morsina. 
Jumosa. 
amnphinome. 
aegina. 
belladonna. 
ariensis. 
arinome. 
sterope. 
anomatle. 
arene. 
obnubila. 
saurites. 
arethusa. 
544 AGERONIA. By H. FrRuustTortrmr. 
in amphinome. Texas, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Chiriqui. In Colombia there occur several areal forms 
two of which are lying before me: morsina subsp. nov. differing from the nomenclatural type from Surinam 
by its generally smaller shape and the subapical band of the forewings being above powdered with grey 
instead of purely white and beneath narrower and of a yellow tinge; — fumosa subsp. nov. (104 b), the darkest 
extreme known of the collective species, the oblique band on the forewings being covered with smoke-brown, 
and appearing also beneath still narrower and darker yellow than in morsina. — amphinome L. (104 b Q) is 
distinguished from all the vicarious types by the nearly purely white longitudinal band of the forewings. Guiana, 
Amazon, Peru, Bolivia, Isle of Trinidad. — aegina subsp. nov. forms a retrogressive stride to the Colombian races 
especially morsina. The subapical band of the forewings is, however, less dark, beneath of a purer white than 
in morsina, but still duller than in amphinome L. The second subapical macula of the forewings peripheri- 
cally never so extensively covered with grey or whitish than in morsina. The upper surface of all the wings 
speckled in blue. Beside such blue-speckled specimens there occur near Rio gg with greenish spots on the 
upper surface of the wings and a somewhat broader and lighter oblique band. According to Dr. Srrrz (Jahrb. 
Nass. Ver. Nat. 1893 p. 76) aegina occurs uncommonly often near Santa Theresa, while to the south it grows 
rarer, appearing near Santos only-as a great rarity. Type from Espiritu Santo, also from Bahia, Parana, Blu- 
menau and Rio Grande do Sul in Coll. FRuHSTORFER. Specimens from Paraguay are above somewhat lighter 
blue than 99 from the South Brazilian Provinces. According to a statement of Dr. MurLLmR the horns of the 
pupa of aegina are convergent, while in A. februa, judging from a figure of MaBILpE, they are divergent. When 
comparing the figures of HUEBNER and CRAMER it results evidently that CRAMER figures the Surinam-form 
amphinome L. with purely white bands of the forewings (Pap. Exot. I Table 54 f. E. F.), whereas HUEBNER 
figures the Brazilian race (aegina Fruhst.) with the band of the forewing being distinctly powdered in grey. 
A. belladonna Sates (104¢) is a distinct species resembling in the colours of the under surface of 
the hindwings amphinome, while the upper surface forms a transition to arethusa Cr. Upper Amazon. 
A. arinome resembles above A. amphinome L., exhibiting also an analogous tendency in the colou- 
ring so that there occur also of arinome dull-grey powdered races in Colombia as well as in Central America 
and also in Brazil, while Guiana and the Amazon district are inhabited by purely white banded forms. Like 
in amphinome, the 2 of arinome also has more roundish contours and an expanded white area of the hindwings. 
Base of the under surface of both the wings dark coffee-brown, the distal region black with dark-violet lustre. — 
ariensis G. and S. The transverse band of the forewings composed of shorter components than in arinome of 
a more southern habitat, the terminal spot above the central median isolated and smaller than in arinome. 
The whitish shawl of the under surface of the forewings with a yellowish hue. Described from Panama, occurring 
also in Colombia. — arinome Luc. (104) is rarely found in European collections which mostly contain only 
specimens of the following areal form. Band of the forewings, especially in the 9, very broad, upper surface 
in both the sexes with light blue spots. Guiana, Surinam. — sterope subsp. nov. excels arinome in size, but 
the white area of the $¢ is still considerably narrower. The 9, however, has a still more extensive white area 
of the forewings and preponderantly greenish zigzag bands intead of blue ones. From Obidos. — anomale 
Streck. is reported from the Upper Amazon. By its narrowed shape of the forewing-band and by its size it 
forms a transition to arene subsp. nov. (104 b) of which only a 2 from Eastern Peru is lying before me, distin- 
guished from all the vicarious types by narrowed hindwings . The white band of the forewings is narrower by 
more than a third than in arinome and sterope. — obnubila subsp. nov. comprises the Brazilian territorial form 
lying before me as a rarity from Espiritu Santo. According to VON BOENNINGHAUSEN it also occurs only rarely 
at the Corcovado and in the mountains of Rio de Janeiro. 2 smaller than 29 from the Amazon district, the 
white area of the forewings more irregular, costally narrowed, in the intra-median parts overpowdered with 
brownish-grey. At the costal of the forewings, where the fourth and fifth subcostal veins are branching off, 
we notice a white spot being also prominent beneath, but which is absent in all the other branches of arinome. 
Under surface paler brown, the red spots faded but larger than in arinome from Guiana. 
A. arethusa, an excellent species with velvet-black upper surface which seems as if set with tur- 
quoises. The sexes are dichromatic to a high extent. 3 unicolorous, 2 with white oblique band of the forewings. 
The 3 conspicuous for a brown velvety scent-spot on the upper surface of the hindwings varying according 
to the locality. Corresponding to it, a lustrous friction-spot on the under surface of the forewings along the 
submedian and a light-brown disk in the median part. The red spotting in the anal angle of the hindwings 
varies in extent according to the locality. Range from Mexico to Bolivia, in Guiana and the Amazon district. 
According to Gopmawn found in Guatemala at an elevation of up to about 1000 m. Three territorial forms, 
two of which were hitherto not recognized. — saurites subsp. nov., with the type from Honduras, is considerably 
smaller than the nomenclatural form from Surinam, the sexual spot on the upper surface of the hindwings 
broader, brown instead of grey. The 9 exhibits a much narrower and more yellowish than white band of the 
forewings and bears a large carmine costal spot of the hindwings being absent in arethusa from the Amazon. 
The under surface of the hindwings shows a large red costal spot contrary to arethusa from the Amazon and 
Guiana. Range from Mexico to Colombia. In Trinidad an allied form occurs. — arethusa Cr. is known to me 
only from the excellent figures of CRAMER and especially of HuEBNER. @ with three light-carmine spots at 
the costal margin of the hindwings. Inner margin of the forewings with red stripes. Surinam, Guiana. — 
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