abia. 
basiloides. 
lydia. 
caelia. 
lativilla. 
pithys. 
vodena. 
donysa. 
abyla. 
abylina. 
gelania. 
arecosa. 
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A. abia Hew. (109 a) hitherto known only from Rio de Janeiro, may be considered one of the com- 
monest Adelphes of Southern Brazil occurring also in Argentina and Paraguay. It very probably replaces 
A. thessalia in Brazil and the neighbouring states. The clasping-organs are, as regards the valves, but slightly 
differing, but the uncus of aba seems to be more robust and shorter, the scaphium and the saccus broader. The 
valve of abia is somewhat more slender with a more bulky appendage of the very high clunicula. Accor- 
ding to the season the under surface of the butterfly may be striped in vivid light cocoa-brown or nearly 
whitish, with faded bands. Upper surface very similar to A. iphicla indefecta (107 e), though with a more 
pointed reddish-yellow area of the forewings. Specimens from Rio Grande do Sul are beneath almost 
entirely whitish-grey. 
_ A. basiloides resembles above A. iphicleola (107d), except that the white median band penetrates 
the cell. The under surface is darker blackish-grey, the brown longitudinal bands are somewhat more tightened 
than in A. iphicla. The range of the species is very limited: Central America, and besides only Colombia and 
Venezuela. basiloides Bates (= lemnina Fidr.) originally described from Mexico and occurring as far as Panama. 
The @ has sometimes a second streak-like spot before the apex of the cellule of the forewings. — lydia 
Btlr. is a race described from Honduras that has remained unknown to me in nature. — caelia subsp. nov. has 
more roundish contours and a greater size of the wings than basiloides. Median band broader, the yellowish 
parts more insignificant than in specimens of a more northern origin. Colombia, rare. — lativitta Stgr. beats 
even caelia in the width of the white median area. Venezuela. 
A. pithys, a rare species hitherto known only from Guatemala, has recently been discovered also in 
Mexico. Upper surface as in A. iphicla, only with the yellowish subapical band of the forewings being posteriorly 
prolonged, relatively narrow and projecting as far as to the costal margin. pithys Bates (109 a) differs beneath 
from the forms of the iphicla-group by the transcellular whitish violet maculae or strigae being replaced by 
a faded loam-coloured band. Basal zone of the hindwings extensively whitish violet, only with fine reddish- 
brown lines instead of strong brown stripes as in A. iphicla. Guatemala, very rare, in altitudes from 2000 
to 5000 feet. — vodena subsp. nov. Habitus larger than that of the Central American race, the median band 
of the hindwings considerably narrower. Under surface throughout darker, the hindwings with prominent red- 
dish-brown distal delimitation of the white discal band. Guerrero (Mexico). 
A. donysa Hew. (= roela Bsd.) occurs in Mexico and Guatemala beside A. pithys, likewise very rare, 
ascending from the lowland up to altitudes of 2000 m. The species resembles above the common A. abia 
Hew. (109 a) from Rio de Janeiro, is larger than A. pithys with much narrower white median band. Under 
surface darker, the base of the hindwings more grey than violet. Gopman found a ¢ at the volcano Fuego 
in Guatemala in an altitude of 7000 feet. 
A. abyla, a species being very rarely found in the collections, resembling above A. pithys, but im- 
mediately distinguishable from it by the long-stretched, sharply serrated hindwings, which exhibit an un- 
commonly large reddish-yellow anal spot. The subapical spot of the forewings prolonged to the costal margin 
as well as posteriorly, but strongly tapering between the medians, contrary to pithys. abyla Hew. (109 a) in- 
habits Jamaica, with relatively broad white median band of both the wings. Only 1 ¢ from the Tring-Museum 
is known to me. — abylina subsp. nov. has been mistaken for iphicla L. by Lucas, Lep. Exot. 1835, p. 126, 
and also figured as iphicla table 68, topmost figure. 3 with strangulated white median area and with a most 
narrowed submarginal band of the forewings traversing as far as to the posterior median. Kirey thought the 
form to be identical with A. celerio Bates, but abylina is still less allied with A. celerio than with A. cphic- 
la L. Habitat: of abylina unknown, presumably one of the West Indies. 
A. gelania, a collective species from the West Indies; upper surface brown with a narrow white 
or yellow median band extending as far as to the anterior radial. Before the apex another yellowish spot. 
Cellule of the forewings with three red transverse bands, anal spot of the hindwings very large, reddish, en- 
closing 2 black punctiform spots. — gelania Godt. from Puerto Rico is in the SrauprineER-Collection of the 
Berlin Museum. — arecosa Hew. (109) differs from it by white bands of the upper surface. Habitat un- 
known, one of the Antilles. The statement of DouBLEDay, however, that the species is said to occur in 
Mexico, has hitherto not been confirmed. 
A. lerna. A magnificent species combining the marks of the A. iphicla-group, by the scheme of 
markings on the upper surface, with those of the A. erotia-group, by the opulent decoration of the under 
surface. According to the habitat, the size and width of the white bands and yellowish red spots of the upper 
surface are variable, whereas the under surface changes its tints less according to the locality than to the season. 
Like in A. erotia, we notice in the dry period predominantly yellow bands, in the wet period preponderantly 
intensive reddish-brown bands. lerna occurs from Central America to Bolivia, and as a rarity in the Amazon 
district and parts of Guiana. Anatomically 4. lerna has the same form of the uncus as A. erotia, while the valve 
being distally extremely slender and turned down with the distal end in the shape of a beak, shows no rela- 
tions whatever to the group of A. erotia and A. iphicla, but occurs quite isolated. Clunicula has the shape of 
