adelina, 
marianna. 
misera. 
marina. 
melitaeoides. 
poecile. 
fasciata. 
rubrigutta. 
erodyle. 
narva. 
brunhilda. 
gaudialis. 
laeta. 
perezt. 
tulita. 
452 CHLOSYNE. By J. Roser. 
only an aberrant form of hyperia, in which the red median spots of the hindwing beneath are replaced by 
yellow spots, while in place of the yellow marginal macular band only some white spots are present. — 
adelina Sigr. (91 g), from Chiriqui, Mexico and Panama, is smaller and has the upper surface black spotted 
with white, but on the underside of the hindwing instead of the red median band only a red spot at the inner 
margin. — marianna form. nov., from Mexico, is as large as hyperia and very similar to it, but the black 
colouring is duller, the white subapical spots of the forewing above are not larger than the submarginal white 
spots and the hindwing also bears a median row of white dots, sometimes almost rudimentary. The red band 
on the hindwing beneath is anteriorly abbreviated, more obsolete, and the individual red spots are not so sharply 
separated as in hyperia. — misera Fldr., from Mexico, is probably also only an aberrant form of hyperia, in 
which the red median band of the hindwing shows through somewhat on the upper surface, so that the hindwing 
above appears powdered with red. 
Chi. marina Hbn. (91 g, h), from Mexico, forms a transition to the following group of species. — The 
under surface is like the upper, but the basal part of the forewing shows red-brown spots and the basal part 
of the hindwing whitish striation. 
Chi. melitaeoides F/dr., from Mexico, is similar to erodyle (91h), but the palpus is whitish instead of 
black with white sides. The hindwing is very yellow beneath, the black being reduced to very small spots; 
also the forewing has large yellow spots beneath. 
Chi. poecile Fidr. (91 g), from Guatemala, Mexico and Colombia, of which we have figured the type, 
differs from 
Chi. fasciata spec. nov., from Mexico (Guerrero), in having a large yellow spot in the cell of the forewing, 
moreover the yellow colour of the hindwing reaches nearly to the base, while in fasciata this colour is reduced 
to a median band. In the & of poecile the yellow colour has the same tone as in the g, whilst in that of 
fasciata it is ochre-yellow. — In most specimens of poecile there is only a red spot in the anal angle of the 
hindwing ; these specimens are also smaller, but havesomewhat larger yellow spots on the forewing; the examples 
before us come from Colombia and Costa Rica. We name this form rubrigutta form. nov., but must leave it to 
the future to settle whether it is a seasonal or a local form. 
Chi. erodyle Bates (91h), from Colombia, Chiriqui and Honduras, is very similar to poecile on the 
hindwing, but on the forewing it has white spots instead of yellow markings. The under surface is likewise very 
similar to that of poecile. 
Chi. narva F. (= bonpland Latr.) (91 c, d), from Venezuela, Peru, Colombia and Mexico, is very con- 
stant. The markings on the under surface correspond to those of the upper, but the yellow grovnd-colour is 
somewhat paler. — brunhilda Stgr., from Chiriqui, is larger and has the basal half of the hindwing yellow- 
brown, only bearing in the middle a narrow, mostly interrupted, black half-band. 
Chi. gaudialis is before us in 2 forms: guadialis Bates, from Guatemala, with yellow median band on the 
hindwing, the forewing only with restricted red colouring, which in the cell does not extend so far at the base 
as in laeta subsp. nov. (91 h), from Nicaragua (Cap Gracias, June), and otherwise only occurs in a small spot 
between the origin of the Ist median vein and the submedian; also in gaudialis there are only 4 small white 
spots on the hindwing instead of the complete row. On the under surface, in addition to the differences of 
the upperside, laeta is distinguished by larger yellow spots at the middle of the costal margin of the forewing 
and by a row of yellow marginal spots on the forewing. The @ (ex coll. Fasst) is much rounder-winged and 
the red part of the forewing more extended. 
Chi. perezi H.-Schaff. (91 h), from Cuba, has mahogony-brown ground-colour on the upper surface 
with black markings and a subapical row of white spots on the forewing. The under surface is similarly mark- 
ed to the upper, but the hindwing has a submarginal row of small white spots, a row of red dots behind 
it and a large yellow spot in the cell, the rest of the wing being black. 
Chi. tulita Dew., from Porto Rico, is similar to perezi. As this species is unknown to us we reproduce 
the description. The forewing is long and narrow, rounded at the apex, the distal margin fluxuose, with very 
short black fringes, between which some tufts of white fringe are very feebly marked. The distal margin of 
the hindwing is undulate, likewise adorned with short black fringes; in the incisions of the undulate marginal 
line, however, we again see weak whitish tufts. In perezi the white marginal tufts are much stronger and hence 
more noticeable. — Upper surface: the ground-colour of the wings above in tulita is black with red spots. The 
red is of almost exactly the same tone as in perezi H.-Schiiff. HpRRicH-SCHAFFER there calls it blood-red, which 
description does not seem to me suitable; I would rather say rust-red. Only these two colours are found on 
the upper surface, that is if we except the white marginal tufts (fringes), which in single examples are almost 
entirely suppressed. The distal margin of the forewing is accompanied by a double row of red spots; whilst 
those of the proximal row are rounded, those of the distal are more crescentic in shape. The total number of 
