PuW. 16. TI. 1917. SISEME. By Dr. A. Seitz. 697 



E. peruviana Lathy (137 a). Size of the preceding, but the upper surface of the wings greyish- peruviana. 

 brown; beneath the colouring of the forewings is rusty-red in the apical and costal parts, otherwise greyish- 

 browTi. The black transverse streaks and dots mostly arranged in rows. Peru. 



E. temesa Hew. (137 a) is still somewhat smaller, the upper surface darker, so that the dark trans- ieme.fa. 

 verse streaks are less distinct. Distinguishable fi'om the preceding by the bright brown-red under surface 

 which is coloured almost like in progne, but darkened at the distal margin. From Ecuador. — emesine Stgr. emesine. 

 are specimens from Pebas (Peru) with a red-brownish apex of the forewing above. 



E. zela Btlr. (136 h). This common Mexican species being reported also from Colombia and Venezuela zela. 

 and, therefore, probably also occurring in Central America, has very pointed forewings and also a pointed 

 anal part of the hindwing. Recognizable by the postmedian band above being brightened up in the forewing 

 by a light greyish-brown, in the hindwing of a rusty-yellow colour. Under surface yellowish-red, similar as 

 in mandana. 



E. ares H. Ediv. (136 h). Forewing dark brown with numerous small dark transverse bows; in the ares. 

 hindwing the whole costal half is of a burning red-yellow colour. North Mexico, Arizona. — cleis IF. H. Ediv. clel^i. 

 (136 h), also from Mexico and the adjoining Arizona, is lighter and more sparsely striated, but hardly different. 

 — Hereto may also belong toltec Eeak., unknown to me, in which the costal-marginal part of the hindwing is (oUec. 

 no more rusty red, but similarly coloured as the rest of the wing. Likewise from Mexico; common. 



E. cypria Fldr. (136 i) has the shape of tenedia (136 g), the forewing, however, exhibits a honey- cyprki. 

 jrellow oblique band ending in the (J taperingly, in the 2 broadly in the anal angle. North-western parts 

 of South America; common. — paphia Fld7\ is the northern form from Central America and Mexico, the jMphia. 

 oblique band brownish, broader, always regularly defined. In the $ the dark transverse markings above, at 

 least those near the base, are less distinct and the oblique band is duller ochreous. — ab. capnodis Stick, captwdh. 

 (137 a) is a not rare aberration with a dull brownish oblique band of the forewing; in some places, as for 

 instance near Onaca (Sa. Martha, Colombia), it flies together with typical cypria. 



E. lacrines Hew. Here the oblique band of the forewing is bright yolk-coloured, a small oblong- lacrine^. 

 ovate band extends from the costa to the upper median vein; the shape and size is that of mandana. Under 

 surface bright brownish-yellow, towards the base greyer; $ similar to the ($, duller, the oblique band more 

 ochreous than orange-yellow. From Chontales (Nicaragua). 



E. guppyi Kaye (142 a) has somewhat the exterior of a small cypria, but the oblic^ue band of the guppyi. 

 forewing is here not orange-coloured, but dark brown, only quite faintly lighter than the ground-colour. 

 On the under surface, however, the oblique band is distinctly orange-yellow on a red-brown gromid. The 

 black transverse dots only insignificant. Colombia, Venezuela; described from the Isle of Trinidad. 



E. heterochroa Hpffr. (136 i). As large as cypria or larger, easily discernible by the yellow band heierochrca. 

 of the forewing being broadened as far as near the distal margin, but being lengthways intersected by a 

 dark nebulous band. Peru, Bolivia; not particularly rare. 



75. Genus: Siseine Ww. 



This genus contains extremely variable species. S. alectryo which is before me in about 200 specimens 

 varies at every habitat in constant deviations, so that dozens of new forms might be described among the 

 material before me consisting of far more than 1000 Siseme from the most various habitats. The Siseme 

 are all small, elegantly marked, but mostly dark-grey coloiu-ed butterflies with a median band through both 

 the wings. The head is broad, the forehead flatly arched, the eyes large, the palpi long but closely 

 appressed to the head, so that they are not distinctly projecting on being seen from above. Antennae of 

 more than half the length of the costa, gradually thickened at the ends to a feeble spindle. The Siseyne are 

 lively animals fond of flying in the sun on the slopes of mountains, where they come to the water in the 

 morning and are easily taken there. 



A. Border of the hindwing convex bulging out. 



S. peculiaris Drc. (133 a) blackish greyish-brown; the forewings with small white oblique bands, the pecuUaris. 

 hindwing with a white longitudinal oval showing a different shape at every habitat. Peru, particularly on 

 the Pozuzo not rare at altitudes of 800 to 1000 m. The white spot of the hindwing mostly extends beneath 

 to the base. 



S. alectryo Ww. (133 b). Blackish bluish-grey, in the centre of both wings a joint white fusiform alectryo. 

 band; between it and the apex of the forewing a small white oblique band being often indistinctly defined, 

 between it and the border of the hindwing a similar, small, band-like spot; in the anal part of the hind- 

 wing 2 red, often confluent maculae. Colombia and North Brazil, as far as Bahia. — tantilla Thm. (133 b) tantnia. 

 has instead of the white distal spots only light grey, more linear brightenings traversing the whole hindwing 

 as blurred lines; it also flies in Colombia, but different habitats from those of typical alectryo, as for instance 



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