ACTINOTE. By Dr. K. Jorpan. 367 
A. desmiala Jord. Nearly allied to eresia. $: forewing above black with orange-red basal area, which 
is placed between costal margin and lower submedian, extends furthest distad in the cell, where it reaches 
the point ef origin of the lower median vein and is truncate; a broad discal band of the same colour 
from the costal vein to the lower submedian, reaching the latter nearly at the hinder angle and touching 
the lower angle of the cell, the proximal margin of this band anteriorly twice inbent, then almost entirely 
straight, its distal margin obtusely angled at the middle radial and notched both at this vein and at the 
lower median. Hindwing likewise black, with a broad diffuse median band, which enters into the cell and is 
posteriorly extended nearly to the base and the anal angle, the anterior and posterior part of this band 
grey-yellow, the middle part orange-red, the veins and interneural folds black. On the under surface the 
forewing as above, but the orange markings paler, the discal band distally bordered with yellowish white 
and the distal margin shaded with deep orange. Hindwing as in eresia leptogramma, but without light scaling 
proximally to the cell and at the costal margin, the light median band broader, and the distal margin 
sprinkled with orange-red scales, which form a distinct line. — Archidona, North-East Ecuador, 1 g in the 
British Museum. 
A. laverna Dd/. (82 e). Palpus, collar and breast pure black. Forewing as in the following species with 
orange basal area and discal band, the costal margin black to the base, the last spot of the discal band (placed 
below the Ist median vein) small; the black stripes of the hindwing broad, the broad black distal margin 
not very sharply defined. On the under surface the discal band yellow or yellowish, lighter than the basal 
area and longer than above; hindwing (as in 4A. callianthe) striped with grey-yellow from the base to the 
apex of the cell and the anal angle. Rest of the wing striped with reddish brown, especially at the end of 
the cell, at the margin blackened, often yellowish submarginal spots are present. 92 (type in the British 
Museum, figured by DovusLepay): discal band above pale yellow, basal area darker than in the 3; hind- 
wing washed over with brown-orange. In both sexes the lower angle of the cell of the hindwing more strongly 
produced than in the next two species. — Larva (in the Oxford Museum, ex coll. KapEN) above brownish 
with light transverse markings, beneath entirely light, head and thoracic legs black, spines on segments 1, 2 
and 3 and the dorsal spines of 11 and 12 dark, all the rest light, the bristles light, the spines about 
4 times as long as the distance between two dorsal spines on the same segment. Pupa (likewise in Oxford) 
chalk-white, with subdorsal longitudinal band of blackish markings, a weaker lateral band and a strong 
ventral double stripe; spines black, about as long as the distance between the 2 spines on the same segment, 
anal segment black; between the longitudinal bands weak markings. — Venezuela. Probably this species 
also occurs in East Colombia, but apparently there are no examples from there in collections as yet. 
A. leontine. Palpus with yellowish grey scaling at the sides, collar and breast spotted with red-brown 
(in examples which are not worn). Forewing above similar to that of A. laverna, but the basal area extends 
proximally nearly to the costal margin. Beneath the discal band is always yellow, not orange, and hindwing 
densely striped with grey-yellow, the striation either extends to the distal margin or an abbreviated broad 
discal band, which passes round the apex of the cell, and the distal margin remain dark. Ecuador and North 
Peru, varying very much geographically. — leontine Weym. 9: according to the figure in “Srtsens Reise” 
the proximal area of the forewing is pale crange-yellow (according to the description “‘red-yellow’’), the discal 
band pale yellow, hindwing as the proximal area of the forewing, the black distal margin broad but dif- 
fuse. Beneath the apex of the forewing and the whole hindwing yellowish grey, the discal band of the forewing 
not sharply defined distally. Here belongs probably a 3 in coll. Gopman from Gualaquiza, Ecuador, and a 
second. ¢ in coll. Hewirson from “Ecuador”, both in the British Museum. In these examples the black 
cell-spot of the forewing is narrow, the discal band pale orange, also beneath scarcely lighter than the basal 
area, the hindwing above black-brown with quite washed-out orange area, or pale orange with black, poste- 
riorly very narrow marginal band. Under surface of the hindwing at mest in the basal half with faint light 
stripes, the distal half or almost the whole wing as well as the distal part cf the forewing blackened, with 
deep black stripes on the veins and folds, without light scales. — A further form, in the British Museum 
from Quito and Sarayacu (Rio Pastaza), is very similar to leontine. 99: the basal area of the forewing almost 
as much reduced as in hypsipetes, the orange spot in the apex of the cell small, hindwing grey-yellow, strongly 
striped with black, with or without orange-red tone, distal margin variable in breadth; in almost all examples 
the proximal area of the forewing dusted with washed-out black at the veins and the hindmargin. — bulis 
Jord. (82). 3: on the under surface the yellow discal band of the forewing not sharply defined distally, the 
distal part of the forewing and the whole hindwing densely and regularly striped with yellow-grey, the hind- 
wing with faint reddish brown discal band and without black marginal band. ? not known to me. South- 
East Ecuador: Loja, Zamora. — catochaera Jord. (82¢). j: somewhat darker orange than the preceding form; 
the black marginal band on the hindwing above more sharply defined and broader. Beneath the distal part 
of the forewing and the distal half of the hindwing only weakly striped. with yellow-grey, but the hindwing 
bears a marginal band composed of grey stripes. North Peru: San Pablo, and Central South Ecuador: Cuenca, 
taken by Smwons at 2000 and 2200 m. — hypsipetes Jord. (82). In general larger than the last two forms. 
The orange-red basal area not reaching quite so far distad in the cell and also abbreviated towards the hinder 
angle, hence the black median band broader than in the preceding forms, the discal band lighter yellow 
and the black distal border of the hindwing as broad as or broader than in catochaera. Beneath the basal 
area often somewhat larger than above, the apical part of the forewing and the distal half of the hindwing 
desmiala. 
laverna. 
leontine. 
bulis. 
catochaera. 
hypsipetes. 
