716 THAROPS. By Dr. A. Seitz. 



glaphyra. A. glaphyra Wiv. (140 h) greatly approximates the Thisbe, also in tlie shape of the wings (preanal 



tooth of the hindwing) and in the shape and marking of the $, so that it might better be added to Tk. molela. 

 rj similar to the 2, the latter like molela, but the wings from the white band to the base of the M'ings bliiish- 



campicola. grey. Under surface white, with golden-brown markings. South Brazil and Paraguay. — campicola form, 

 nov. (140 h) from Corrientes differs bj' a bright yellowish-brown marginal band of both wings and by a con- 

 modesta. siderable size. — modesta Mang. is smaller, the shades in the proximal half of the wings are duller and scarcer, 

 and the white spots before the border of the hindwing are smaller; Para-guay and the adjoining part of Brazil. — 

 Not rare. 

 zygia. A. zygia Hhii. (= caletor Dalm.) (140 g). Dark brown, with white and yellow dots, hindwing of the 



(J with a white colouring of the anal part, being continued upwards by golden-yellow ; in the $ an irregularlj' 

 shaped band runs from the centre of the forewing to the proximal margin of the hindwing. Guiana and Vene- 

 zuela to the Amazon. Guiana-JrJ differ from the (figured) Ama<zon-form by the yellow not being defined from 

 chea. the white of the anal part of the hindwing. The 9 varies still more; in the form chea Hew. (140 g as epione) 

 the band of the hindwing is narrow and that of rhe forewing continued to the costa by a small oblique band; 

 caliginea. Bolivia, Amazon, inhabiting with typical $$ the same district, but other flying-places. — caliginea Btlr. is 

 a Mexican butterfly known to me only from the figure; it exhibits above only yet traces of the white, i. e. 

 small chains of postdiscal spots on the forewing and an obliterated median diffuse spot on the hindwing; its 

 egaensis. position is not quite certain, since the figure and description are not very exact. — $-form egaensis Btlr. 

 (= amasis Hetv.), occurring not only on the Amazon, but also beside the other forms in Guiana, has a dull 

 brown ground-colour and a uniformly cvurvecl, uninterrupted white band from the middle of the costa of the 

 forewing reaching close to the front of the inner margin of the hindwing. epione Godt. refers to South Brazilian 

 specimens that do not differ more from those from the Amazon than the latter differ among each other; of 

 16 specimens before me from Itaituba there are not 2 entirely alike; some belong to the form baroptenosa Stick. 

 (more yellow dots of the forewing than white ones, $ like a chea but the band of the forewing without the 

 strangulation in the middle); peristera Stick.: in the forewing more white dotting, only the discal arep^- slightly 

 dotted in yellowish, without the blackish-brown spot in the anal angle of the hindwing; from Bolivia. — Many 

 such forms could be established from the copious material at hand. 

 agave. A. agave G. c& S. (142 i). Likewise very variable; greyish red-brown, with dark spots; the distal 



part of the hindwing mixed with rusty-red. Forewing with 2 white spots, the costal one being small, the discal 

 one larger; hindwing with a broad white band not reaching as far as the inner margin. Costa Rica to Colombia, 

 the figured specimen from the Chiriqui in the Coll. Bang-Haas. The ^ differs from the figured $ by the costal 

 of the forewing being very small and the anal part of the otherwise brown hindwing snow-white. There are, 

 however, also $$ that resemble these ^^J, but are larger and somewhat more greydsh-brown than red-brown. 

 Rare; in thinly wooded savannas. 



leucogonia. A. leiicogonia Stick. Unknown to me; is not compared with anj' of the species known. The description 



runs thus: 1 (^ from the Rio San Juan in Colombia; wings above brown, basal half darker, proximal dots, 

 an angled discal transverse line, a row of dark small submarginal dots, hindwing with an oblong white anal 

 spot. Under surface whitish, forewing with grey scales: proximal dot, row of discal dots and submarginal 

 spots dark. 



93. Genus : Tharops Hbn. 

 The butterflies of this genus are characterized by the very robust structure, the broad thorax, the 

 uncommonly compact shape, the relatively short costal margin of the thick and hard wings. Only in the Gen. 

 diurn. Lep. some are placed to Lemonias, otherwise they have always been dealt with separately owing to their 

 deviating habitus. They have a somewhat whizzing, Hesperid-like flight and, in daj-^-time in the sunshine, 

 they visit blossoms on which they sit with their wings spread horizontalh^. Most of them exhibit, at least in 

 the male, bright metallic colours with a very glaring lustre in the sun ; in contrast with most of the other Ery- 

 cinidae, some Tkarops are common butterflies. 



hchrus. Th. hebrus Cr. (= pelidna Hbn.) (138 d). In the ^ the forewings are above spotted in a metallic 



blue; the hindwings entirely blue except the black-marked costal margin and apex. In the anal region a white 

 brightening which, however, is covered so much with lustrous scales that it also shines blue in the sun. The 

 9 is sepia-brown, with a red-shining apical area of the forewings; before this a blackish cloud behind which, 

 at the costa, there often stands a small light spot. Guiana and the Amazon District. In Colombian ^(^ the 

 white of the hindwing is increased; in Bolivian specimens the white does not only cover half the hindwing, 



ergines. but it is also purer and rectilinearly cut off towards the metallic-spotted basal and apical parts ; this is ergines 

 ion. iorm. nov. — On the contrary, ion Ww. (138 d) from Para exhibits the white of the male hindwing confined 



gemma, to the anal fold, the black apex of the forewing being unspotted. — gemma form. nov. (138 d) is the extreme 

 form; the forewings have an entirely black costal half and of the white of the hindwing nothing whatever is 

 noticeable. This form differs also entirely beneath from the typical form being blackish-dotted on a whitish- 

 grey ground; its under surface is bestrewn with rustj -brown squares. In very dry districts, such as near Cara- 

 cicula. baya. — cicuta Hew. is presumably also only a form of kebrus. The ^ is above of a lustrous light-blue, sparselj^ 

 dotted in black, the apex of both wings and the base of the hindwings thickly black; $ dark brown, like that 



