192 AMPHIDECTA. By G. Weymer. 



verse line 5 white, dark-margined dots on the hindwing and 3 — 5 more or less indistinct smaller dots on the 

 forewing. Guatemala, Brazil (Espirito Santo), Paraguay. 



inornaia. T. inornata i^/(?9'. (46 c). Above brown with 2 darker lines at the distal margin. Under surface lighter 



with 2 brown lines through the middle of both wings, which on the forewing diverge towards the costal margin, 

 the proximal one forming a curve in the cell, the distal one almost straight; on the hindwing the proximal line 

 is almost straight, while the distal one is curved outwards at the costal margin and forms 2 shallow curves in 

 the middle. At the distal margin 3 brown lines, of which on the forewing the proximal one is undulate and the 

 distal two straight, but on the hindwing all three are imdulate. Three white dots on the forewing before the 

 apex, the two lower ones very small, five white dots on the hindwing in cellules 2 — 6. Colombia (Bogota). 



10. Genus: Aiiiphidecta Btlr. 



Forewing at the distal margin with an obtuse angle below the apex, costal and median much iirflated 

 at the base, hindwing with the costal margin fairly straight, the inner margin much longer than the costal, 

 distinctly emarginate, the distal margin dentate, the precostal vein distinctly forked, otherwise the neuration 

 as in Taygeiis; antennae thin, with scarcely appreciably thickened clubs. Eyes naked; the palpi projecting 

 beyond the head, flattened at the sides, the hairs forming a sharp crest beneath. The genotype is pignerator. 

 The two species united with it here differ somewhat in the shape of the forewing, the obtuse angle at the dis- 

 tal margin not being present, but the elongated inner margin of the hindwing and the scheme of markings 

 of the forewing point to a relationship with pignerator. The butterflies are of less than medium size, and have 

 been taken at isolated places in Central and South America, but as yet are little distributed in collections. 



pignerator. A. pignerator Btlr. (46 c). Expanse 62 mm. Above grey-brown, on the forewing with 3 round white 



spots, which are placed in a triangle, one between median veins 1 and 2 and two between median 3 and the 

 lower radial. The hindwing without markings; the marginal line on both wings dark broAvn, the fringes between 

 the veins whitish. Forewuig beneath light grey, the distal part from the apex to nearly the middle of the cos- 

 tal margin and to the inner angle, and also the costal margin itself to the subcostal are finely sprinkled with 

 dark brown, in which colour in addition to the 3 white spots of the upper surface there is a fourth narrow white 

 one and beside it a dark brown spot. Hindwing beneath lilac, sprinkled with violet all over, with 3 dentate 

 transverse bands composed of brown dots, one before, the second behind the middle, the third before the dis- 

 tal margin. Before the latter a row of black dots in light rings. The species appears, however, to be very va- 

 riable in the colour and markings of the hindwing beneath, as recent consignments from Herr Fassl prove. 

 An example captured at Villavicencio has the rmderside of the hindwing light brownish grey with a brown 

 distal margin 3 — 4 mm broad and not sharply defined. The under surface is sparsely adorned with small, fine 

 brown striae, but in such a way that no dark transverse bands are formed, the striation being imiformly dis- 

 tributed all over. The transverse row of fme black dots just before the broAvn distal margin is, however, dis- 

 tinctly present. The species is but little represented in collections as yet. Bates fotuid it many years ago at 

 Ega on the Amazon in the dense primeval forests, Fassl quite recently at Villavicencio in East Colombia 



simplicia. (450 m.) in April. — I give the name simplicia jorm. nov. (46c) to a form of pignerator which is dark earth- 

 brown above and has 4 Avhite spots in the apical part of the forewing, which is black with a very dull blue 

 reflection. Fi'om Minas Geraes (Brazil). 



reinoldsi. A. reinoldsi spec. nov. (46 c). Expanse 48 — 50 mm. Above olive-brown, distal half of the forewing 



dark brown with 8 white spots, which are placed in two rows proximally curved in the middle. At the distal 

 margin of the hindwing a double dark brown undulate line. Under surface grey-brown, the 8 white spots as 

 above and placed in a brown area, Avhich is surrounded by the ground-colour at the costal and distal margins. 

 The hindwing has somewhat before the middle a straight dull Avhite band, then a curved row of round ochre- 

 yellow spots, each of these with a black dot or short streak in the middle. Before the margin a dark brown 

 dentate line, which bears a black dot in the middle of each cellule, and two undulate lines close to the distal 

 margin. The $ has a somewhat lighter, more j^ellowish ground-colour. On the underside of the hindwing the 

 yellow spots are so widened that a continuous band is formed, in which besides the black dots and striae some 

 shiny silver scales are strewed. Mmas Geraes, St. Catharina (Brazil). Rare. 



calliomma. A. calliomma Fldr. (46 b). 62 mm. Upper surface olive-brown, the distal third of the forewing darker, 



with two distalty curved rows of 5 brownish white spots each, of which the anterior ones are somewhat indis- 

 tinct. Hindwing with a submarginal row of broT\Ti spots. On the underside the forewing is as above, only 

 somewhat lighter. The hindwing is marbled with dark brown on a grey-brown ground, with 2 silver spots, 

 one near the base, the other in the middle. Behind the latter 3 dark brown eye-spots in ochre-yellow rings, with 

 shining silvery pupils, of which the posterior one is the most distinct. From Colombia (Cordillera of Bogota, 

 Villavicencio, 750 m.. May), Amazon (Manaos). Rare. 



