ADELPHA. By H. FRuusToRrER. 517 
A. boeotia differs from A. cocala by the isolated yellowish-brown preapical maculae of the fore- 
wings. The more uniform ochreous zone of the forewings grows lighter towards the submedian and, in a Bra- 
zilian race, changes its colour even into a pure white, analogous to the forms of A. cocala. Under surface at 
once recognizable by an expanded whitish median band traversing both the wings. Tegumen with broadened 
point and valve is likewise basally more robust compared to that of cocala. The dorsal tooth more obtuse and 
bulky than in A. cocala and A. fufia. Known from Central America to Bolivia and from Central Brazil. — 
oberthiiri Bsd. described from Guatemala, is lying before me from Honduras and Costa Rica. Above it resem- 
bles A. davist (106 c), though the whole posterior part of the faintly yellowish-brown band of the forewings 
is white, especially in the gg from Honduras. — boeotia Fldr. (106c) ist not rare in Colombia. The 
white stripes of the hindwings are, as a rule, somewhat narrower than in davisi Bilr. (106 c) which has originally 
come from Peru and of which we figure a somewhat deviating, remarkably small 3 from Ecuador. Under sur- 
face a little more variegated than in boeotia. — fulica subsp. nov. differs from davisi by distinct reddish-brown 
subanal maculae of the upper surface of the hindwings, by which it approaches boeotia from Colombia. Under 
surface more intensely reddish-brown. Bolivia. — fidicula subsp. nov. is based upon a specimen sent to me 
by the firm of Banc-Haas from Espiritu Santo 8 years ago. Excepting the very much broadened yellowish 
zone of the forewings, it approaches the 93 from Honduras by the white submedian brightening. The prea- 
pical maculae of the forewings are very large. Under surface characterized by faded reddish-brown ground- 
colour being much less strongly overhued in violet than in the Andine vicarious types. 
A. heraclea Fldr. is a marked form of A. boeotia, or a species nearly allied to A. boeotia, which 
has remained a rarity and has not been found again. Neither in the Tring-Museum nor among the 700 speci- 
mens of my collection there are any analogous specimens. On the forewings there is only a subapical puncti- 
form spot. Hindwings somewhat more slender than in boeotia, with more prominent yellowish anal spot. The 
white median band of the hindwings is distinguished by a relatively broad, fiery reddish-brown distal margin. 
Kresy in his catalogue brought A. heraclea Fldr. in connection with A. thesprotia Fldr. The latter species, how- 
ever, belongs into quitea different group (of A. melona-arete), a fact which I was able to ascertain by means 
of the types placed at my disposal by the Tring-Museum. 
A. sichaeus. A magnificent, sharply limited species occurring along the range of the Andes and in 
some alpine districts of Venezuela. It is in some places common and, especially in Bolivia, always met in series. 
The species varies but little in the width of the remarkably darkened, beautifully reddish-yellow zone of the 
forewings. As BuTLER already stated, sichaeus shows, especially above, a certain alliance to A. cocala Cr. from 
which it is, however, at once distinguishable by the more ramous white spotting of the under surface of the 
wings. The structure of the sexual organs makes us also conclude that there are nearer relations to the ¢phicla- 
group than to the series of A. cocala. Tegumen with tender, finely curved point, valve cylindrical, without the 
basal thickening of A. cocala. Clunicula very high, extremely pointy. — sichaeus Bétlr. The band of the fore- 
wing light orange-coloured, broader than in privata. Colombia, also mentioned from Venezuela by GopMAN. 
Found by Fasst on the Upper Rio Negro. The white zone of the hindwings more extensive than in the Ecuador- 
race. The 29 exhibit a still paler yellow zone of the forewings and beneath enlarged white and violet spots 
and bands. — privata subsp. nov. (106 a) forms a transition from sichacus to A. trisa (106 b), and differs from 
irisa by much narrower ochreous longitudinal bands of the forewings and the white median bands of the hind- 
wings being costally and anally greatly reduced. Under surface: the whitish spots are considerably receding 
and the violet submarginal maculae remain smaller and stand more isolated. Ecuador. — irisa subsp. nov. 
(106 b) inhabits Peru; type from the Chanchamayo. All the bands are moderately narrower than in leucopetra 
subsp. nov. (106 a). Forewing-band considerably darker and nearly as broad again as in privata from Ecuador. 
Hindwing: the white median band likewise greatly expanded and tapering off posteriorly. Under surface: 
dark reddish-brown with extremely bright, sharply delimited purely white markings, very large reflecting 
violet maculae and a longitudinal row of 6 roundish, large, almost black submarginal dots of the hindwings. 
The 2 was discovered by Mr. Fasst who sent it to me for inspection. Size of the reddish-brown band still more 
a 
extensive than in the 3, the wing-contour more roundish, the shape larger. Bolivia. 
A. aethalia, by the position of the forewing-band, approaches A. boeotia Fldr., while the magnificent 
under surface approximates much more A. erotia. aethalia has hitherto been mistaken, because K1RBy not kno- 
wing the type brought it into connection with A. thesprotia and A. malea Fldr., which species, in their turn 
belong to entirely different groups. The sexual organs differ considerably from those of A. boeotia. The uncus 
is more pointed, distally less strongly curved; the valve anteriorly very much reduced, with sharper point and 
armed with a greater number of small denticles. The medial, dorsal appendage rests upon a narrower base 
and raises itself to a more slender point. aethalia Fldr. (106 d) is not very rare in Colombia and Ecuador, and 
is contained in almost every so-called Bogota-consignment. The under surface exhibits more yellow than 
A. frusina (106 e). — The more southern metana subsp. nov. (106 d) is found in Peru and on the Upper Amazon 
and is figured according to a 3 from the latter habitat. The yellowish-brown zone of the forewings is proximally 
deeper indented than in wethalia, the white area of the forewings more extensive, the under surface darker red- 
dish-brown. — frusina subsp. nov. (106 e) from Kastern Bolivia, the Province of Sara, by its faded under surface 
oberthiivi. 
boeotia. 
davisi. 
fulica. 
fidicula. 
heraclea. 
sichaeus. 
privata. 
irisa. 
leucopelra. 
aethalia. 
metand. 
frusina. 
