sodalia. 
hierone. 
fundania. 
icilia. 
amphichloé. 
sabatia. 
alinia. 
sellasia. 
Jerentina. 
honorinu. 
julilta. 
megala. 
glauconome. 
oenoé. 
540 AGERONIA. By H. FrRuustorrerr. 
those forms are to be comprised that inhabit the western part of Mexico. 9 of special size and of remarkably 
dark colouring. The white spots of the forewings much larger than in the other februa-races, but densely dusted 
with sombre grey. Under surface of the wings light greyish-white with uncommonly extensive white spots 
of the forewings and intensely light reddish-brown longitudinal bands of the hindwings. — sodalia form nov. 
are on the upper surface peculiarly faded brownish-grey, from the eastern and southern parts of Mexico; they 
are also on the under surface of a sombre greyish-brown creating entirely the impression of being specimens of 
the dry period. — As hierone subsp. nov. the preponderantly greyish-green marbled areal-form of the Peninsula 
of Yucatan is introduced. Type in the Coll. Staupincer. — fundania subsp. nov. is the name of the forms from 
Central America with the type from Honduras, differing from the MeXican forms by the lighter total colou- 
ring interspersed with more white and from februa from the Amazon &y the greenish-grey, instead of violet- 
blue colour of the hindwings. All the black bands are also of a more intense hue than in februa Hbn., whereas 
the under surface is much more delicately cancellated in black than in all the other races. — icilia subsp. 
nov. is similar to A. feronia insularis Fruhst. being of a smaller habitus than all the allied races, of a more 
uniform grey colour, with remarkably reduced dark blue bands. Submarginal band of the under surface of the 
hindwings more intensely red than in the Continentalforms. Trinidad. According to Kay# a similar race occurs 
also in Hayti. — amphichloé Bsd. Borspvuva.’s diagnosis is entirely insufficient, for it only runs thus (translated): 
.,We possess another form being allied with oenoé, which was brought along from Guaiaquil deviating sufficiently 
from oenoé by the ocelli of the hindwings which have a double iris‘‘. I most unwillingly abolish, however, names 
of old authors and, therefore, I follow Krrey uniting it as variety 3b with februa Hon. in his Catalogue (p. 649). 
To the Kcuador-form there belong also specimens from the Upper Amazon, Peru, Bolivia in my collection. 
They all have in common a greyish-brown colour resembling gudula, which is only decorated and interrupted 
by faint greyish-blue places. — sabatia subsp. nov. is closely allied with amphichloé and even beats it in size 
and the more pointed shape of the wings. The median band of the hindwings is in the 3 proximally surrounded 
by a somewhat faded, broad blackish-brown area. In the Q the reddish-brown crescents are on both the sur- 
faces of the hindwings more prominent, the black spotting of the whole under surface appearing also much 
more extensive than in the Andine specimens. Mato-Grosso, Cuyaba. — As atinia subsp. nov. (105 c) the South 
Brazilian race is separated with still broader black median bands on the upper surface of the hindwings, being 
easily distinguishable from februa of the Amazon in general by the melenotic total colouring. Rio Grande do 
Sul and Santa Catharina. — The larva of A. februa is more slender and worm-like than that of A. arete. 
Beside 2 frontal and anal horns it only bears 3 short spines on each segment. — sellasia subsp. nov. inhabits 
Paraguay. The 99 resemble atinia, though they are more richly decorated with blue; the gg are decidedly 
lighter than the gg from Blumenau and Rio Grande do Sul, forming a transition to the februa L. of the 
northern zone of South America. — ferentina Godt., finally, is a form the habitat of which we do not know 
for certain. It is founded upon a figure of CRAMER, exhibiting above still more blue marbling on a very dark 
ground than our figure of atinia (105 c). The under surface of ferentina is much more extensively brown than 
in any of the races known to me. But even if ferentina could not be maintained, it remains due to GopaART to 
have first discovered and diagnosticated the species-character of A. februa. 
A. glauconome is an extremely rare species occurring from Mexico and Yucatan to Costa Rica. It 
differs from A. februa by a peculiar light bluish grey of the upper surface and an extensive purely white area 
of the forewings, which is not dissolved into single spots. The ocelli of the hindwings only with quite faint red- 
dish crescents. Under surface preponderantly white, with milky-blue basal part of both the wings and quite 
insignificant black cancellate markings. The reddish-brown hue is confined upon narrow parallel bands along 
the two black zigzag-garlands of the hindwings. — honorina subsp. nov. An excellent race of the Peninsula 
of Yucatan, known to BorspuvaL already in 1871 and resembling a glauconome (105 b) in miniature, except 
the beautiful blue of the upper surface being much more subdued, more interspersed with grey than with violet. 
Ocelli of the hindwings more pressed together, being, therefore, more of an elliptic than roundish shape. Un- 
der surface with dark, grey basal part of both the wings, the reddish-brown lines almost extinct. — Beside 
honorina resembling fictitia (105 e) there occurs another form on the Peninsula of Yucatan, which may belong 
to the dry period: julitta form. nov. (105 e); its upper surface much rather resembles A. februa sodalia Fruhst. 
from Mexico, especially on account of the brownish-grey ground-colour of the upper surface. The black bands 
of both the wings more prominent, the white apical part of the forewings, except some small spots, veiled 
by greyish-brown. Under surface with somewhat stronger cancellate markings, otherwise not differing from 
honorina. — megala subsp. nov. (105 b as glauconome) is found in Southern Mexico and considerably excels 
glauconome, as figured by GopMAN and SALvrn, in the dimension of the wings, in the size of the white area 
of the forewings and the lighter total colouring. Type in the Coll. FRuHSTORFER. — glauconome Sates is 
above entirely darker than megala (105 b). It was discovered by Dr. GopMAN in Guatemala where it was observed 
as a great rarity only in the district of Verapaz. — oenoé Bsd., originally described from Costa Rica, has remai- 
ned unknown to me in nature. The diagnosis of its author mentions as the most impoitant marks: About the 
size of A. ferentina Godt, Wings pale, grey, the forewings with a large white spot being set with small, more 
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