canuleia. 
pseudomes-~ 
sand. 
velia. 
himera. 
veliada. 
calliphane. 
falcipennis. 
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526 ADELPHA. By H. FRunstorrer. 
approximates A. nawia. The shape of the preapical spot of the forewings resembles more that of A. pseudo- 
messana, and from all the mentioned vicarious types messana differs by 3 small submarginal spots, while 
A. naxia, ixia and pseudomessana exhibit but two of them. aufidia differs from the type of A. messana Fldr. 
by a narrower, longer and distally deeper indented ochreous subapical spot of the forewings. The white me- 
dian band is anteriorly decidedly narrowed, and the median band of the hindwings appears likewise of smaller 
extent. The components of the subapical transversal band are beneath neater, the light markings covered 
with a more intensive violet. Colombia, Bogota (7). A 3 collected by Liypia in the Tring-Museum. — 
canuleia subsp. nov. is nearly allied to aufidia, except that the yellow band-like ochreous part of the forewings 
is posteriorly more extensive, without being continued between the anterior medians. Under surface darker 
with reduced white and predominant reddish-brown bands. Peru, Tarapoto, type in the Collection FRUHSTORFER. 
A. pseudomessana spec. nov. (107b 3). 3 exactly equalling typical messana by the elongated ochreous 
subapical spot of the forewings, the white median bands, however, being somewhat narrower and more 
sharply separated. The hindwings exhibit a whitish submarginal line being absent in messana. The under 
surface reminds us much more of velia Fldr. by the dark brown instead of yellowish collective hue, besides all 
the light areas are also much more pregnant, more sharply delimited, only the submedian band of the hind- 
wings is double i. e. parted, peripherically reddish-brown with light violet-grey centre, while in messana 
it is unicolorous reddish-brown. Anatomically, pseudomessana is strictly separated from A. nazia and A. 
ixia by the very long and narrow tooth of the valve reminding us of A. iphicla. The valve itself more slender 
and pointed than in A. naxia, and also immediately separable from A. ixia by the high clunicula. Peru, Tara- 
poto and Chanchamayo. 
A. velia, an excellent species being still extremely rare in the collections, inhabits Colombia, Vene- 
zuela and parts of Central and Southern Brazil. Intermediate forms are surely still found in the interjacent 
districts. Markings of the upper surface somewhat resembling those of A. pseudomessana (107 b), the preapical 
area of the forewings, however, most closely connected with the white median band. Under surface recognizable 
by relatively large submarginal spots and widely diffused whitish-violet longitudinal stripes. The subbasal 
band of the hindwings double, the marginal lines of it like in pseuwdomessana (107 b) separated by a grey embed- 
ment. Three areal-forms: velia Fidr. Known to me only according to a 9 with the wrong designation ,, Bogota“, 
from the FrLpER-Collection in the Tring-Museum. Habitat, however, surely Colombia. — himera Fldr. seems 
to replace velia in Venezuela, but it is possible that it is a species of its own what cannot be determined since 
there is only a single 3 specimen lying before me, the type in the Tring Museum. The median bands of 
himera nearly again as broad as in velia and veliada, exhibiting besides also a small crescent-shaped white spot 
beneath the ochreous subapical macula, being absent in velia. The under surface shows more analogies, espe- 
cially as regards the spotting of the forewings, but the ground-colouring is lighter. Venezuela. — veliada subsp. 
nov., an excellent form of which two 99 from Santa Catharina and a third one from Espiritu Santo are lying 
before me. Habitus of velzada surpassed by A. velia; hindwings shorter, forewings more roundish, the ochre- 
yellow part of the forewings distally deeper and more finely indented, the spot in general narrower. The yellow 
anal spot of the hindwings smaller, paler. The under surface lighter, the white marking more hazy, gradually 
changing into the ground-colour. Base of all the wings lighter. 
A. calliphane spec. nov. (109 b). 4 above similar to abia (109 a), the yellowish preapical spot, however, 
not touching the costal margin of the forewings, still narrower and longer, and always reaching as far as the 
central median, Shape of the wings narrow, forewings curved, hindwings anally tapering very much, median 
band on the forewings anteriorly, and on the hindwings posteriorly running to a point. Red anal spot of the 
hindwings smaller than in abia Hew. Under surface: white median band of the forewings traversing from the 
costal margin the whole wing, resembling thereby cocala Cr. calliphane is, however, also beneath easily separable 
from cocala by the presence of a second somewhat effaced post-discal band running proximally to the very 
narrow yellowish submarginal band and parallel to it. In my 9 from Rio de Janeiro this white intermediate 
band is absent and the shape of the wings issomewhat moreroundish. Undersurface reddish-brown, with hght 
violet longitudinal stripes in the proximal half of the wings and a submarginal band of the same colour on all 
the wings, and with a violet line in the reddish-brown postmedian band of the hindwings. Clasping-organs 
most characteristic by a very short valve being basally broadened like a square, ventrally with an obvious 
convex medial projection, dorsally with a proximal broad inflated expansion. The tooth very long, its base 
extensive. .The end of the valve\broad, rounded off, but with 4 sharp teeth. Rio de Janeiro to Sao Paulo, 
rare. Type in the collection of FRUHSTORFER. 2 33 from Paraguay in the Tring-Museum. 
A. falcipennis spec. nov. Forewing with far protracted apex. Hindwings curved, sposteriorly greatly 
reduced in size. Preapical spot of the forewings nearly triangular, shaped the same way as in epizygis, though 
somewhat narrower and, therefore, not confluent with the white longitudinal bands. Shape and course of 
the median bands as in calliphane Fruhst. (109 b). The ochre-yellow anal spot of the hindwings relatively small, 
narrow, without a central black’dot. Ground-colour of the under surface: light buff as in cocala didia Fruhst. 
Base of all the wings greyish-violet. In the cell of the forewings two brown-yellow longitudinal bands no 
both the surfaces ruled with sharp black lines, at the cell-apex 3 to 5 grey pointed strigae. Median baud distally 
