virilis. 
occidentalis. 
mundina. 
corybassa. 
perilla. 
lugubris. 
pellenea. 
jenestrata. 
levina. 
decorata. 
margaretha. 
450 CHLOSYNE. By J. Roser. 
considerably larger and has a broad light yellow median band on the forewing, while the hindwing is red with 
broad black margin and black rays; on the under surface the red colour is wanting. — A further 9-form is 
Virilis form. nov. It is extraordinarily like the 3, only differing from it in being somewhat Jarger, with the 
ground-colour more brownish and the red median band somewhat longer and broader as well as a shade lighter. 
The groundcolour of the under surface is only a shade lighter. — occidentalis Fass! (91 c), from West Colombia 
(2000 m.), has in the male a somewhat narrower red band and the Q is fairly similar to the 3, except that 
the red band on the forewing is more washed-out and at the inner margin of the hindwing there are some 
washed-out red streaks. According to the observations of Herr Fassu castilla is found in company with the 
similar species of Actinote and the likewise similar day flying Geometrid Sangala gloriosa. 
Ph. mundina Druce, from Peru (Huiro), is similar to castilla. The red band of the forewing extends 
from the costal margin to the inner angle and is nearly twice as broad. The forewing has at the base of the 
costal margin a red stripe, which reaches the end of the cell, the hindwing is brownish white beneath with 
black veins. 
Ph. corybassa Hew. (= cornelia Stgr. i. 1.) (92 g as cornelia), from Bolivia, and the 3 following species 
belong to the mimics of Actinote anteas (83 d). In many specimens of corybassa a complete row of small white 
marginal spots is present on the hindwing. The under surface of the forewing resembles the upper, but the 
hindwing has in the middle a large black spot, and the veins are broadly dusted with black. 
Ph. perilla Hew. (92 f), from Ecuador and Bolivia, has the underside of the forewing like the upper, 
that of the hindwing, however, is dark with red-brown stripes on the basal part. — lugubris subsp. nov. (92 f, 
erroneously called actinotina), from Peru, also occurs in much darker specimens than the example figured. 
The apex of the hindwing beneath is yellowish. 
Ph. pellenea spec. nov. (91 c), from Brazil (Reyes), is extremely similar to the Actinote of the same 
name. The under surface is similar to the upper. 
Ph. fenestrata spec. nov. (91 c), from Peru (Huayabamba, 3500 ft.), has on the forewing a median band 
of transparent spots. The under surface is but little paler than the upper. 
Ph. levina Hew. (92e), from Colombia, although also Actinote-like in habitus, cannot be regarded 
as a mimic, since no blue-banded Actinote species is yet known. The under surface is black, in the middle of 
the costal margin of the forewing is placed a broad light yellow half-band, at the inner margin of the hind- 
wing there are some light yellow stripes, at its distal margin some small red spots and in the apex and at the 
inner angle of the forewing as well as on the hindwing some small blue spots. The female, of which only one spe- 
cimen from the collection of Herr Fassr is before us, is almost like the male; it is merely somewhat larger and 
with the anterior part of the blue band whitish. — Specimens which, like the one figured in Dr. StaupDINGER’s 
Exot. Schmetterl. (pl. 36), show blue spots also on the hindwing, may be designated decorata form. nov. — The 
specimen figured by Dr. StavuDINGER |. c. is certainly not a Q but a 3. 
Ph. margaretha Hew. (91 b) from Colombia has only a distant resemblance to certain Heliconius 
species. The under surface is quite similar to the upper, but in addition a subapical row of white dots is 
present at the distal margin of the forewing. 
The North American species described as hanhami Fletcher, lira Bdv., pelopsa Godt. and selenis Kirby 
are not cited by recent North American authors under these names, which must consequently be regarded as 
synonyms. 
Concerning Ph. adoxa Ersch., castimaria Godm. & Salv., catenarius Godm. & Salv., durnfordi Godm. & 
Salv., erysice Hbn., flavocincta Dogn., goujoni Dogn., heliconoides Btlr., klagesii Weeks, moesta Salv., mirjam 
Dogn., northbrandii Weeks, phaedima Godm. & Salv., proclea Dbl. & Hew., pusilla Salv., tayleni Godm. & Salv., 
tissa Hew. and trimaculata Hew. we are not able to say anything, as we have not access to specimens of 
these species or the descriptions. Some of them are probably identical with some that we have described and 
figured above. 
5. Genus: Chlosyne Bilr. (Coatlantona Ky.). 
This genus is nearly allied, to Phyciodes. It only shows trifling differences from the latter in neuration, 
the cell of the hindwing is also open. Only in the shaggy-haired, little inflated palpus, which has a very 
pointed terminal joint, does Chlosyne differ from Phyciodes, yet even this character is not reliable, as the two 
genera are connected by transitions. Also the shape of the larvae and pupae is WMelitaea-like. Chlosyne is 
likewise closely allied to the Palearctic Araschnia, from which it only differs in not having the eyes hairy. 
The principal area of distribution of the genus is Mexico with Central America, but offshoots occur in,the south of 
the United States and in Peru, as wellas on the Antilles. The species, like those of Araschnia, occur in several genera- 
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