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tions, which in some species are as different as Araschnia levana and prorsa. As the figures show, very di- 
verse forms are included in the genus. — Ege oval, truncate at the tip and somewhat compressed, rounded at 
the base, the lower three-fifths with slight impressions, the upper part with about 24 obtuse-angled ribs. The 
eggs are laid in clusters on Helianthus. Larva of crocale varying in colour, usually black or dark red or brown, 
with spines like Melitaea larvae; it moults four times. Pupa shaped like those of Melitaea, light-coloured and 
with dark brown or black spots and lines. — The butterflies fly at the edges of woods and are fond of resting on 
flowers. 
Chi. saundersii Db/. & Hew. (91d), from Venezuela and Colombia, is rather variable in the female, sawndersii. 
the ground-colour on both surfaces being sometimes lighter, sometimes darker, and the light spots at the distal 
margin and on the basal part of the wings larger or smaller; occasionally also whitish spots occur in the light 
median band of the forewing. The under surface corresponds to the upper in the scheme of markings but the 
submarginal rows of white spots are always more distinct than above. — paupera Fldr., from Colombia, is paupera. 
according to Dr. STAUDINGER only a nearly black aberration. — Herr WERNICKE of Blasewitz asserts posi- 
tively that he has also received sawndersii in large numbers from Rio Grande do Sul (through MapripE). We 
cannot find any differences between the 2 pairs before us from this locality and specimens from Colombia, 
Venezuela and Chiriqui. 
Chi. mediatrix Fldr. (91 d), from Colombia, of which we figure the type, is according to the latter very mediatria. 
similar above to tellias, but beneath to sawndersii. This species (assuming that we are really dealing with a 
separate species, which we doubt), however, varies extraordinarily above and beneath. Thus we have before 
us a form from Colombia in which the proximal half of both surfaces is uniform black-brown; the upper surface 
has on both wings a red-brown median band, in which on the forewing some yellow spots are placed anteriorly; 
distally to this band there is on the forewing a curved row of white dots, in the middle of the distal 
margin some yellow-brown spots, and the wings have a submarginal row of yellow-brown spots. On the under 
surface the median markings are strongly reduced, but both wings have complete rows of yellow submarginal 
spots and the hindwing has a curved median row of white dots. We name this form felderi form. nov. (Sle). felderi. 
— fassli form. nov. (91 e) from East Colombia (Medina, 500 m.) is much more gaily coloured, as light yellow fassii. 
spots are present not only on the uninterrupted median band but also in the dark basal part and at the . 
distal margin of the forewing, while the proximal part of the hindwing is not darkened but unicolorous red- 
brown. The under surface has the ground-colour yellow on both wings. — fruhstorferi form. nov., from Bo- fruhstorferi. 
livia, has the upper surface of the forewing almost entirely black, traversed by a sharply defined dark red-brown 
submarginal band. — Probably saundersii, mediatriz and fassli are local or seasonal forms of one and the same 
species. 
Chi. lacinia Hbn., distributed from the south of the United States to Bolivia, is usually black-brown Jacinia. 
above with white spots, but specimens not infrequently occur with more or less broad red-brown median 
band on the hindwing and sometimes also on the forewing. The under surface is likewise extraordinarily variable, 
some specimen: having unicolorous black underside and only very slight white macular markings on the fore- 
wing, while others are very strongly marked, with a yellow and a red-brown median band, yellow basal and 
marginal spots on the hindwing and similarly marked forewing. Between these two forms occur transitions 
of ell sorts. — When the red-brown colour of the hindwing is so much extended that only the distal mar- 
gin remains broadly black, we have tellias Bates (91e), from Guatemala and Honduras. — ardema Reck. tellias. 
from Mexico and no doubt also from other localities, is one of the intermediate forms. — crocale Hdw. (91 f), one: 
from Mexico, has a white median band on the hindwing, but on the under surface is as variable as the other é 
forms. — nigrescens Wr. (91 e), from the south of the United States, has a unicolorous dark upper surface to nigrescens. 
the hindwing, whilst rufescens Wr. and californica Wr. are also only intermediate forms. — pretona Bdv. also is rufescens. 
5 californica. 
a not constant intergrade. ae 
Chi. melanarge Butes (91 f), from Guatemala, is black-brown above and has a whitish yellow macular melanarge. 
median band on the forewing and the fringes are chequered with white. The under surface is like the upper, 
but the hindwing has also the vestiges of a submarginal red macular band and yellowish marginal spots. 
Chi. janais Druce (91), from Texas, Mexico and Honduras, is a pretty species, in the female also janais. 
of considerable size. This species is very constant, varying only slightly in the number and size of the yellow 
marginal spots of the hindwing beneath. — adjutrix Scudd. (91 f), from Texas, is merely a form with slightly adjutria. 
less markings. 
Chi. hyperia F. (91f, g), from Mexizo, is a beautiful species with pure black upper surface, on which the hyperia. 
pure white spots and broad fringes show up effectively. The under surface, in addition to the markings of the 
upperside, shows on the hindwing a dark red median macular band, yellow marginal spots and a submarginal 
row of white dots. — hippodrome Hby., said to be from Mexico, of which we have before us 1 9 from the hippodrome. 
collection of Herr Fasst from East Colombia (Medina 500 m.), does not differ from hyperia above. The under 
surface shows larger yellow marginal spots, a broader red median band and yellow spots on the basal part 
of the hindwing, as well as yellow marginal spots on the forewing. — quehtale Reak., from Mexico, is probably quehtala. 
