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or less distinct white eye-spots. Hindwing with 5 or 6 whitish ocelli which are bordered by brown and are 
almost entirely filled up by a black crescent. In the middle of both the wings a black zigzag-band and two 
extremely fine black lines before the distal margin. Diagnosis according to a specimen sent by Mons. DE L’ORzA 
from Costa Rica. We knew already a similar one from Yucatan. 
A. ferox. A rare species occurring from Mexico to Ecuador, but hitherto known only in single speci- 
mens. ferox is nearly allied to glauconome, but its spots are moved more to the centre of the forewings and 
there is no compact white area, but two or three series of isolated maculae varying in extent according 
to the locality. — fictitia subsp. nov. (105 e) forms a transition from A. februa to A. oenoé. Ground colouring 
of the upper surface approximating more megala Fruhst. from Mexico (glauconome 105 b), the under surface, 
however, more 4. februa sodalia Fruhst. from Southern Mexico. Forewing differing from oenoé by the complete 
white area being replaced by single white spots which are isolated by greyish-blue intermediate margins. The 
ocelli of the hindwings more intensely decorated with red, under surface with a reddish-brown, obsolete bent 
spot, resembling A. februa, at the apex of the forewing-cell. Hindwing preponderantly brownish-grey with 
distinct reddish-brown bands and an increased black marking resembling A. februa. Mexico. Gopman and 
SALYIN mention a similar form from Manaure, Colombia, the chalk-white area of the forewings of-it being more 
extensive and divided into single spots, the hindwings having also some white spcts. This is presumably ferox 
Stgr. with a broad effaced whitish band running from the costal margin to the proximal margin and exhibiting 
dissolved whitish spots. Cauca Valley (Colombia), very rare. — tegyra subsp. nov. is the name of a geographical 
race from Ecuador with more sharply delimited white median region of the forewings and predominant bluish- 
black of the hindwings. Type in the Coll. StaupincerR. — diasia subsp. nov. has the most extensive white of 
the forewings, excelling thereby even fictitia. Porto Rico and Hayti, type in the same collection of the Berlin 
Museum. 
A. atlantis Bates (105 e). Distinguished by the abundant greenish hue of the upper surface and blue- 
pupiuled ocelli of both the wings. The 9 has a white subapical band of the forewings and resembles somewhat 
Dichorragia nesimachus from the Himalaya. The under surface resembles that of A. guatemalena (105 c), but 
the ochreous hue of the hindwings is less intense, the white parts of the forewings of the 9 are more extensive 
and the hindwings exhibit the same brown bordering as A. februa. Guatemala, from the Rio Montagua, from 
an altitude of 1000 m. Mexico, Guadalajara, everywhere rare. 
A. lelaps G. and S. (105 e) has a preponderantly greenish-grey upper surface, except the ocelli being 
pupilled in blackish instead of blue. Very rare; known only from Mexico and Guatemala. 
A. chloé forms an interesting and connecting transition from the group of A. februa and A. atlantis to 
the most brightly coloured species of the Peridromia-group. chloé is the smallest species known, with preponde- 
rantly dark steel-blue or slate-grey ground-colouring being by far lighter in the 2 than in the g. According to 
the locality there are either no spots at all on the forewings, or grey, greyish-white or purely white square spots. 
The under surface of the 3¢ is slate-grey, of the 9 white, both the sexes have a reddish-brown distal margin 
of the hindwings in common. In each of the cells of all the wings there are two reddish-brown spots. 
Besides there is a more or less prominent series of reddish-brown median spots. The species formerly known 
only from the Amazon district and Southern Peru, was lately ascertained by myself as a novelty in Central 
Brazil and now also discovered in Bolivia in two distinct races. — chloé Cr. Upper surface bright steel-blue 
with prominent red spots. Rare, in Surinam. — obidona subsp. nov. (105 a). Approximates chloé the most, 
but differs from SToLL’s figure by the absence of grey spots in the apical region of the forewings and by a series 
of red submarginal and discal maculae appearing on the hindwings. The under surface of the forewings of 
obidona shows dull-white, instead of the violet-grey spots we notice on STOLL’s possibly somewhat inaccurate 
figure. The 2 above dark grey, with only indistinct blue undulated bands. Ocelli of the hindwings larger than 
in chloé, distinctly pupilled in white. Forewing of the 9 white with large black maculae, hindwing whitish-grey. 
Obidos, Amazon. — nais subsp. nov. (105 a), more intensely blue without the grey lustre covering obidona. 
Under surface with larger white spots of the forewings than the race of the Lower Amazon. From Tarapoto 
on the Huallaga in Peru. — daphnis Stgr. has on the forewings two rows of light spots the preapical ones of 
which are almost purely white, the transcellular ones being covered with grey; South Peru. — nomia subsp. 
nov. inhabits Western Bolivia. Habitus larger than that of daphnis, the anterior spots being also dusted with 
grey. Mapiri. — xenia subsp. nov. an excellent territorial race of Eastern Bolivia and conspicuous by very large, 
purely white preapical spots of the forewings. — rhea Fruhst, (105 a) is more closely attached to the Surinam- 
and Amazon-race. Forewing with blackish-powdered preapical spot, under surface duller grey than in obidona. 
Hindwing with black instead of reddish-brown median spots. Espiritu Santo and Minas-Geraes,. Brazil. — 
daphnicia subsp. nov. Habitus smaller than in rhea, still more finely spotted in black than rhea, exhibiting be- 
sides purer white preapical spots on the forewings. Pernambuco. Type in the Coll. StauDINGER. 
A. albicornis Stgr. Upper surface most similar to A. chloé rhea Fruhst., of a.somewhat intenser and 
more brilliant bluish-green, forewing with but one reddish-brown cellular spot, hindwing without any red spots 
fictilia. 
serow. 
leqyrd. 
diasia. 
allantis. 
lelaps. 
chloé. 
obidona. 
nais. 
daphnis. 
nomid. 
wenid. 
rhea. 
daphnicia, 
albicornis. 
