myrlea. 
herbita. 
emathia. 
paroéca. 
aed. 
serpentina. 
larpeia. 
ned. 
campeda, 
fassli. 
532 ADELPHA. By H. FRUHSTORFER. 
beside A. serpa damon. — Another analogon to radiata is lying before me from. Espiritu Santo: myrlea form. 
nov., above immediately noticeable by an only tripartite reddish-brown preapical spot being more broad than 
long. Under surface with narrow, very dark brownish-red periphery of the white median area, Otherwise 
like radiata. Very rare, known to me only in one specimen of my collection. 
A. herbita Weym. So far only one specimen (92) known. Upper surface very similar to A. zea, also 
to A. plesaure. A yellow area extends as far as to the central median and is sharply indented on both sides 
and especially distally very irregular. This faded ochreous part is closely connected with a white median band 
being anteriorly very narrow. Under surface characterized by a white median band touching the costal margin 
and being proximally bordered in black. Both the wings also decorated with a white ante-terminal band. At 
the apex as well as in the centre of the forewing-cell there is one yellowish spot. Santa Catharina. 
A. zea, hitherto known only from Brazil, has just like A. serpa a more extensive range, for it is met 
already in Mexico and Central America, then again from Espiritu Santo to Rio Grande do Sul and Paraguay. 
The upper surface resembles A. serpa, but the hindwings are shorter, more sharply undulated with a distinct 
lobular projection at the distal end of the middle median. The under surface entirely white, whereby it differs 
from all the other Adelphes. Cell of the forewing with two small reddish-brown transverse bands; besides, 
both the wings are traversed by a coffee-brown or whitish-red longitudinal band. The veins are distally covered 
with black and form, together with two ante-marginal lines, a very pretty network. — emathia Fldr. described 
from Potrero in Mexico has remained unknown to me in nature. According to its author it is above very similar 
to A. serpa, but it exhibits broader white bands. — paroéca Bat. Extremely rare in Guatemala and Costa Rica; 
it has a narrow faded yellow preapical spot and below it a much smaller, entirely isolated macula between 
the anterior and middle median. The white median zone of the forewings is, however, compact contrary to 
the southern races, the anal spot of the hindwings very large. The under surface of the hindwings bears a broader 
cocoa-brown submarginal band than zea, but is otherwise not very different. — zea Hew. described from Rio 
de Janeiro, is very rare there. I have only a 2 from Espiritu Santo lying before me, with very large pale ochre- 
yellow embedding of the forewings and a white median double-spot of the forewings, being isolated by the 
broad black bordering of the middle median. — serpentina subsp. nov. remains considerably smaller; the orange- 
yellow subapical spot of the forewings much narrower, as well as the anal spot of the hindwings. White median 
band of all the wings, especially considering the small size of the specimens, broader than in zea from Espiritu 
Santo. The red bands of the under surface darker, more sharply bordered in black. Santa Catharina. — A. 
tarpeia subsp. nov. (110 A b) occurs in Paraguay, and in a somewhat different race, also in Rio Grande do Sul. 
As to the habitus, it is even somewhat inferior to serpentina; nevertheless the white median areas are still con- 
siderably expanded. The black submarginal lines of the under surface of the hindwings, however, are decidedly 
fainter and the red stripes likewise less prominent. Description according to 2 gg from Paraguay in the Tring- 
Museum, 3 99 from Rio Grande do Sul in my collection, Anatomically A. zea which was examined in the race 
of serpentina Fruhst. has many peculiarities. Especially by the shape of the valve it differs from all the known 
species of the toothless group, by a peculiarly short point of invariably broad cylindrical shape, not tapering 
distally like in A. serpa and A. celerio. Contrary to serpa there are only some sharp spines noticed at the end; 
instead of it, the terminal margin is set with uncommonly long hair-like bristles. Uncus about as in A. celerio, 
somewhat shorter and not so beautifully curved. 
A. nea approximates above A. plesaure by the absence of subapical reddish-yellow spots. There 
are but few specimens known. I saw only one couple from the Tring-Museum and three specimens of the Coll. 
FRUHSTORFER. — nea Hew, (110 A b) described from Peru, from Cayenne in my collection and from British 
Guiana in the collection of the Tring-Museum. A very large yellowish-brown transcellular spot of the fore- 
wings stands, especially in the 9, almost isolated. The band otherwise running like in A. plesaure, but more 
irregular. Under surface with three whitish-violet maculae bordered by broad black at the apex of the fore- 
wing-cell resembling thereby A. serpa (107). Hindwings somewhat approaching those of A. celerio (107 d), 
but supplied with broad brown bands. Uncus most singular by its deeply indented point. Valve more pointed 
than that of A. serpa, but with only one ventral tooth. — campeda subsp. nov. 2: longitudinal band of the 
forewings narrower, darker ochre-yellow with a slight white hue at the submedian. The white area of the hind- 
wings runs more vertically, the black submarginal bands are narrower. Under surface: by the predominating 
black ground-colour and the widened reddish-brown longitudinal bands, the whitish areas are very narrowly 
confined, and the silver-glossy bluish-violet tiny fenestrae in and round the forewing-cell are much smaller, 
too. The double row of small submarginal white spots is more sharply separated by the veins spread more 
thickly with black and a stronger ante-marginal line, and the single small spots are, therefore, more isolated. 
Colombia. 
We have to insert (to p. 512) another form of this genus, the acquaintance of which I have made only 
subsequently: A. hypsenor fassli subsp. nov. being a luxuriant form and of a considerably larger shape than 
the specimens from the patria of the nomenclatural type, the provinces of Cauca and Antioquia. The oblique 
band of the forewings not only considerably broadened, but also of a more magnificent colouring. In some 
specimens purely white, in others, especially towards the anal angle, more extensively suffused with reddish- 
