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is very Similar to excelsior, but has not the blue reflection, but only the lustrous blue spot at the inner 
angle of the hindwings. — On the Chanchamayo there occur, however, also specimens similar to pastazea, but 
with blue reflection: speciosa form. nov. — excelsa Stgr. from Ecuador differs from eacelsior by its reduced 
yellow band of the forewings, leaving the basal part of the wings free, and by diminished blue gloss. — 
The under surface of the hindwings shows that all the preceding forms belong to one species. 
C. cynosura Dd/. and Hew. (101 Bg) from the Upper Amazon, Peru and Bolivia strongly differs from 
the codomannus- and excelsior-forms by the under surface of the hindwings which have, at the costal margin, 
a large band-like, ochre-yellow spot strikingly contrasting with the other light-yellow ground-colouring, and 
therefore the subbasal black band does not go as far as the costal margin, but ends already at the costal. The 
submarginal blue spots on the hindwings are always sharply separated from each other, also in the 99. 
C. peristera Hew. (101 Bh) from Colombia, Peru and Bolivia has almost no sexual difference; the 
Q differs only by small blue spots at the inner angle of the hindwings. 
C. eunomia from. Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia in both sexes occurs in 2 forms: eunomia Hew. 
with an ochre-yellow basal half of the forewings, and inearnata Stgr. (101 Bh) with vermilion colouring of this 
part of the wings. The 2 shows less extension of the blue-shining spot at the inner angle of the hindwings. 
From C. texa Hew. (101 B g) from Colombia, fassli subsp. nov. from Bolivia (Rio Songo, 750 m) differs 
by the red discal spot of the hindwings being considerably smaller or altogether absent, and the apical stripe 
of the forewings being lighter; the ground-colour of the under surface is. lighter (whitish), too, and the 
subapical stripes of the forewings are almost. white. 
C. lepta Hew. (101 Bg) from the Upper Amazon is above similar to texa, though it has a blue spot 
on the hindwings instead of a red one; also beneath it very much resembles texa. 
C. pyracmon Godt. (101 Bh) from Brazil and Surinam is one of the smaller species with deep-red, 
somewhat blue-iridescent basal area of the forewings. The upper surface of the hindwings is of a lustrous blue. 
C. pygas Godt. (102 Aa) from Southern Brazil, Colombia and Bolivia, has only in the ¢ a very insigni- 
ficant blue reflection. The 2 has greyish-brown upper surface of the hindwings. — From the collection of 
Mr. A. H. Fasst we have lying before us one g from Bolivia (Rio Magiri, 700 m) and. 1 9 from Peru (Upper 
Madre des Dios) showing an entirely different under surface, the ground-colouring of the hindwings being 
much lighter yellow and the markings appearing effaced and blurred. The ¢ has a yellow, the 9 a red basal 
half of the forewings; the blue spots in the anal angle of the upper surface of the hindwings are especially 
developed. - We call this form typhla subsp. nov. (102 A a). 
C. cyllene Dd/. and Hew. from the Amazon and Bolivia has dull blue reflection of the upper sur- 
face, especially of the hindwings. The markings of the under surface are duller than in pygas, but the red 
band of the forewings is just like on the upper surface strangulated at the end of the discocellular by the - 
dentiform penetration of the black costal margin and of a spot at the proximal margin. 
C. aphidna Hew. from Venezuela (Valencia) is known to us only from the description which 
runs thus: Upper surface black, the fringes of all the wings white-spotted. Basal half of the forewings carmine, . 
subapical parted white band at each end sprinkled with white. Hindwings, with 2 or 3 pale-blue spots near 
the anal angle. Under surface: forewings as above, but basal part of the costal margin yellow, a blue line 
running parallel to the costal margin. Subapical band longer and yellow and 1 submarginal blue band, and 
between this and the apex a grey band. Hindwings lilac, the base yellow, 2 dark brown lines each of. them 
beginning at the base of the costal margin with one red spot, running rather straight and parallel with 
all the others and the proximal margin to the anal angle, being connected near the distal margin and little undu- 
late and reaching the costal margin near the centre; these lines include some blue spots near the anal angle; 
the distal margin dark brown, in the centre of the wings there are 2 large black spots, one (near the costal mar- 
gin) characterized by 3 cyaneous spots, the other by 2, all with ochre-yellow margins. 
C. thamyras Men. (102 Ab) from Minas-Geraes has retrenched. blue reflection’ and narrowed red 
band of the forewings. The under surface resembles that of cyllene, but the submarginal yellow band of the 
forewings runs into the inner angle. 
C. maimuna Hew. (103 Aa) from the Upper Amazon resembles cyllene (102 Aa) a great deal. It 
differs above by the blue reflection of the hindwings presenting itself only in a sphenoidal spot at the outer 
border of which, very distant from the distal margin, there are 3 blue dots. The red colouring of the 
forewings occupies also the entire inner margin up to near the inner angle. The under surface entirely resem- 
bles that of titania (102 Aa), the yellow bands are, however, broader. 
C. titania Salv. (102 Aa) from Guatemala and Honduras has an expanded and bright blue reflection 
of the hindwings and the red basal area of the forewings is rather reduced. 
speciosa. 
excelsa. 
eynosura. 
peristera. 
eunomia. 
incarnata. 
tea. 
fassli. 
lepta. 
pyracmon. 
pygas. 
typhla. 
cyllene. 
aphidna. 
thamyras. 
maimuna. 
titania. 
