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is placed at the point wliere the two veins meet, thus forming a continuation of the .lower radial. The hindwing 

 of several species shows a similar recurrent veinlet, its position varying as in the forewing. — The genus is 

 composed of small or quite moderate-sized butterflies, mostly with rounded wings. Only the a^pex of the fore- 

 wing is in several species almost squared, in single cases even pomted. Others have an obtuse angle in the middle 

 of the distal margin of the hindwing, while in others again it is placed at the anal angle of the hindwing. 

 The upper surface is mostly unicolorous brown, only a few species having the ground-colour wliite or glossy 

 blue. Frequently white dots are placed in a curved row on both wings, occasionally these are replaced by eye- 

 spots. Single species have silvery spots or bands on the underside of the hindwing. The head-quarters of this 

 genus are the Andes of tropical western America, where it is distributed from Costa Rica to Peru. 



Upper surface white. 



L, lactea Heiv. T^Tiite, base dusted with darker; forewing: costal and distal margins reddish, a black lactea. 

 submarginal stripe, also a spot in the middle of the costal margin, a large quadrate spot at the apex and 

 a small, round, white-centred spot between the 2nd and 3rd median veins, all black. On the hindwing the 

 veins are black towards the distal margin; 2 black dots in cellules 4 and 5 and one in cellule 1 c. Beneath 

 white, the margins of the forewing and the whole of the hindwing light yellow. The spots on the forewing 

 are iu part mdistinct. The hindwing is traversed by 2 oblique red-brown bands, on the lower of these bands 

 are placed 3 black dots, a black clot at the apex and 3 further dots in the posterior half of the wing. Expanse 

 40 mm. From Colombia. 



L. galactea Stgr. (52 c). Slightly glossy white. Forewing with the costal margin narrowly black and galadea. 

 with a broad black distal border, decreasing but little in breadth posterior^ and reaching to the first median 

 vein. In this are placed several white dots. Hindwing with black spot in the anterior part of the distal margin. 

 On the under surface the terminal band is shorter and its distal half is brownish. The white dots are here 

 bordered with black. The underside of the hmdwing is crossed by 3 brown transverse stripes which show 

 through slightly above. From Cillutincara (province of Yungas, Bolivia). Collected by Garlepp. 



L. eubagioides Btlr. Similar to the preceding. White, at the base blackish green, costa, apex a.nd eiCbagioides. 

 distal margin of the forewing narrowly ferruginous, the space before the apex from the costa to the first median 

 vein black. The distal half of the cell and 2 spots in cellules 2 and 3 are also black. In the black apical area 

 are placed a semicircular spot at the end of the cell, an oblique band midway between cell and apex and 4 

 small clots before the apex, all wMte. Beneath white, the forewing with red-brown disc, spotted with white; 

 costa, apex and distal margin pale ochre-yellow. Two dark spots in cellules 2 and 3, the upper with white 

 centre and ochre-yellow rmg. Hindwing duty white, dusted with brown, with a number of oblique brown streaks 

 in the basal area and 7 black dots in the distal area. 43 mm. From Peru. 



L. nivea Stgr. (52 c). Forewing white, with black costal and distal margins, the former narrow, the latter nivea. 

 anteriorly broad, posteriorly narrow; four white dots in a curved row before the apex, a black spot on 

 the discocellular. Hindwing white, only the base dusted with grey. Benea,th the costal margin and apex of the 

 forewing are dusted with yellowish grey. From Ecuador (Quito). — melia form. nov. (52 c) is a form of nivea melia. 

 in which the black spot on the discocellular of the forewing is joined to the black distal margin, so that the 

 distal half of the forewing is black to the middle of the costal margin and to the inner angle, and only inter- 

 rupted by one larger and 2 or 3 small white spots. The hindwing is dusted with darker at the base. On the 

 underside of the forewing before the apex are placed 3 brown dots in the positions where nivea has white 

 ones and a 4th brown dot in cellule 3. In the $ the apex of the forewing and the whole hindwing are dusted 

 with yellowish grey beneath. Collected by Fassl at the Quindiu Pass in Colombia at 3800 m. in September 

 to November. — sororcula Thieme is a further form of nivea ; markings on the upper surface not black but bright sororcuta. 

 rust-browTi, only the spot at the end of the cell and the distal margin somewhat darkened, the narrow border 

 at the costal margin rust-yellow. From Ecuador, environs of Chimborazo (Haensch). 



L. huilana Weym. (52 c). The white ground-colour of the upper surface is much darkened in the basal Indiana. 

 ' half of the forewing by dark brown dusting. The apical half is black-brown extending into the cell and to the 

 inner angle and proximally forming several projecting angles. In it is placed in cellules 4 — 6 a dull white macular 

 band. In the middle of cellule 2 there is a dark brown spot on white ground. The hindwing is almost entirely 

 covered with brown dusting, so that only in the middle somewhat of the white ground-colour remams. The 

 basal area has white hairs. A row of brown dots before the margin. On the under surface the costal mai'gm, 

 apex and distal margin of the forewing are brownish ochre with the same row of dots as above. Collected 

 by Stubel on the Paramo des Huila in Colombia at 4000 m. — tolima form. nov. (52 c) is a form of huilana tolbna. 

 in which the forewing is less dark-dusted, so that there is a large white area in the middle, extending from 

 the anterior margin of the cell to the anal angle. The round dark brown spot in cellule 2 is as in huilana. 

 The dark dusting of the entire hindwing is on the contrary so strong as to produce a bluish grey colouring. 



