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beneath, on the other hand, this is occasionally more or less distinctly developed: ¢-ab. fasciata ab. nov. 
Hindwing beneath with yellow basal area, striped with black; rest of the hindwing, as well as the distal 
part of the forewing, at mest with traces of stripes. The 2° much larger than the ¢, the patch on the fore- 
wing similar, upper surface usually suffused with black proximally. On the underside the whole hindwing 
and the distal part of the forewing clay-yellow, striped with black, the yellow scaling especially dense in the 
cell and at the base of the hindwing; forewing with broad black band, which enters the extremity of the 
cell and reaches neither costal margin nor hinder angle; at the distal side or even inside the band mostly 
reddish scales, which often form a narrow band, sometimes distinct on the upper surface also. 
A. diceus. Blue-black, abdomen beneath often reddish. ¢: forewing with large triangular proximal 
area, which does not reach the apex of the cell and varies from orange-red to rose-red; the discal band is 
always present at least beneath and is placed much nearer to the extremity of the cell than to the apex 
of the wing. Hindwing above without markings, at most in aberrant examples with traces of red spots. 
The 2 paler and much larger than the g, similar to it in colouring, or the basal area of the forewing 
above darkened or suppressed and the always broad discal band yellow or white. Colombia to South-East 
Peru. The earlier stages unknown, although the species is in many places one of the commonest butterflies. 
LATREILLE’s description of diceus is very clear. Gopart, however, has mixed up several species under the 
name (changed into dice) and later authors (probably in consequence) have often misidentified the species. 
It is worthy of mention that the part of HumBotpr and BonpLann’s ‘“‘Recueil” which contains LATREILLE’s 
description of diceus as well as the excellent plate (pl. 42) is wanting in most examples of the work and 
hence has probably seldom been compared. — amida Hew. (Q = theogonia Weym.) (Slh). 3: discal band of 
the forewing broad, above scarcely paler than the proximal area, beneath, however, entirely yellow or only 
proximally slightly reddish. In the 9 the basal area is red-brown above, suffused with black, beneath purer 
red; the discal band yellow above and beneath. Sierra de Mérida in Venezuela and East Cordillera of Colombia. 
— diceus Latr. (¢ = dice Godt. part., aurantia Weym., olgae Rebel; 9 = albofasciata Therese nec Hew.) 
(Sl f). g: forewing at least beneath always with discal band more or less strongly developed, hindwing 
beneath striped with rose-red, this striping mostly confined to the basal part,.but often occupying the entire 
wing. The examples may be divided into 3 groups according to the development of the discal band: 
f. sinefascia form. nov., above entirely without discal band; f. diceus Lair., the discal band more or less 
developed above; f. confluens form. nov., the discal band beneath broadly confluent with the basal area, 
so that a black discocellular spot is isolated posteriorly and at the sides. These individual forms intergrade 
one into another. In addition examples occur in which the hindwing bears small red spots in and before the 
cell: g-ab. rubrosticta ab. nov. Wrymur’s description of aurantia fits f. diceus, but the figure given in Srt- 
BELS Reise’? seems to be incorrect. The 2 of dicews (81 f) is blue-black above and bears on the forewing 
a narrow yellow-white discal macular band; on the under surface the red basal area is present, but very 
much reduced. Central Cordillera of Colombia; both sexes found by A. H. Fasst on Monte Tolima at an altitude 
of 1700 m. Fresh 33 are bright red. — No diceus form is yet known from the West Cordillera of Colombia 
or from West Ecuador. — In north-eastern Ecuador flies napensis Jord. 3: upper surface with much weaker 
blue gloss than in diceus, the basal area reduced from its anterior part, the discal band narrow. Rio Napo. 
— albofasciata Hew. (¢ = rosaria Weym.) (81g 3). 3g: paler rose-coloured than in dicews and the blue gloss 
as weak as in napensis, the basal area reduced as in napensis, but the discal band always broad. The 
discal band of the 2 white, without a distinct yellow tone, somewhat straighter and distally less strongly 
notched at the veins; underside of the abdomen red. In south-eastern Ecuador: Rio Zamora, Rio Pastaza, 
etc., and perhaps also in North-East Peru. — thespias Weym. 3 as albofasciata 3, but the markings of the 
forewing above orange-red, not rose-coloured, the discal band beneath yellow, posteriorly widened and here 
usually united with the basal area above and beneath, the underside of the hindwing striped with grey- 
yellow at the base. The 9° figured in “Stisets Reise’: basal area red-brown, discal band light yellow, run- 
ning in a curve from the costal margin to the hinder angle; hindwing above grey-blue, with the exception 
of the distal margin. Central North Peru: district of Chachapoyas. — callianira Hbn. (81h). g: markings 
of the forewing above bright orange-red, discal band beneath distatly yellow, sometimes entirely red, some- 
times entirely yellow, rarely confluent with the basal area, the striping of the hindwing beneath on the disc 
somewhat more distinct than in thespias f. The 9 similar to the dg, paler and larger, on the upper surface 
with the basal area and discal band orange-red, the latter beneath usually for the most part yellow. Central 
East Peru: Pozuzo, Chuchuras, Chanchamayo. ab. stenia Jord. may be retained for examples in which the 
discal band is entirely yellow beneath; the name was originally erected for the Chanchamayo specimens, which, 
however, do not form a well defined subspecies. — euris Jord. In both sexes the black band which on the 
forewing separates the basal area from the discal band is broader than in the preceding form, the discal 
band beneath is entirely orange-red, at most with a slight yellow tinge. Underside of the hindwing entirely 
yellowish striped with grey, a short median band from the costal margin to the lower angle of the cell and a 
narrow, sharply defined marginal band black-brown. South-East Peru: Marcapata, Cuzco district, Carabaya. 
~ A, jucunda Jord. (81h) represents the preceding species in Bolivia, but has the cell of the forewing 
longer. Pronotum with orange spot on each side. Markings of the forewing similar to those of A. diceus 
curis, but more yellowish, the discal band broken up into spots, and in the 9 the basal area almost entirely 
fasciata. 
amida. 
diceus. 
sinefascia. 
confluens. 
rubrosticta. 
napensis. 
albofasciata. 
thespias. 
callianira. 
stenia. 
euris. 
jucunda. 
