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races there are yet remarkably darkened, brown-tinged places noticed, especially in the basal region, being - 
absent in continental areal races. Shape of the valve broader than in demophon, the uncus dorsally smooth. 
— gulina Fruhst., the northernmost branch, occurs from Honduras through the whole of Central America, 
even as far as Colombia, at least as much as I was able to ascertain (Cauca Valley) from the material. The 
upper surface, however, resembles demophoon Hbn. from Surinam. The shape of gulina is, however, considerably 
larger, all the blue bands are very much broadened and, in the 99, preponderantly of a golden green reflec- 
tion. The under surface has the same purely white cell and an extremely broad white band before the cell- 
apex of the forewings, as crassina, the cell of the hindwings and the white discal band are even of a still purer 
and broader white than in crassina. In common with the continental forms, gulina has the centrally inter- 
rupted black anal spot of the forewings and the minute white submarginal dots in which we find no blue traces 
whatever. — demophoon Hdn. is the name of the territorial form from Surinam and the Amazon. The blue 
apical spots of the forewings are decidedly smaller than in gwlina, the under surface more uniform, effaced 
pale ochreous. The name of demophoon sounding very similarly to demophon L., the name of amazonica Stgr. 
has been introduced for the Amazon race, though this denomination will hardly be maintainable. — andicola 
Fruhst., the antimache-form inhabiting the Andes, greatly approaches gulina from Central America, but differs 
from it by the still larger size and the somewhat narrower, though more intensely blue discal bands of the upper 
surface. The under surface resembles gulina by the very broad, whitish bordering of the black discal bands 
of all the wings, on the hindwings, however, the marginal zone, especially in the Q, is still more intensely 
white, furthermore, all the black dots and lines are much stronger. Only the anal angle of the forewings 
is dark yellow, the black anal spot very large and the submarginal ocelli of the hindwings are very much 
larger than-in demophoon and antimache, in the 3 reddish-yellow, in the 9 greenish-yellow with distinct blue 
dots. andicola differs from antimache besides by the lighter, more white than grey-mingled. basis of the under 
surface of the hindwings. The type originates from Venezuela; I add yet specimens from Ecuador and from 
Pozzuzo (Peru). — thebais subsp. nov. joins demophoon, though it is of a larger shape and the under surface 
of the hindwings more variegated; the forewings exhibit distinct white transcellular parts. Mato-Grosso (Brazil). 
— lyde subsp. nov. differs from thebais by decidedly narrower blue bands of the upper surface, resembling already 
tyrias (111b). As to the habitus, /yde approximates the Andine and the Mato-Grosso races; the subapical spots 
of the forewings are just as prominent as in andicola, thebais and gulina, thus contrasting with the demophoon greatly 
wanting of blue. The under surface of the hindwings, however, exhibits again connections with the South Brazi- 
lian tyrias by an especially bright, light silvery grey. Bolivia. — antimache Hbn. occurs from Bahia to Rio de 
Janeiro. The blue preapical maculae of the forewings are in the 4 more prominent than in demophoon, more 
roundish, the magnificent band grows narrower. Beneath, the effaced ochre-yellow is confined to the median zone 
of the forewings. — In tyrias subsp. nov. (111 b) the blue median band is decreasing in both the sexes, and the 
proximal subapical spot is always intermixed with whitish or greenish, no more intensely blue as in the vicarious 
types. Nomenclatural typefrom Rio Grande do Sul, also from Santa Catharina and Paraguay in my collection and 
presumably advancing to the north as far as Sao Paulo. — insulicola Pruhst. (112 ¢). On the West Indian Isles, 
antimache Hbn. has changed into a most characteristic local race. The blue discal band, especially on the fore- 
wings, is narrower, and on the hindwings also much shorter than in the continental vicarious types. The discal 
bands are not deep blue, but peculiarly light green with a violet reflection. The black distal margin of the hind- 
wings appears very much broader than in antimache owing to the receding blue discal colour, the ciliae are. 
lighter, more yellowish and stand more densely than in continental specimens. The under surface has greatly, 
changed, being more variegated than in antimache and the discal bands being brown instead of black, and 
stronger. The white bordering of the brown discal] band is extremely broadened, and there is a distinct, white 
submarginal band noticeable on all the wings, in place of which there are only white dots on the forewings in 
antimache. The black spot in the anal angle of the forewings is centrally not interrupted, but forms a compact 
mass in which a yellowish-brown, almost four-cornered macula is embedded. The black streak in the middle 
of the forewing-cell runs almost rectilinearly, while in antimache it is sharply angled. The hindwings are, further- 
more, decorated with intense blue dots, the 4 last of which are the largest and provided with distinct reddish- 
brown ringlets. The occurrence of really deep blue dots appears to me to be very important, because GoDART 
in his description of amphitoé speaks positively about small dots of a bluish (bleudtre) colour. Hayti. In the 
Berlin Museum there are 3 33 fully agreeing, especially on the under surface, with my type and are taken near 
Port au Prince. — ilmatar subsp. nov., another insular race from Trinidad (Port of Spain). 3 with a somewhat 
longer median band of the upper surface which is placed extremely steeply and seems connected with P. cras- 
sina Fruhst. from Cuba. Preapical spots smaller than in the insulicola-? figured 112. Under surface prepon- 
derantly dark grey, but nevertheless yet with antimachoidal silvery grey, band-like patches. Hindwings just 
like those of insulicola, distinguished by magnificently blue-pupilled ultramedian ocelli. — crassina Fruhst. 
(111) is so closely allied to phaedra beneath that it might be considered a geographical form of the Central 
American species, if it were not separated from it by a large black area at the inner margin of the forewings. 
The black zigzag-line of the hindwings is more prominent, too, more like P. antimache. The upper surface 
gulina. 
demophoon. 
andicola. 
thebais. 
lyde. 
antimache. 
lyrias. 
insulicola. 
imatar. 
crdassina. 
