240 CALISTO. By G. Weymee. 



broM^i dots. The hindwing has 3 large red-yellow spots m cellules 2 — 4. On the under surface the ground- 

 colour is darker brown, without the greenish reflection, the band red-yellow, the 2 larger black sjsots white- 

 pupilled, joined together and surrounded by a broad light yellow ring. The hindwing is irrorated with dark 

 brown, with broad, lighter border occupymg a third of the wing. A dark brown band separates the two colours. 

 Before the distal margin in cellule 2 a dark brown, white-centred spot. At Portaguelo de Corocoro and Sica- 

 sica at 3600 to 4600 m. (Collected by SxtiBEL). 



elcatcs. P. eleates Weym. Above brown, with two small red-yellow spots on each wing placed in cellules 2 



and 3 not far from the distal margin, on the forewing distinct, on the hindwing more indistinct. Beneath 

 likewise brown. Forewing Avith black, white-pupilled eye-spot before the apex, surrounded by a light brown 

 ring which is posteriorly prolonged into cellule 3. The border of the hindwing is j^ellowish brown, occupying 

 a quarter of the wing, and contains a row of brown crescents. Only one example (a (J) was collected by Stubel, 

 at Tacora in Bolivia; this is now in the Zool. Museum in Berlin. 



32. Genus: C'alisto Hhn. 



This genus differs from all the other American Satyrid genera in that all the subcostal veins of the 

 forewing arise beyond the end of the cell. The costal and median of the forewing are strongly inflated. The 

 middle discocellular of the forewing forms a right angle, the posterior arm extending far distad, so that the cell 

 is much longer posteriorly than anteriorly. The inner margin of the hindwing is more or less deeply excised 

 before the inner angle. In most species the (^^ have a silky scent-scale spot on the upper surface. The butter- 

 flies are mostly small or below medium size. They inhabit the Antilles; a single species is said to be found 

 on the continent of America, but this seems to need confirmation. 



zawjis. C. zangis F. (= agues Cr.) (51 f). Above brown, forewmg in the ^^ with a large, round, velvety dark 



brown scent-scale spot in the middle. The hindwing is reddish brown in the posterior half, with a small black 

 spot at the anal angle. Under surface brown, forewing with a large eye-spot before the apex near the costal 

 margin. This is black with ochre-yellow ring and double white pupil. On the hindwing a much smaller eye-spot 

 before the anal angle. The distal half of the hindwing is lighter brown. The butterfly is common on Jamaica, 

 both in the plains and the mountains, where it ascends to 6000 ft. One example was taken according to Lathy 

 in Demerara, British Guiana. The further localities which have been given, "Pennsylvania" in Cramer (Uitl. 

 Kap.) and "Carolina" in Godart (Encyclopedie'i pnd in Kirby's Catalogue are in all probability erroneous, 

 as Holland and Dyar do not cite the sjoecies in v.i^iv works. 



nuhila. C. nubila Lathy (51 f) is quite similar to the preceding species, but differs ui the absence of the velvety 



scent-scale spot of the ^^. The upper surface is entirely blackish brown, distally paler, with a black spot 

 at the anal angle of the hindwing. On the under surface the cell of the forewing is bright red-brown, the hind- 

 wing likewise red-brown, at the anal angle orange-coloured, with a larger eye-spot in cellule 2, which is of an orange 

 colour, and some small white spots beside it. The $ is not known. From Porto Rico. 



archchatcs. C. archcbates ilfe?i. Above cupreous brown, with a velvety spot on the forewing extending from the 



inner margin to the cell. Beneath brown. Forewing with black, white-pupilled, yellow-ringed ocellus, hind- 

 M'ing with light yellow band across the middle, which is widened at the inner margin. Behind this an eye- 

 spot, like that on the forewing, and two white dots beside it. From Haiti. Very rare. Only in the collection 

 of God MAN and Salvin and in the St. Petersburg Museum. 



piiMidla. C. pulchella Lathy (51 g). Above dark brown, in the ^J with the velvety spot on the forewing as in 



the other species and a black spot at the anal angle, bordered with light yellow. The $ has on the hindwing 

 a large orange-brown spot i}i the posterior part of the distal margin before the anal angle, traversed by a dark 

 brown line. The under surface is similar to those of zangis and nubila, but the basal half of the hindwing 

 is abnost entirely reddish orange, before the eye-spot on the hindwing there are 3 wliite dots in a row, one 

 above another, and behind it a row of red-yellow spots. On the forewing the 2nd white pupil of the eye-spot 



tcncbrosa. is removed basad and placed in the yellow ring. I'rom Haiti, tenebrosa Lathy is a female form of pulchella 

 in which the large orange-brown area before the anal angle on the upperside of the b induing is absent. Like- 

 wise from Haiti. 



licrophUc. C. herophile Hhn. (51 f). Above brown, in the ^J mth a dark velvety spot on the forewing. Beneath 



grey-brown with 2 undulate median and 2 broad, finely dentate submarginal hues, a red-yellow triangle 

 at the base of the forewing, with a large eye-spot on the forewing and a somewhat smaller one on the hind- 

 wing and before the latter a row of 4 white dots. From Cuba. 

 hysius. C. hysius Godt. The smallest species of the genus, with an expanse of only 24 — 28 mm. Above dark broAvn, 



m the ^^ with large, velvety blackish spot on the forewing. Beneath brown, forewing irrorated with ochre- 

 yellow, with the cell filled up with brick-red, a brown median line, distally margined with yellow, 2 submarginal 



