PHYCIODES. By J. Roser. 439 
South Brazil and Argentina which closely resembles above the Palearctic Melitaea bearing the same name; 
Prof. Dr. Serrz who frequently captured this species in the Gardens of Agriculture at Palermo in Argentina, 
reports that it also possesses the low, jerking and whirring flight of that species. 
Ph. geminia Hp/ffr. (S9 i), from Peru, has a blackish-brown upperside, with a white subapical band 
on the forewing. in which the posterior spot stands by itself; on the hindwings 3 yellowish submarginal lines. 
Underneath the forewings are as above, but lighter, the hindwings with the usual brown markings on a greyish- 
white ground. — nana Druce (89 i), likewise from Peru, has the white band on the upper surface of the fore- 
wings complete, the underside more yellowish. 
Ph. jana Fidr. As no specimens are available, I just give the original description: “Bogota (Colom- 
bia). 3 deep fuscous, forewings with an oblique, shortened, excavated median band of dark brown, hindwings 
with 2 indistinctly mottled, and a third indistinctly undulate parallel stripe of ochreous brown. Forewings 
dark brown underneath, with the basal third, a spot at apex and on inner margin ochre-yellow, indistinctly 
margined with black, and with 2 rows of brillant bluish-white subapical lunules; hindwings ochre-yellow, 
shaded with dark brown on the outer subcostal, the small basal and discocellular fasciae as well as 2 other 
bands confluent at the middle bluish-white, followed by rows of curved spots margined with reddish-brown, 
and a few slightly silvered, confluent submarginal spots, edged with bluish-white and outwardly ringed with black. 
In size it approaches hera Hbn. Forewings not angular, hindwings short along the inner margin, but elongate 
at the costa’. — Seems to be closely related to elaphiaea. 
Ph. carigia Schaus from Colombia is described by the author as follows: ““Forewings: Basal half deep 
brown with black basal fascia and a double, black, inwardly oblique, undulate line, an oblique ochre-yellow 
spot at the apex of the cell, margined with black; outer half black, spotted with ochreous, a large spot starting 
from vein 3, a trifle beyond 2; an oblique row of spots from costa to 4, a large subterminal spot before the 
inner margin, another, minute, between 4 and 5, and a third, small, curved spot at the costal margin, an irre- 
gular terminal line interrupted by the veins and enlarged between 3 and 4, obsolete between 5 and 6. Hind- 
wing: Cell and the space beyond heavily brown, costa and terminal margin black, a broad ochre-yellow me- 
dian band beyond 7; inner margin brown dusted with yellow, an ochreous outer line from inner margin to 4, 
followed by a similar marginal line from anal angle to apex. Under surface: On the forewings the spots yellow- 
ish-white and larger, terminal border deep reddish-brown, crossed by a fine dark line, slightly grey at apex; 
basal half yellowish-white, with a large, irregularly ring-shaped mark, at inner margin and between the large 
spots black. Hindwings: Basal half whitish, with large buff blotches margined with reddish-brown; a brown 
median line, followed at the costa by a small dark area; a reddish-white space between 2 and 6, terminal 
border broadly grey, mottled with tulvous, the extreme border reddish-brown, with a dark double marginal row 
of lunules. Size as that of sejona’’. 
Ph. elaphiaea Hew. (89 i), from Ecuador and Peru, is above blackish-brown; forewings with a brownish- 
yellow median band widening towards the termen Hindwings dusted with yellow, with 3 yellowish submarginal 
lines. Underside of forewings like upper surface, but with the dark markings paler; hindwings dirty yellow, 
with 6 rows of pale, brown edged lunules. — elaphina Stgr. i. 1. (891), from Bolivia, has on the forewings the 
median band lighter, on the hindwings the lines more distinct and reddish. Underside paler. — abrupta 
subsp. nov. (891i) is of smaller size; forewing with the median band much narrower and appearing as if torn 
off between 1. and 2. median, accompanied by a prominent small round spot of similar colour. On the fore- 
wing in addition a yellowish subapical spot, and the underside much paler. 
Ph. nussia Druce, from Peru, is about as large as crithona; upper surface dark brown, forewing 
with a white subapical spot and, near the inner margin, a submarginal one of equal size. Hindwings dusted 
with yellow, with the termen dentate and marked with 3 ochreous stripes. Underside as in nana. 
Ph. nazaria Fldr. (= mazaria Ky.). Of this species we only can give a translation of the original 
description, as follows: “Bogota. 3 wings blackish-brown above, with the base dark and very faintly marked; 
In the cell of the forewing a spot; small subapical bands followed by 3 spots, the inner broad and excavated, 
ending at the costa, with a distal spot close by. Hindwing with a broad band, frayed out at the middle, 
divided by dark brown scales on the outside, inside with 2 fine stripes outside of the cell, and, joming them 
posteriorly, very long, darkbrown lunules. Under surface ochreous brown, surrounded distally by similar sub- 
marginal lanules; forewings with broad pale bands and spots, margined distally by a blackish border, with a 
small pale basal band in the cell; hindwings with basal rings and stripes, partially confluent; in the middle a 
curved streak from which another, quite faint shadowy stripe of dark brown goes to the costal area; in ad- 
dition some minute blackish-brown lunules, and before the fringe an undulate slightly silvered stripe. Belongs 
geminia. 
nana. 
jana: 
carigia. 
elaphiaea. 
elaphina. 
abrupta. 
nNUSsia. 
nazaria. 
