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out into a point on the underside of the hindwing. The upper surface is unicolorous reddish brown. In 

 the $ the posterior half of the distal margin of the hindwing has sharper and more pointed teeth. Venezuela, 

 Colombia, Paraguay. — pedacia Hew. is a form of piletha in which the white half-band on the underside of the peducia. 

 hmdwing is somewhat broader at the inner margin and connected with the costal spot by a sinuous row of small 

 white spots. Ecuador. 



P. prytanis Heir, has the hindwing very dark, with the half-band reduced to an oblique, quadrate prytanis. 

 white spot at the inner angle. The costal spots are very indistinct. The upper surface is dark brown, only 

 spotted with white m the incisions of the strongly dentate margin of the forewing. Venezuela, Colombia. — ■ 

 phoenissa Hew. (54 d) is perhaps a form of the preceding. It only differs in having the distal margin of the fore- phoenissa. 

 \\ing not dentate, but merely weakly undulate. Colombia. 



P. phazania Sm. (54 d) may be known by the straight course of the white half-band of the hindwing phazania. 

 from the inner margiia to between the radials, Avhile it gradually decreases in breadth and terminates in a fine 

 point. Ecuador. — cestia TJiieme is probably only a form of phazania. The half-band of the hindwing is cesiia. 

 almost the same shape, but is sulphur-yellow, not white. Colombia. 



Tena Group. 



P. tena Hew. (54 d). The species of this group have the wings more elongated. ten« may be recognized tena. 

 by the row of 4, in the 5, white spots on the upperside of the forewing, which are larger in the $, smaller 

 in the (J. In the $ there are in addition to this row one or two white dots before the apex of the forewing, 

 and a row of 4 white dots on both surfaces of the hindwing. The latter are sometimes present also in the ^ 

 on the upper surface. On the underside of the forewing some of the white spots are sometimes absent. — • Thieme 

 regards the following large-spotted species pasides as the ^ of tena. Thus he has overlooked that Hewitson 

 himself says in the 5th volume of his "Exot. Butt." that ^^ of tena have smaller white spots than the $, 

 which he figured. I have seen 10 examples of tena collected by STtJBEL, including 9 ^(^ which all had 

 smaller spots than Hewitson's figure. One of them is figured on our plate. I am therefore compelled to regard 

 pasides as a separate species, tena flies in the high mountains of Ecuador at the snow-line (Paramo de 

 Cuvilehe, 3800 m., Antisuna, 4300 m.). 



P. pasicles Hew. Above brown, the distal margin somewhat more rounded than in tena. Forewing panicles. 

 with 3 light 3'ellow spots beyond the middle, the first large, 6 mm. in length, divided by a vein into 2 parts, 

 the other two small, especially the last. On the under surface the 2 small spots are absent and there 

 is a black submarginal line. Ecuador (Alatillo). 



P. reissi Weym. (54 d). On the upper surface an indistinct row of dots beyond the costal spot, rcissi. 

 which stands out more distinctly beneath. Hindwing lighter brown, finely marbled with dark brown. The 

 $ was discovered by Fassl on Monte Tolima and only differs from the (J in having the dark brown marbling 

 on the underside ^f the hindwing more prominent on account of the lighter ground-colour and in the 

 presence of a browoiish grey submarginal band, strongly dentate distally, before the distal margin. The costal 

 spot of the hindwing is dusted with brownish beneath. On the Paramos of Tolima, of Moras and of Huila. 

 3600— 4200 m. (.Stubel, Fassl). 



P. albonotata 6-'o(Zm. (54d). The white spot wanting on the under surface. The hindwing beneath has alhomtata. 

 2 dentate whitish transverse stripes, which are strongly speckled with brown. In the distal area a row of white 

 sagittate marks, the anterior 2 larger and more distinct. Venezuela (Merida). 



P. albopunctata Weym. (54 e). Under surface like the upper, which is here figured. The number albopunc- 

 of dots varies on the hindwing from 1 to 4. In the $ the underside of the hindwing has a broad yellowish ^"'"" 

 brown submarginal band, in which are placed the white dots in dark rings. Peru (Cruz de Celendin, Paramo, 

 between Marafion and Utcubamba, 3000 — 3600 m.); Bolivia (Quimtachata, Tiahuanaco, 4200 m.). — flavo- flavopunc- 

 punctata Stgr. is a form of albopunctata with straw-yellow instead of white dots. From Bolivia. '*''*■ 



P. perita Hew. Size of the preceding. Above unicolorous brown, only the fringes of the forewing perita. 

 spotted "wath white. Forewing beneath with the margins marbled with grey and with a row of 4 white dots. 

 Hindwing beneath with broad grey-yellow submarginal band, on which are placed 5 white dots in black 

 rings. Ecuador. 



P. nebris Thieme (54 e) may be easily known by the short, straight honey-yellow band beyond the middle ncbris. 

 on the upyjerside of the hindwing. Beneath this band is whitish yellow and between it and the distal margin 

 are placed 4 white dots in black rings. Sometimes there is also on the underside of the forewing a transverse 

 row of 4 .small reddish yellow spots and beyond them a row of white dots. The former are sometimes present 

 on the upperside also. The "^ does not differ from the i^ in markings. — • According to Fassl the egg is spheri- 

 cal, bone-yellow, glossy and entirely covered with fine pitting. He found the butterfly in various localities 

 in the Colombian East Cordilleras, rarely below 3300 m., and suspects that the types described by Thteme 

 from the STAUBi^fGEE collection were also taken there. 



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