BOLBONEURA. By Dr. A. Seitz. EPIPHILE. By J. Roser. 477 
lar, but here only the inner margin-half and the margin of the hindwings are blackish brown, the costal half, 
however, golden-yellow; from the interior of Brazil (Minas-Geraes). — bahiana Fruhst. is a little form, intensely 
ochreous, forewings with subdued violet apical margin and the same oblique band with angled inner margin. — 
santina Fruhst., from South Brazil to Paraguay, has the apical area of the forewings more pregnantly marked 
in violet; the @ larger than bahiana, the light zone behind the cell broader and paler. — pedaina Fruhst. from 
Pernambuco approaches santina, but differs from it by the narrow, sharply delimitated blue margin of the 
hindwings. The hindwings of the Q with a smoke-brown tinge suffused with a slight blue reflection, before 
the blue transverse band of the forewings a large pale-red spot. Has not come to my hand. — korallion Pruhst., 
likewise unknown to me, is said to be the most beautiful form of the species. ,,Forewings with red apical area 
and red cellule and the same broad subapical oblique band. Cellule, however, sometimes overflown in blue, as 
well as the transverse band on the forewings. Hindwings of a magnificent violet blue with the exception of 
a red sharply delimited distal margin.“‘ — Larva green with head marked in white, dark longitudinal line and 
blackish transverse saddles, the thorax-rings quite blackish. Venter albescent, with dark markings; feet albes- 
cent, as well as the spines on the 12th ring, otherwise the dorsal spines black, those on the 3rd and 11th ring 
claviformly thickened; on Paullinia seminula and Serjania meridionalis. Pupa light green, with dark green 
and with some red markings, at the head two short wings. The butterflies are seen on forest roads in company 
of the similar Pseudonica; they usually fly only short distances and especially rest on branches of bushes hanging 
over the road. 
T. pulchra. Above black with intensely hyacinth-blue reflection which, however, becomes only visible 
when observing the butterfly from the direction of the origin of the light. Forewings with red base-third and 
oblique band, hindwings with large red spot in the anterior discus; under surface brown, often with some blue 
metallic dots. As in laothoé the colouring changes according to the other butterfly flying with it (Pseudonica 
canthara, Epiphile lampethusa etc.), the apportionment of the red colour in pulchra depends on the companion- 
butterfly from the genera Catagramma and Siderone together with which it flies; the former belong to the pitheas- 
group. In the typical pulechra Hew. (97 c, d) from Colombia the red oblique band of the forewing is narrower, 
the base-red not so extended as in the Peru-form; on the under surface base-red and oblique band are sepa- 
rated by a black band (like on the upper surface). — In dilutior Fruhst. (97 d) from Peru the separating band 
between base-red and oblique band on the under surface as well as the apical area is overlaid in red, so 
that the hindwing seems almost unicolorous red in which the black appears but like a mere shadow. — 
amazonica Fruhst. from the Upper Amazon has still less base-red than pulchra and the red forewing-band 
stands more steep. — As a Q form of pulchra STAUDINGER describes a butterfly which he denominates melania 
(97d) and which we illustrate according to a specimen in Fasst’s collection.» The forewings have an orange 
oblique band, the hindwings a large, subanal blue-silver spot; from Colombia, taken near Muzo. — On the 
whole, pulchra is the same Proteus as laothoé, and we could construct still more names for it than for the latter ; 
of all the 14 specimens I have at hand, there are not two fully alike on the upper surface, everywhere there 
is another distribution of the red colour; the most constant is still the under surface of the hindwings, with 
mostly 2 blue little eye-spots in the discus, but there are also specimens with 1 eye-spot and even without any at all. 
34. Genus: Bolboneura Salv. and Godm. 
Only one little Mexican butterfly forms this genus.’ Formerly placed to the T'emenis, it was separated 
from this genus by Satvry and GopmaN chiefly owing to the structural differences of the veins and legs. Indeed 
its proper position might be near Hpiphile with which genus also its colouring and markings are somewhat 
harmonizing. By the basally inflated costal and median it approaches, however, the Cystinewra as well as cer- 
tain Hunica. But the shape of the wings immediately differentiates it from Cystineura: the apex of the fore- 
wings is obliquely clipped. Furthermore the under surface shows intense metallic markings, which are never 
found in Cystineura. Like in Epiphile the Ist and 2nd subcostal veins originate before the cell-end; the upper 
discocellularis is short, the lower discocellularis meets the median close behind the origin of the 2nd vein. The 
front legs are very slightly haired, the middle and hind legs without spines, with short strongly curved claws. 
The palps are similarly prolonged as in Cystineura, especially the terminal joint and rather more in the 9 than 
jn the g. The middle joint is thick and inflated. 
B. sylphis Bat. (97d). Not to be confounded with any other species. Above the forewings are interiorly 
overtlown by magnificent blue reflection, the distal area black with 2 ochreous bands, the hindwings of blue 
iridescent colour, before the dark marginal band orange. At the marginal band itself a blue metallic line. The 
under surface yellow, on the forewing two black oblique bands with metallic-blue centre. The butterfly is local 
but not rare. 
35. Genus: Epiphile Doi. 
The range of this genus extends from Mexico to Paraguay. Of the 18 species there are about 14 occur- 
ring in Colombia, Venezuela and Central America where the genus consequently has its principal range; the 
bahiana. 
santina. 
pedaina. 
korallion. 
pulchra. 
dilutior. 
amazonica. 
melania. 
sylphis. 
