ADELPHA. By H. Fruusrorrer. 523 
northernmost race. The yellowish-brown part of both the wings more extensive than in the nomenclatural 
type. — massilides swbsp. nov. beats massilia in size. The preapical spot of the forewings more imposing 
and distally more irregular. The white zone of both the wings more extensive. Under surface lighter 
whitish-grey, the brown longitudinal bands darker and more prominent. Western Mexico. — iphicleola 
Bates (107d) inhabits the whole of Central America. Nomenclatural type from Guatemala. The form is 
common everywhere and is reported to occur in Guatemala in altitudes higher than 4000 feet. — gortyna 
subsp. nov. has a smaller dark preapical spot of the forewings and narrower white median bands. Colombia, 
very common in the Cauca Valley. On the voleano Chiriqui a form smaller in the habitus is found which, 
however, agrees with gortyna in the scheme of markings. — funalis subsp. nov. is known to me only from the 
Rio Dagua in Colombia, and like all the races of this river-basin very much darkened, so that the white 
median band of both the wings is reduced to half its normal width. Type in the Tring-Museum. — phera 
subsp. nov. somewhat resembles the Venezuelan A. iphicla exanima by the extremely pure-white and very 
broad median zone of both the wings. The under surface approximates likewise the Venezuelan race by 
relatively small transcellular spots. Habitat of the beautiful form is unknown. — exanima subsp. nov. is found 
in Venezuela. The yellow subapical spot of the forewings smaller than in gortyna and phera, the white 
area more extensive than in gortyna, of a purer white. Under surface darker than in iphicleola from Hon- 
duras, but there exist also specimens of a dry period with preponderantly whitish hue and prominent white 
submarginal stripes. — iphicla L. (107 a) having originally come from Surinam, is also common in Cayenne 
and on the Lower Amazon. The yellow embedment of the forewings is, in the 9, unciformly prolonged at the 
anterior median of the forewings. — iphimedia subsp. nov. has an almost just as broad white median band 
of both the wings as si/ia (107 c) and a strangely stunted reddish-yellow spot of the forewings. Cuba. — dace- 
leia subsp. nov. A pygmean form, smaller than A. gerona (107 e); the subapical spot of the forewings, however, 
paler and larger than in iphimedia. This excellent race, conspicuous already by its small size, inhabits the Isle 
of Trinidad. — pharaé subsp. nov. is met in Mato Grosso, Peru and Bolivia. It is most closely allied to 
iphicla from which it differs by an expanded median band and a more imposing apical spot. — indefecta subsp. 
nov. (107 c) excels pharaé in the size of the reddish-yellow embedment of the forewings, forming, however, 
a transition to the Brazilian territorial forms by the strangulated white band of the forewings. The under 
surface is distinguished by the prolonged subapical strigae and the pale yellowish-red longitudinal bands. 
Paraguay, type in the Tring Museum. — leucates subsp. nov. is set up according to a specimen of the 
FeLpeR-collection of the Tring Museum. /ewcates in many respects reminds us of iphimedia from Cuba and 
presents itself as a genuine product of a hot and dry zone. It differs from the most nearly allied ephesa Mén. 
by a broader white median zone of both the wings, the lighter and paler ochreous and also more imposing 
subapical spot and the paler under surface. Bahia. Similar specimens from Pernambuco in the collection of 
STAUDINGER. — ephesa Wen. inhabits Central Brazil. The nomenclatural type might originate from Rio de 
Janeiro, where its author has been collecting personally. The apical spot of the forewings more roundish than 
in iphicla, the white zone narrower. Not rare in Espiritu Santo and near the capital of Rio de Janeiro. — 
gellia subsp. nov., finally, resembles the Paraguay-race on the forewings, but the white area of the hindwings 
is again narrowed. Under surface darker than in indefecta and ephesa, the reddish-brown longitudinal bands 
more prominent. Sa. Catharina, to the north as far as Sao Paulo. 
A. thessalia is found as a vicarious type, smaller in the habitus, beside A. iphicla to which it is nearly 
allied by the upper and under surface. The shape of the wings is somewhat more pointed, the reddish-yellow 
apical spot more compact and more roundish. The white median band of the forewings tapering anteriorly. 
Hindwing more slender, more sharply dentate, the reddish anal spot obsolete, the sexual organs greatly dif- 
ferentiated: uncus much narrower, more slender, strangulated towards the base, valve ventrally without the 
convex medial projection, nearly uniformly cylindrical, more slender and pointed. Clunicula basally narrowed, 
rising in almost uniform width. Two areal forms: thessalia Fldr., the typical form from the Rio Negro. Very 
common in Peru and Ecuador up to an altitude of about 1200 m. Rare in Colombia. Beneath recognizable 
and differing from A. iphicla by shorter transcellular strigae. In Bolivian specimens we notice the influence 
of the seasons. For instance, $3 from Coroico belonging, according to the dark-brown striped under surface, 
to a rainy period, show a prolongation of the reddish-yellow preapical area on the upper surface of the fore- 
wings; time of their flight November and December; whereas specimens from August, by their preponderantly 
light grey bands on the faded under surface create the impression of being the product of a dry zone. — In 
cesilas subsp. nov. the character of the dry season form is increased. The preapical spot is narrowed and 
begins to dissolve at the margins. The white zone of both the wings is nearly as broad again as in specimens 
from Peru. Under surface of both the wings predominantly whitish, the reddish-brown stripes, especially in 
the basal zone, as thin as a thread. From Pilcomayo to the Rio Grande, collected by StErnBacH in December. 
A. calliphiclea Btlr. was founded on CRAmeEp’s figures J and D, table 376 of his Pap. Exot. IV. The 
form, provided its not having been misdrawn or coloured wrongly, is remarkable for 3 small white trans- 
verse bands of the cell of the forewings and a purely white submarginal band of the under surface of 
both the wings. Above it resembles A. abia Hew. by a three-cornered subapical spot. Surinam. Similar spe- 
cimens from Bolivia are, according to ButLeR, reported to be in the British Museum. 
massilides. 
iphicleola. 
gorlyna. 
funalis. 
phera. 
exraniind. 
iphicla. 
iphimedia. 
daceleia. 
pharae. 
indefecta. 
leucates. 
ephesa. 
gellia. 
thessalia. 
cesilas. 
calliphiclea. 
