theophila. 
alcione. 
salmonea. 
sodalis. 
messeres. 
corduba. 
leucomelas. 
ozomene. 
calimene. 
granadina. 
reducta. 
gabrielae. 
cleasa. 
362 AOTINOTE. By Dr. K. Jorpan. 
with the large tributary of the Amazon of the same name); only 2 gg in the Tring Museum. — theophila 
Dogn. (81 ¢). Perhaps specifically distinct. Abdomen orange, above rather broadly black. The area of the fore- 
wing orange, extending from the base to the lower angle of the cell and on the disc beyond it; a narrow 
discal macular band is often present and many examples have also a spot between the apex of the cell 
and the band. South-East Ecuador: Loja, Zamora, etc. — alcione Hew. (82d). Quite similar to melina, 
but the area of the forewing somewhat larger and, like the narrow discal macular band, very pale grey- 
yellow, paler than in any other form of this species. The under surface lighter than in melina, densely striped 
with gray-yellow. North-East Ecuador: Rio Napo. — The 4 following forms perhaps constitute a separate 
species. In them the discal band of the forewing is more strongly developed and is orange-red, like the large 
proximal area. In salmonea Jord. the discal band is about 14% to 14 as broad as the black interspace which 
separates it from the proximal area. The latter extends to the base of the upper median vein, occasionally 
there is also a spot before this vein. The dark parts of the upper surface have a faint blue tinge. Found in North 
Peru, to the south-east cf Chachapoyas. — sodalis Bélr. (81 d), from Central East Peru (Ucayali, Chanchamayo, 
etc.), is somewhat brighter orange-red than salmonea and the discal band on the whole somewhat broader. — 
messeres Jord., from South-East Peru (Carabaya), has the underside of the hindwing somewhat lighter 
than in sodalis, and in particular the wing is less broadly blackish round the apex of the cell. — corduba Hew. 
(81 b), the form from Bolivia, is distinguished by the basal area on the upperside of the forewing not extend- 
ing to the upper median vein, while on the other hand the discal band reaches the lower median vein. 
c) ozomene Group. 
The bristles on the underside of the hindwing confined to the cell-fold and veins. Upper radial of both 
wings from the cell. Abdomen black, beneath often light-spotted (in the 9 of A. callianthe largely red). 
A. leucomelas Bates (= orizava Reak., leucomelaena Dew., ¢ = nox Bates) (81d). g above black-blue; 
forewing beneath with large yellow-white proximal area, extending to the apex of the cell; hindwing with 
small yellow-white spot at the base. 92 bluish black, with yellow-white macular band in the middle of the 
forewing ; beneath the band much broader and the veins intersecting it less broadly black. — A purely Central 
American species, which is distributed from Mexico to the Chiriqui in Panama. 
A. ozomene. Represents the preceding species in Colombia and Ecuador; easy to distinguish by the 
yellowish red colour of the basal area of the forewing above and beneath. 3 above black-blue; the crange-red 
basal area either unicolorous or distally pale yellow; beneath the basal area is more or less extended pale 
yellow, but always remains yellow-red at the base. The area is very variable in size above, but beneath 
always extends nearly to the lower angle of the cell. Q bluish black, with large yellow-red. proximal area, 
which is distally pale yellow and above more or less reduced from the base onwards, but at least beneath 
extends to the base; cn the under surface the hindwing and the distal part of the forewing dirty yellow- 
grey, striped with black. The larva, of which A. H. Fasst has sent us two blown examples, is almost pure 
black above and light (probably in life green-yellow) beneath; the two colours sharply defined. -Head and 
thoracic legs black; the lateral spines placed in the light part light at the base, the others dark with 
lighter base and pale bristles, and about three times as long as the distance between two dorsal: bristles on the 
same segment. Pupa chalk-white, with black spines and black markings; the spines longer than the space 
between the two spines on the same segment. The spines are placed at the upper edge of a longitudinal 
band of black markings, a similar band immediately below the stigmata, and on the ventral side three pos- 
teriorly opened ellipses; the spaces between these bands with a few fine streaks and dots of the same 
colour; cremaster entirely black. The species is very common. — ozomene Godé. (8le, f; the names of 8le 
fig. 4 and 5 are reversed). 3: underside of the hindwing with small pale yellow basal spot, the rest of the 
hindwing without yellowish stripes. 9: underside of the hindwing and of the apex of the forewing dirty 
grey-yellow, striped with black. In g-ab. calimene Rebel and in g-ab. granadina Rebel the proximal area of 
the forewing beneath is entirely red, in ab. granadina in addition the base of the hindwing more broadly yellow. 
The red basal area of the upper surface is reduced in 3-ab. reducta ab. nov. to a spot only 5—7 mm. in length. 
ozomene occurs.in Central and West Colombia and is common in. “Bogota collections’, but I am not aware 
whether it is really found in the East Cordillera of Colombia. — gabrielae Rebel differs in the 3 in having 
somewhat less of the blue gloss. In the 2 the brown-red colour cf the proximal area of the forewing above 
is somewhat reduced. West Ecuador: Balsabamba, Agua Santa, Paramba. — cleasa Hew. (= catopasta Jord.) 
has even less blue gloss on the upper surface of the 3. Beneath the hindwing of the ¢ is striped with yellow- 
grey with the exception of a central band; some examples, however, show scarcely a trace of these stripes 
(except for the basal. patch). The red-brown on the upperside of the forewing in the @ is strongly reduced : 
and sometimes almost entirely absent, in which ease the proximal area above is fused into a macular band. 
In south-western and southern Ecuador: Chimbo, Zaruma, Zamora. 
A. stratonice. Black, with slight blue gloss. ¢: forewing with large orange median area, which at least 
