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the claudia-races. By the appearance of an extensive blue reflection at the periphery of the red spotting, a 
resemblance of sardanapalus is created. The yellowish macular band of the forewings shown by our figure 
of the type from GopMmaN’s collection, may be absent, the red of the forewings sometimes extends to a broad 
patch resembling claudia, without black indentation at the submedian. The red disk of the hindwings may 
also increase in extent (fa. phoenix Viep.). Besides there exist specimens resembling still more A. sardanapalus 
by the absence of the red disk being replaced by a dull ultramarine blue discal spot (fa. semirubra Niep.). Habi- 
tat of the wonderful race Mato Grosso. — elaudina Godt. (115 a as claudianus-9 and a 4) is found in Central 
Brazil, according to specimens of my collection in Espiritu Santo, Minas-Geraes, and Rio de Janeiro. The 
$3 differ from claudianus (115 a) by the presence of a yellow brightening of the forewings, like in godmani, 
which remains beneath almost purely white. The basal area is lighter carmine and it may sometimes be at 
the submedian quite untouched by the black indentation, so that such 3 with an area being cut off at the 
submedian as if with a ruler, resemble the 9 of croesws (115 b). The ¢ bears a scent-pencil being slightly rouged 
at the tip, described, however, already by Gopart. The red discal spot of the hindwing is somewhat more 
extensive than in claudianus and placed nearer to the distal margin, which was likewise noticed and called 
attention to by Gopart. The 2 (115 a 3 misprinted into claudianus) has generally a larger red disk than our 
figure and it is, compared with 99 from more southern provinces, on the forewings brighter though pale red, 
and the second transcellular median band of the under surface of the hindwings light grey instead of blackish 
violet-grey as in claudianus. — The ante-terminal black band of the hindwings is of variable width; it is very 
narrow in a 2 from Minas Geraes, uncommonly strong in a 2 from Rio de Janeiro. The subapical oblique band 
of the forewings is likewise variable, almost white as chalk in a 9 from Minas, pale ochre-yellow in a Rio-9. 
According to statements of BOENNINGHAUSEN, claudina, though rare in the Province of Rio de Janeiro, is, 
however, sometimes found in the Botanical Gardens and on the Corcovado. — pallantis Fruhst. 2 above very 
closely allied to A. claudia claudina Godt. from Rio de Janeiro, Espiritu Santo and Minas-Geraes of my collection. 
The three blurred yellowish preapical spots of the forewings are somewhat narrower than in the 99° of my collec- 
tion, the red area of the forewings, however, considerably larger, so that the transcellular spot does not appear 
anymore triangular, but square, and reaches as far as close to the costal. At the submedian there remains but 
a narrow black segment. On the hindwings all the veins from the anterior radial to the middle median 
have a reddish hue. The postdiscal red spot more than again as broad as in A. claudina-2. The under 
surface of the hindwings somewhat lighter than in the 9 from Rio de Janeiro, the lighter blue-pupilled sub- 
marginal spots are placed in a more greenish yellow area, and the anteterminal black band is hardly half as 
broad. Presumably from one of the Brazilian North Provinces, ?-type in the Geneva Museum, from the Coll. 
JURINE, which is already more than a century old. The butterfly, however, is still just as fresh as the speci- 
mens having been for 15 and 20 years in my collection. A. pallantis (denominated according to an epithet for 
Aurora) forms a transition from A. claudina to A. claudia from Surinam, and most probably some more inter- 
mediate forms will be discovered yet, approximating still more the old A. claudia Schulz by a larger red disk 
of the hindwings. — plausibilis swhsp. nov. forms the transition from claudina to claudianus. It has above already 
the character of claudianus and, contrary to the more northern forms, a dark carmine, purple-tinged and more 
crescentiform red basal part of the forewings. This part is cut out by the submedian from the black inner 
margin in the shape of a segment. The red discal spot of the hindwings still more broadly effused than in clau- 
dianus (115 a). The under surface approximates claudina by a whitish-grey subapical band, instead of hazy 
yellowish as in claudianus. The hindwings also rather exhibit the attributes of the Rio-form than those of 
claudianus, the transcellular median band remains light yellow, the distal one nearly whitish grey and narrower 
than in the more northern and more southern vicarious type. The black ocelli of the hindwings decidedly smaller 
than in the sister-races. Habitat unknown, but presumably Sao Paulo or Parana. — claudianus Stgr. (115 a) 
is incorrectly depicted in our figure by the red discal spot of the hindwings being laid out too broad. In fact 
it is hardly indicated on the upper surface of the hindwings. The Q also exhibits above only an insignificant 
reddish, black-powdered diffuse spot of the hindwings. The preapical oblique band of the forewings in both 
sexes yellowish, the submarginal zone of the hindwings surrounding the blue-pupilled eye-spots greenish brown, 
the median band close at the cell brownish-grey, the postdiscal band greyish-violet as well as the cell-area. 
Santa Catharina. clawdianus has scarcely ever been captured as imago, but been bred from larvae. Its occur- 
rence beyond Blumenau was hitherto not ascertained, but Jutius MicwaE ts has discovered it yet near There- 
sopolis, thus farther to the south. The larva, according to JuL. SCHEIDEMANTEL’s drawing, resembles that 
of a Prepona; the warts on the rings 3 and 5 seem to be absent, but the not paired protuberance on the fourth 
ring is present. The larva ends into a furcated tail similar to that of Prepona laértes. — sardanapalus was under- 
stood by Kirgy and myself to be a local race of A. claudia. The occurrence of decided claudia-forms, beside 
quite typical sardanapalus, however, might induce us to revert to the assumpticn of Bares that sardanapalus 
is a distinct species. Without counting the larger size compared to all the claudia-forms (except A. godmani 
Fruhst.), one might oppose the wing-contour of the forewings being always more roundish and the much more 
imposing scent-pencil being more purely and lighter yellow haired, as distinction-marks. The decisive under 
surface, however, does not offer any prehensible differential characters. The presence of the semi-arc-streak 
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phoenix. 
semirubra. 
claudina. 
pallantis. 
plausibilis. 
claudianus. 
