all the bands lighter yellow and the distal ones shortened to oval spots. Central America. — These 

 forms are homochromous with Heterocera as well as with Erycinidae from the genera Baeotis, Nymphidium etc. 

 Rare. 

 riia. S. rita Stgr. (128 g). In the exterior it resembles falcistriga above, but the costal part of the hindwing 



exhibits a lustrous blue, whereby it becomes similar to certain Thecla, and, of the Erycinidae, to certain Euse- 

 Jasia. The tiny animals are rare. Beneath they resemble, like the somewhat similar S. falcistriga, certain species 

 of CJiaris. The figure has been done according to a specimen from Iquitos. 



56. Genus: Caria Hbn. 



In the shape of the compact, robust body and of the costa of the forewing projecting arcuately before 

 the middle, in the flight and habits, a swell as in the veins of the wings, there is hardly any difference to be 

 noticed between this genus and the chief group of Symmachia (i. e. those species that are not deformed 

 by mimicry). Godman and Salvin. however, emphasize differences in the sexual organs of the ^^, and ever 

 since the two genera are separated afar in the catalogues. The Caria generally have a dark upper surface which, 

 however, is more or less ornamented with golden scales of a magnificent green reflection ; the under surface 

 sometimes exhibits a con.spicuous red, particular^ in the cell of the forewing. The $$ show a decided re- 

 lationship of the genus with the Emesis which, however, deviate from them in a different direction of develop- 

 ment, from the previously mentioned Mesene. so that the relationship cannot be described in a continous line. 

 The Caria described hitherto are probably only vicarioiis forms of few species. The animals sit, with their 

 wings spread, on sandy banks and are rather timid. 

 iiunifinea. C. matititiea FIdr. (135 e). Beside lampeto the largest species. Above at the base of the forewing 



and in the disc dusted with a metallic bluish-green, and a faintly lustrous, straight line before the distal mar- 

 gin. Of a brighter bluish-green lustre is an imdulated submarginal cloud at the hindwdng. Under sm-face sooty 



