COEA; SMYRNA; PYCINA. By Dr. A. Serrz. 471 
(about like a Charazes). Probably it owes its constancy to this great power of flight, so that in its enor- 
mous range no permanent races have been developed. Specimens which lie before me from Bolivia and Ecuador 
differ in nothing from those coming from Colombia or South Brazil. Only in Haiti the orange area of the fore- 
wing is said to be somewhat broader and the distal margin of the hindwing brighter white. For this form 
FRUHSTORFER reserves the name odius /’., otherwise treated as a synonym. Very common in tropical America, 
and by preference keeping near the Indian huts, on heaps of refuse and in fruit-gardens; at Rio de Janeiro 
it begins to get rarer and occurs very irregularly. The larvae live on the Embauba and rest very high up, 
mostly on the upperside of the lobed leaves. 
23. Genus: Coea Abn. 
The sole butterfly which belongs in this genus I only place here provisionally, as its larva is unknown 
to me; but as the butterflies of the two groups agree very exactly not only in shape, colouring, neuration, 
ete., but also in the finer structure (REUTER’s basal spot of the palpus), I follow Reuter and W. MULLER and 
introduce it there. It is probably very near the Old World Kallima and has doubtless nothing to do with 
Charaxes of the -Old and Prepona of the New World. 
C. acheronta /. (= cadmus Cr., pherecydes Cr.) (104d). Similar to the preceding, the disc of the 
forewing duller orange-ochreous, before the apical part of the forewing an oblique chain of white spots; before 
the apex a small, shining white vitreous costal spot, exactly as in Hist. orion. Hindwing with a tooth or small 
tail; beneath marked more like bark than leaves, rather variable and in many specimens recalling certain Cha- 
raxes. As, however, nearly every specimen is different beneath I do not regard this variability as constant, 
and treat cadmus as a synonym. Distributed from Mexico over the Westindies and Central America to South 
Brazil, where it is still common at times; it rests on tree-trunks head downwards, often with the wings 
spread out wide, comes to sugar and flies very rapidly. I have no doubt that the unknown larva has short, 
thick spines and lives on Cecropia. The butterfly is uncommonly variable in size and together with specimens 
as large as the figured H. orion others occur like a small Pyramets atalanta. 
24. Genus: Smyrna Hobn. 
Large butterflies with the upper surface golden brown in the g, dark brown in the 9, and with 3 
light subapical spots in the black apical third of the forewing, which is separated from the disc by an 
oblique band, dull golden yellow and not sharp in the 3, sulphur-yellow and sharp in the 9. Very characte- 
ristic is the under surface of the hindwing, where a confusion of blind or pupilled eye-spots surrounded by rings 
and with small spots and bands placed between them makes the genus unmistakable. 
S. blomfildia F. (= proserpina F., blomfildii Hbn., bella Godt., pluto Westw.) (104 e). 3 gold-orange 
above, darker in the basal part, the 3 subapical spots white, as also in the 9, the latter with dull yellow 
oblique band. On the underside of the hindwing there are 4 or 5 dark brown, yellowish-margined spots 
between the pupilled eye-spot and the base; before the pointed anal-angle an obtuse but distinct tooth. In 
specimens from South America, where the species extends from the north coast southwards to Paraguay and 
Peru, this tooth is rather strong. — datis Fruhst. (104 d) designates specimens from Mexico and Central America; 
these have this tooth weaker, the wing-contour on the whole more rounded, the upperside of the 3 lghter, 
more glossy yellow, and a narrower, darkened oblique band on the forewing in the 9. Beneath the hindwing 
is darker and the grey-white band, which in blomfildia extends from the upper cell-wall between the radials to 
the distal margin, is wanting. — The larva is strongly spined, the dorsal spines much as in the following genus, 
with whorl-shaped secondary points; the head with thick, short, tuberous horns terminating in a five-pointed 
knob. The butterflies are common almost everywhere in tropical America, fly in many districts throughout 
the year, rest on walls and tree-trunks and by preference frequent fruit-gardens and refuse-heaps. 
S. karwinskii Hbn. (104 d) is quite similar to the preceding species, but in the ¢ the subapical spots 
are often (not always) strongly tinged with golden brown; the hindwing has no tooth before the anal angle and 
its under surface is much more indefinitely marked; in particular the marking between the pupilled eye-spot 
and the base of the hindwing is much finer, the brown spots narrowed into streaks, giving more the effect of 
a chasing. In Mexico and Central America, locally and at times common. 
25. Genus: Pycina Www. 
The two very closely allied butterflies belonging here somewhat recall Smyrna, but the forewing is 
considerably more pointed. The eyes are densely haired; on the forewing the 2nd subcostal vein arises nearly 
odius. 
acheronta. 
blomfildia. 
datis. 
karwinskii. 
