720 ARICORIS. By Dr. A. Seitz. 



so that Stichel left it solely in the genus as being not congenerous, whereby it woiald become necessary to 

 eliminate all the other Aricoris without exception from the genus. It probably suffices to distinguish 2 groups. 

 As in the preceding genus, the palpi are somewhat projecting in the (J, in the Q long, thin, lowered at the ends. 

 The body of the (J is slim, in the $, however, uncommonly stout for a day-butterfly. The antennae are in the 

 $ filiform, at the ends unnoticeably thickened, in the rj with small clubs being noticeable above. In the shape 

 of the wings and in the veins both sexes of Ariccris differ from one another much more tha.n the genus itself 

 deviates from most of tlie other Erycinid-genera ; only ii'om the preceding genus they deviate by the subcostal 

 and the upper radial of the hindwing branching off before the cell-end, instead of far behind it as in Stalachtis. 

 The few forms I observed flew in the open country, most of them presumably occur in the forest. They are 

 mostly rare and so incompletely known, that of many only one sex is known and one ha.rdly knows how the 

 sexes belong together. 

 epitus. A. epitus Cr. (= cepha F., epiphanis Stick., <^ = bias F., jaera Hhn., eataleuca H.-Schaff.) (141 h). 



The (J is above ciuite black with a dull blue reflection, beneath blackish-brown with a whitish -powdered border, 

 resembling a homochromous Euselasia, sometimes of this species, sometimes of that species, according to the 

 (great) variability of its size. The $ has an orange basal part of the wings and in the distal part of the fore- 

 cephisa. wing a large, bone-j^ellow oval which is broadly confluent with the basal yellow in the 2-form cephisa Stick, 

 paroemia. (141 h). — In paroetTiia Stick, it runs band-shaped through the distal part of the forewing and extends in a 

 thin costal stripe as far as the base of the wing whereby the appearance of a Metkonella-'^ is feigned. On the 

 whole, the marking is variable; the bone-white and orange-yellow parts vary in size at every habitat, being 

 in Guiana-specimens sometimes large, sometimes small, sometimes also discoloured to vvhitish. This species 

 seems to be by far the most common Aricoris. 



dixparUts. A. disparilis Bat. ^ very much like that of lagus (141 k), but without the white on the upper surface 



of the hindwings (which, moreover, seems to be absent also in all the continental lagus) and beneath with an 

 irregular orange spot at the base of the hindwing. The $ has about the scheme of markings of epitus-'^ (141 h). 

 but the white oblique band of the forewing is narrower, and the basal area of both wings yellow instead of red. 

 From the Rio Tapajoz. 

 gelasine. A. gelasine Bat. (141 i). (J above black with a bright blue reflection and an irregular white discal spot. 



5 similar to that of disparilis, but the oblique band of the forewing likewise lemon-coloured. Beneath the dark 

 margin of the hindwing is dotted in white. Colombia and Amazon; often in the so-called Bogota-collections, 

 probably from Muzo or Cundinamarca. 



vujHis. A. myrtis Wiv. ^ scarcely differing from the preceding; 9? that seem to me to belong to myrtis, have 



more yellow than gelasine, so that the yellow oblique spot of the forewing touches the yellow basal part of the 

 forewing; hindwing with a narrower black margin. Amazon, Colombia. — Stichel considers myrtis and gelasine 

 to be subforms of one species which is not unlikely, if the variability of most of the Aricoris is taken into con- 

 sideration. 



huUeri. A. butlcri Bat. (141 i). The ^ resembles that of salvini (141 k), but above the white spot of the fore- 



wing is smaller, the blue duller, beneath there is no honey-yellow basal spot of the hindwing. The $ resembles 

 that of gelasine, but the forewing has no yellow in the basal part, but only the small yellow oblique band. Tapajoz. 

 Statjdinger believes that it belongs to lagus as a special form of it. 



epilecla. A. epilecta Stick. UnknowTi to me. (J like velutina (141 k), black with a velvety blue reflection, the 



forewings more obtuse, the hindwings more oval. Beneath the cell of the forewing is filled with ochreous yellow, 

 the hindwing with a reddish ochreous-brown costal area. $ with an ochreous-yellow band-shaped spot which 

 is tinged reddish towards its proximal margin. Hindwings orange-red with a dark margin. Peru. 



vehdina. A. velutina Btlr. (141 k). (J above velvety black with a bright blue reflection, beneath dark browm, 



at the border broadly brightened up, but not whitish as in epitus. The 5? are entirely black and have only 

 on the forewing a pale orange oblique band rumiing from the middle of the costa to the anal angle. 



hiicMcyi. A. buckleyi S))i. The q is beneath immediately distinguishable from the similar velutina by white, 



often triangular, small spots standing before the border and by long yellowish-brown rays extending from the 

 base of both wings as far as beyond the centre of the wings. The $ is above blackish-brown with a large orange 

 oblique spot of the forewing, begiiming broadly at the costa, then growing narrower and terminating in front 

 of the anal angle rounded off saociformly. Ecuador. 



p7iaedo>i. A. phaedotl Godm. Above the ^J resembles velutina (141 k), blackish-brown, with a violet reflection. 



Under surface lustrous dark-bro-mi, between the veins ochreous. 5 black, with a similar broad, but more ochreous 

 and more regular band-spot of the forewing. Beneath the border of the hindwing is marked in white. Ecuador. 

 M(7)(.-i. A. lagus Cr. (= persephatte Godt., $ = peta.via Fldr., inquinata Btlr.) (141 k). (J with tiny, dark discal 



spots on a black ground of a blue reflection. Characteristic is the under surface being whitish-grey traversed 

 by brown veins. In the hindwing a brown nebulous stripe extends from the proximal margin to the distal margin. 

 The $ is blackish-brown with an orange-j^ellow, but sometimes also bone-white oblique band of the forewing. 



