258 PEDALIODES. By G. Weyiiee. 



empeinis. P. empetrus Thieme (54 e). Above yellow-bro^ra with a submarginal row of white dots, larger on the 



forewing, smaller on the hinchraig. Fringes chequered dark brown and white. The butterfly seems to be 

 rare iu collections. Venezuela (Merida). 



Polusca Group. 



panels. P. paneis Hew. (54 e). Above unicolorous bro\^aa. The rust-red band of the under surface rises from 



the mner angle of the hindwing and runs % across the wing, gradually tapering to a point. Beyond this 



tyro, a row of white dots. Peru, BoUvia, Colombia. — In the form tyro Thieme (= paneis Hew. pt.) (54 f) the 



rust-red band on the under surface is much shorter, occupying barely V^ of the breadth of the wing. Only 



one white dot, placed at the anal angle. The apes of the forewing is truncate, forming a right angle. 



pheres. Peru. — • pheres Thieme (54 f ) is a further form, m which the apex of the forewing is not truncate, but the distal 

 margin is straight throughout, and the white dot at the anal angle is wanting. The rust-red band has about 

 the same extent as in tyro. Peru, Bolivia. 



pMlonis. P. philonis Hew. (54 e) is a similar species to paneis with the apex of the forewing truncate. The 



red-yellow band on the underside of the hindwmg is as long as ui j^aneis, beyond it is placed a light brown 

 submargmal band, stronglj^ dentate distally, which bears a row of 5 black eye-spots with thick white pupils. 

 Ecuador, Peru. 



phcreiias. P. pheretias Hew. (54 f) may be kno-mi bj^ the elongate white costal spot on the underside of the 



hindwing. The red-j^ellow anal spot is rather small. The upper surface is unicolorous black-bro-mi. The 

 $ was found by Fassl at the Quindiu Pass, Colombia, in 2 different forms. One is similar to the 3^, only 

 , differing in the presence on the underside of both wings of a broad grey-brown submarginal band, on the 

 hiud^^ing reaching the white costal spot and the rust-red inner-marginal spot and marbled with dark brown. 

 griseola. The other female form (pi. 54 f), for which I propose the name griseola form, nov., only differs in having the 

 ground-colour of the entire underside of the hindwing yellowish grey-brown, fmely striated all over with dark 

 brox^ii, so that the costal and anal spots have almost disappeared. From the Quindiu Pass (Fassl). 



fcrmtiUs. p. ferratilis Btlr. (= morenoi Dogn.) (54 f). Above dark bro^ni, beneath lighter brown marbled with 



dark browaa, the hindwing with broad ferruginous inner margin, from which arises a quadrate, light rust-red 



uncus, anal spot. Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Colombia. — uncus Thieme is a form of ferratilis in which the rust-red colour 



on the underside of the hindwing is confmed to a narrow distal border, and which bears 4 ^^dlite dots on the 



underside of the forewing. From Tucuman in North Argentma. 



zoippus. P- zoippus Driice. A small species of 46 mm. expanse, above brown with the inner margin and anal 



angle of the hmdwing red-brown. Under surface the same, the hindwing with some indistinct white spots before 

 the distal margin and a dark bro^^ai submarginal line. Peru. 



poluscu. p. polusca Hew. (54 f ). Above dark brown with narrow red-brown border at the inner angle. 



On the under surface distmguished by the 2 subanal white dots beyond the red-brown submargmal 

 band of the huidwmg, which is more or less extended. The larger, typical polusca occurs both in Colombia 

 jjoUa. (where Fassl took it on Mont Socorro at altitudes of 3500 m.) and in Peru and Bolivia. — polla Thieme 

 (= polusca Hew. pt.) is a smaller form, in which the rust-red band on the underside of the hindwing runs up 

 to beyond the cell. The inner angle is much lighter j^elloA^ish rust-red. The $ does not differ from the (J. 

 syleus. From Colombia (Quindiu Pass, 3800m., Fassl). — syleus Thieme, a further form of polusca, in which the rust- 

 red colour on the underside is confined to the transverse band of the hindwing only, there being no rust-red 

 colour present at the anal angle and in the rest of the distal part of both wings. From Limbani, Peru. 



aseonki. P. asconia Thieme is a species similar to polusca-. The transverse band beyond the middle of the 



hmdwing on the under surface- consists only of a quadrate orange-yellow spot at the imier margm and 3 small 

 honey-yellow spots beyond the middle of the -iraig. A white clot between median veins 1 and 2. The $ 

 is pale brown above, bordered with rust-red at the anal angle. The under surface of the fore^\dng shows a pale 

 costal spot. From Bafios in Ecuador (Haexsch). 



pausia. P. pausia Hew. (= loca Stgr., lora Sm. ct- Kirhy). Above dark brown, distally reddish brown. Beneath 



the same, forewing Avith 2 or 3 very small white dots before the apex, hindwing with a narrow, light rust-red 

 lucipara. half-band, which crosses a row of 4 white dots. Bolivia (Yungas de la Paz). — lucipara form. 7iov. (55 a) 

 is a form of pausia in which the upper surface is not reddish distally, but only lighter bro^^^l. On the under 

 surface the white dots of the fore^^■ing are absent and the hmdwing shows only 2. From the Quindiu Pass, 

 baccara. 2500 m., Colombia (Fassl). — baccara Thieme is a form which has on the forewing beneath a broad light 

 brown submargmal band, finely bordered with white distally. The transverse band of the hmd^vdng is twice 

 as broad as in pavsia and only m its posterior part rust-red. From the Colombian province of Antioquia (Kal- 

 Beeyee). 



