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PEDALIODES. By G. Weymee. 



Pisonia Group. 



2)isoma. P. pisonia Heir. (53 f). Above unicolorous brown, lighter towards the distal margin. Beneath lighter 



brown, finely dark marbled, beyond the middle with an angled dark brown transverse stripe, followed distally 

 by the somewhat lighter submarginal band, and with a more or less distinct row of white dots on both wings. 

 The dot in cellule 2 of the hind wing is bordered with black. The $ is lighter brown above and has on the 



viams. forewing a dark brown band. — manis Fldr. (53 e) is a form of pisonia, differing in its smaller size and in having 

 the inner margin of the hindwing beneath rust-red, this colour varying in its extent. The forewing is also less 

 elongate and its distal margin somewhat more rounded than in pisonia. The $ of manis likewise differs from 

 the o in the lighter colouring above and beneath. Both forms occur in the high mountains of Venezuela, 



dejecta. Colombia, Ecuador, Pera and Bolivia. — dejecta Bate3 (= lithochalcis Btlr.) (54 a) is likewise a form of pisonia, 

 distinguished by the rust-brown gloss between the medians on the underside of the forewing. From Costa 



circum- Rica, Guatemala, Panama. — circumducta Thieme, a further form belonging here, very near to dejecta., has on 



(uda. ^YiQ upperside of both wings a broad submarginal band of glossy, light olive-brown colour. The scale-spot on 



the forewmg is not so large as in dejecta and more divided into streaks. This form reaches furthest north of all 



the Pedaliodes. It inhabits Mexico. Coll. STAtnorNGER (formerly Sommee), now in the Zool. Museum, Berlin. 



mauneja. P. manneja Thieme (= Pronoph. pisonia Hew. var., Pedal, manis Kirhy) differs from pisonia in having 



the upper surface unicolorous brown, not lighter distally, and in having a white costal spot on the underside 

 of the hindwing. The submarginal band on the forewing beneath is only distinct proximally, becoming obso- 

 lescent distalty. From Venezuela. The locality "Colombia" is uncertain. The butterfly is only represented 

 in old collections and has not been found for the last 50 j^ears. 



omponia. P. pompoiiia Hew. Shape as in pisonia. Above olive-brown. Forewing with a light golden brown 



submarginal band of moderate breadth, which is proximally rather sharply defined. The under surface is grey- 

 brown, mostl}' with dark brown undulate markings, both wings with a black-brown bordered submarginal 

 band, on the forewing of a light wood-colour, on the hindwing light grey-brown and strongly sprinkled 

 with dark brown. From Ecuador (Pishcourco and Santa Inez). 



Panyasis Group. 



(imtissis. P. amussis Thieme (54 a). This species may be recognized by the almost straight costa of the hindwing, 



the apex of which is sharply rectangular, a form which does not occur elsewhere in Pedaliodes. For the 

 rest the margin of both wings is obtusely dentate, with a somewhat prominent angle below the apex of the fore- 

 wing. Above unicolorous brown, the tips of the fringes in the incisions white. Beneath the forewing is olive- 

 brown with broad, somewhat lighter submarginal band, on which is placed a row of white dots, and with the 

 apex brown, marbled with white. The hind^^ing is marbled with light and dark bro%^ai beneath, with several 

 rows of dark brown spots, 2 white costal spots and a row of white dots. Colombia (province of Cauca). 



iihnnias. P. phanlas Hew. (54 a). Above unicolorous brown, before the distal margin somewhat lighter. Beneath 



with dark brown transverse lines, dark striation and lighter submargmal band on both wings. The $9 are 

 sometimes verj' large (cf . pi. 54 a). The early stages have been described by W. MtJLLER. The full-grown larva 

 is nearly 3 li cm. in length, thickened in the middle and terminating in 2 short anal points. The face is quadrate, 

 browai, bordered with black, the cheeks are dark grey, the dorsal part light grey, the vertex bearing 2 short, 

 obtuse, conical horns. The body is light grey \vith grey-green lateral stripes and in addition on the first 3 seg- 

 ments with a darker longitudinal stripe. Above the stigmata are placed posteriorly ascending lines. The 

 larva lives on bamboo and is suspended free for pupation. The pupa is dull white and light grey. It has 

 several obtuse angles and irregularities in the middle and 2 moderatelj" long horns. The butterfly is distri- 

 iraiiKhiLi. buted in South Brazil in the provinces of ^Dnas Geraes and Parana and also occurs in Paraguay. — granu- 

 lata Btlr. is a large form of phanias in which the central area on the underside of both wings is marbled with 

 dark browTi and with the distal boundary uniformly dentate. Thus the light submarginal band on both wings 

 .lilpa. is not broader at the mner than at the costal margin. From Colombia (Bogota). — silpa Thieme, a small form 

 of phanias, has the apex of the forewing somewhat more pointed and the distal margin straighter. On 

 the under surface there are two darker transverse stripes in the cell of the foremng. On the hindwing a dark 

 median band nins from the middle of the costal to the middle of the inner margin, and is strongly excurved 

 m the middle of the wing. From Bolivia (lUimani, Yungas, de la Paz), Peru (Limbani), Ecuador (Huamboya). 



paininsi.-: P. pauyasis Heic. (54 a). Above red-brown. Forewing with some white dots at the costal margin 



before the apex, which is almost rectangular. Fringes chequered with brown and white. Beneath the forewing is 

 likewise red-brown, at the costal margin and before the apex marbled with dark brown and grey. The hind- 

 wing is light and dark marbled throughout, ^^dth two dark dentate transverse bands particularly prominent. 



