508 CYCLOGRAMMA. By Dr. A. Serrz. 
perpetud. D. perpetua Bates from the Upper Amazon is about as large as vicaria (101 Ae). The upper surface 
is green like in mylitta, the black distal margin of the forewings is much broader and has two deep roundish 
spots starting from the dark margin, at the inner angle. At the cell-end there is a bent black stripe, but 
in the wing-centre there is no black spot. The hindwings have a broad dark margin with distinct proxi- 
mal delimitation. Some specimens have a black spot near the anal angle. The under surface resembles that 
of egaea (101 Ah), but on the forewings the white apical spot coheres with the white spot in the inner 
angle, the median band of the hindwings being much broader and with much blue marking. Is one of the rarest 
species of the genus. 
glauce. D. glauce Bates (101 Ba) from Central America, the Amazon and Bolivia, has a golden-green upper 
surface. The under surface greatly resembles that of egaea, but the posterior eye-spot of the hindwings is 
much less developed. 
dyonis. D. dyonis Hbn. (101 Ai, 101 Ba) from Mexico and Honduras, but also found in the south of the 
United States, is above more golden than glauce and has somewhat less black markings. The under surface 
of the hindwings has two fully developed eye-spots. 
zeles. D. zetes Mén. (101 Ai) is the only species of this genus having its habitat on the Antilles. The 
present specimen comes from Cuba. This species is distinguished by its stretched shape of the wings. The 
under surface of the hindwings exhibits, beside the rather broad submarginal band enclosing the two proportio- 
nately large eye-spots, three pretty straight and parallel brown bands situate near the wing-base. 
gisella. D. gisella Hew. (101 A i) occurs in Panama, Colombia, Bolivia and on the Upper Amazon. Hewirson 
has described this magnificent species according to one g, and figured a violet-blue specimen. But there occur 
just as often specimens without the violet shine, the white spots of the forewings also vary greatly and may 
even be represented only by minute traces of some spots. The @ (the figured specimen belongs to the collec- 
peruviana. tion of Mr. A. H. Fassn) resembles above very much the 9 of mylitta. — ab. peruviana Stgr. i.1. There are 
specimens extant in which the white spots on the upper surface of the forewings are but suggested or 
partly absent. 
zenobia. D. zenobia Bates (101 Ai) from the Upper Amazon is unique in the colouring of the upper surface 
and the marking of the under surface. The 9 is still unknown. 
meridiona- D. meridionalis spec. nov. (101 Ba) from Paraguay has three small eye-spots in the submarginal 
lis. 
band filled with light yellow, otherwise the under surface resembles that of arene, but meridionalis lacks the 
small black eye-spots in the apex of the forewings, instead of which there is one larger white spot. 
arene. D. arene Hbn. (101 Ai) from the Lower Amazon has, on the under surface of the hindwings, a com- 
plete row of 5 eye-spots whereby the under surface of the hindwings reminds us of the Satyridae-genus Hwp- 
tychia. 
persis. D. persis Hew. (101 Ai) from the Upper Amazon is a remarkable species of this genus owing to its 
dark sky-blue upper surface. The under surface is similar to that of arene, but the eye-spots — except the 
most anterior one — are only indicated by black dots. 
myrson. We are not able to say anything about D. myrson Db/l.-Hew. and aerata, since we have not succeeded 
aerata. jy procuring the literature dealing with these species. 
47. Genus: Cyelogramma Db/. 
As to the habitus this genus, consisting of few tropical species, is placed between the Cybdelis and 
the Catagramma; rather approximate to the latter, but with longer legs, like those butterflies that are fond 
of resting’:on the trunks of trees, such as the Ageronia, Gynaecia etc. In Callicore with which the Cyclo- 
gramma are also closely allied with respect to the under surface of the hindwings — they also exhibit the num- 
ber 88, though somewhat displaced — we miss altogether the upper discocellular of the forewings; in 
' Cyclogramma it is present, though short. The eyes are hairy, the antennae of medium length with a club shrin- 
king somewhat into the shape of a spoon, the middle tibiae elongate, the forewings of a normal shape with 
quite shghtly concave margin, the hindwings with their costal margin cut off straight and slightly undulate 
distal margin. REUTER seems to lay great stress upon the fact that the points of the palpi are not bent down 
as in the otherwise approximate Perisama: but this is not constant, the butterfly is probably able to lower 
or to stretch out the points of the palpi; the position in which the insect perishes remains then. We know 
of 2 species distributed from Mexico across Central America and reaching as far as the most northern parts of 
South America, but nothing is known to me about their early stages, and as to their habits only that they 
drink from brooks and wet places on the road and seem to disdain flowers. 
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