ADELPHA. By H. Fruustorrer. ; i‘ 531 
gularly bordered subapical spot of the forewings and by the narrowed median band of the hindwings. Vene- 
zuela (Merida), type in the Tring-Museum. — duiliae subsp. nov. (107 d), a much more modified territorial form 
found in Ecuador. It corresponds to the rainy period form godmani and syrna of the more northern districts 
and excels these Central American deviations even by reduced white areas of the forewings. Represented from 
Chimbo and Paramba, from an altitude of 1000 to 3500 feet. To this form probably belongs an especially fine 
2 of my collection without exact habitat, with dark green bands on the upper surface and light brown clou- 
ding on the under surface of the forewings. — diadochus subsp. nov. lying before me from Taraptoo on the Hual- 
laga, Peru. The size of the reddish preapical area of the forewings corresponds more to that of godmani, the 
width of the median zone to celerio. 
A. seriphia is a magnificent vicarious type of A. celerio, distributed from Central America and Vene- 
zuela to Bolivia, recognizable by still more advanced retrogression of the white median band of the forewings, 
which is dissolved into entirely isolated maculae, and by luxuriant development of the reddish-yellow zone 
traversing in the shape of a band both the wings, whereby it forms an analogon to A. olbia Fldr. of the A. 
cythera-group. Sometimes the reddish-brown aonioradl of the hindwings is absent. On the upper surface seri- 
phia is yet characterized by especially prominent reddish-brown transverse bands of the cell of the forewings, 
while large helmet-shaped submarginal spots on the under surface of the forewings indicate a certain alliance 
with dA. serpa. We know but few specimens, mostly 99. Anatomically A. sertphia appears strictly separated 
from A. celerio and A. serpa by the shape of the uncus which is, before the point, bent unciformly and strangu- 
lated. Uncus otherwise in its contour approaching more that of serpa, turned steeper outwardly, without the 
fine curve it forms in celerio, and without the gentle medial swelling of the latter. — pione Godm. (110 A a) 
and Salv. is based upon a single 2 of the Coll. StaupincER from the volcano Chiriqui and differs from the 
nomenclatural type from Venezuela by a somewhat more faded, more yellowish-brown than reddish, and broader 
longitudinal band of the submarginal zone of the upper surface of both the wings. — seriphia F/dr., described 
from Venezuela and Colombia, is lying before me in almost identical 99-specimens from both the conntries. 
The reddish-brown submarginal band of the under surface more pronounced than in the figure of pione Godm. 
and Salv. — As aquillia subsp. nov. a g-form of the Coll. FRuHSTORFER is introduced with reduced reddish- 
brown band of the forewings, joined by some more specimens from Ocana (Colombia) of the Coll. SraupiIncER 
in the Berlin Museum. — naryce subsp. nov. from the Chanchamayo (Peru) resembles above aquillia and approxi- 
mates beneath, by the faded and paler colouring, therasia subsp. nov. from Bolivia. The specimens found there 
by Fasst are smaller than the Colombian forms, their median white spots still more insignificant, scarcely half 
as broad as in pione and seriphia. The white zone of the hindwings besides more pregnantly bordered in black. 
A. serpa, a magnificent species the range of which is much more extensive than was supposed and the 
occurrence of which must yet be proved for great distances. The Central American race which was hitherto 
known only in one specimen and was considered as a species of its own, is here, for the first time, brought into 
connection with the collective species. All the forms have a very large reddish-yellow preapical spot in common; 
the median area remains always purely white without the greenish hue of A. celerio. On the under surface 
the extent of the reddish-brown macula before the apex of the forewing-cell varies. The clasping-organs are 
throughout more robust than in A. celerio and seriphia, uncus more than double as broad, valve ventrally more 
sharply dentated, its point more roundish; scaphium and point of penis likewise clumsier. — sentia Godm. and 
Saly. Described according to a ¢ from British Honduras; only 1 3 and 1 @ lying before me from Panama. 
The 9 has a still more extensive, more faded preapical spot than the ¢ figured by Gopman. The median band 
is purely white, on the hindwings narrower than in the §. — paraéna Btlr. forms a distinct intermediate form 
connecting sentia with serps. Forewing with only three instead of four components of the white median band. 
Surinam and Lower Amazon. — serpa Bd. (107 c) was figured according to 2 99 from Santos. The race remains 
pretty constantly between Espiritu Santo and Sao Paulo. Further to the south, the yellow preapical spot is 
somewhat shortened and the white median band is narrowed, thus forming damon subsp. nov. (107 c) represented 
according to a 2 from Paraguay, but occurring pretty similarly also in Santa Catharina. — ornamenta form. 
nov., however, reminds us somewhat of A. seriphia. The ochre-yellow spot of the forewings is prolonged as 
far as to the posterior median; hindwing with a complete series of elongate postmedian reddish intra-nerval 
spots. Patria presumably Bahia, type in the Geneva Museum. — hyas Bsd. is the distinct form from Rio Grande 
do Sul characterized by more roundish hindwings with very small anal spots. The under surface is remarkable 
for the absence of the reddish-brown rosette and for the white median band. Ground-colour also otherwise 
more faded, the basal and distal zones more straw-coloured than whitish. The coniform spot in the cell of 
the forewings narrower, the roundish, black-bordered maculae before the cell-apex yellow instead of white. 
Both the wings, finally, distinguished by small black intra-nerval stripes resembling A. celerio. — radiata form. 
nov. forms a transition from serpa to hyas by already exhibiting the black intra-nerval lines, but also by the 
remaining reddish-brown rosette-band round the white median area of the hindwings, characterizing the serpa- 
group. Also the shape of the basal, coniform spot of the forewing-cell corresponds more to A. serpa damon 
than to hyas. As to the shape of the clasping-organs, radiata excels serpa from Rio de Janeiro and hyas from 
Rio Grande do Sul by a bulkier structure of the uncus as well as of the valve. radiata occurs in Santa Catharina 
duiliae. 
diadochus. 
pione. 
seriphia. 
aquillia. 
naryce. 
therasia. 
sentia. 
paraéna. 
serpa. 
damon. 
ornamenta. 
hyas. 
radiata. 
