264 LASIOPHILA. By G. Weymee. 



somewhat lighter with fine, dentate, darker submarginal line on both wings and 2 marginal lines, which are 

 straight on the forewing, angled on the hindwing. On the under surface a yellowish grey band runs from the 

 inner margin to the middle of the wing, where it is gradually lost in the ground-colour. The ferruginous dentate 

 stripe with black bordering terminates close to the inner angle, whilst in sub punctata it runs into the inner margin 

 3 mm. from the angle. The dark grey band which follows, containing the eye-spots, shades off lighter distally. 

 Of these eye-spots the first 4 are somewhat indistinct. Found by Fassl at Monte Tolima, Colombia, at 3200 m. 

 in January. 

 subrufes- E. subrufcsccns »Sm. tfc Kirby {56 c). Above unicolorous brown. Beneath: hindwing in the distal half 



'^^"^' entirely reddish brown, with dark transverse bands beyond the middle and before the distal margin, and be- 

 tween them a row of small black ocelli with white pupils. Costa Rica. From Monte Socorro, 3600 m., Colombia 

 (Fassl). 

 ruhricaria. E, rubricaria Thieme. (J small. Above brown. Hindwing with thin honey-yellow marginal line and a 



small anal eye-spot. The $ upperside has on the forewing, in addition to a lighter, distinctly defined submar- 

 ginal band (which is anteriorly broader, posteriorly narrower), an indistinct pale reddish line, on the hind- 

 wing two pale reddish lines, one discal, the other submarginal, and on each wing a honey-yellow marginal line. 

 Beneath both sexes have on the forewing one, on the hind\ving two glossy leaden lines before the distal margin 

 and on the hindwing 6 eye-spots. Colombia. Berlin Museum. 

 ochrea. E. ochrea Thieme. Above dark brown with reddish gloss. ForeAving beneath lighter with 3 dark trans- 



verse lines and a yellow marginal line. Hindwing beneath at the base and the costal margin darker, in the 

 anal part brownish ochre-yellow with 4 red-brown transverse lines, one at the base, the second in the disc 

 before the eye-spots, the third and fourth before the distal margin. The row of eye-spots consists of 5 or 6 small 

 black ocelli with white pupils. A triangular ochre-yellow band runs from the mner margin to the disc, where it is 

 broken up into 3 small spots. Ecuador. Berlin Museum (Haensch). 



44. Genus: .l<asioi»liilai^Mf. 



Head small, densely haired, with a tuft of hairs projecting forwards, eyes hairy, palpus porrect, three 

 times as long as the head, the first joint short, the second long, the third with obtuse, densely haired tip ; antenna 

 short and thin. The costal of the forewing is inflated at the base, the median and submedian only some- 

 what thickened. Two subcostal veins arise before the end of the cell. The principal distinguishing character of the 

 genus consists in its having the costal margin of the hindwing excised, the excision extending from the base to %, 

 a character that only recurs in Daedalma, which genus, however, differs in other respects. The hindwing is den- 

 tate and has 2 small tails, the proximal one shorter than the other. The middle discocellular of both wings 

 forms an angle proxiniad, from which arises a small recurrent vein. In the markings on the underside of the hind- 

 wing the species are all very similar. The area of distribution of the genus embraces the countries between Vene- 

 zuela and North Argentina, where the butterflies are met ^tith in the high mountains, sometimes gregariously. 

 cirla. L. cirta Fldr. (= Pronoph. praeneste Hew. pt.) (56 e). The largest and most beautiful species of the 



genus, recognizable by the large milk-white spot on the hmdwing. The double row of rust-red spots before 

 the distal margin on both wings stands out in many examples more distinctly than ua the figure. The under sur- 

 face is similar to that of the figured persepolis (56 c), except that the basal area of the forewing is brown to 

 diducta. beyond the middle. From Peru (Rio Sonchi, 2300 m. [STUBEL],Chancliamayo, Rioja, Huancabamba). — diducta 

 Thieme is a form of cirta with the rust-red spots on the upperside of the forewing proximally extended to the 

 cell, the last 2 even joined to the rust-reddish basal part. From Huancabamba in North Peru. 



piscina. L. piscina Thieme (56 d). The under surface of the forewing entirely resembles the figured upper surface 



except that the red-brown ground-colour is somewhat lighter. The underside of the hindwing is like that of 

 phalaesia (56 d), thus the white spot is not present. Cuzco (Peru). 

 prosyntna. L. prosymna Hew. The white band of the forewing is present above and beneath and does not quite 



reach the 2nd median vein. Under surface marbled AA-ith grey or brown, and with a dentate row of small yellowish 

 white spots. Colombia, eastern slopes of the Bogota Cordillera, 2000 to 2500 ro., Subida del Tesari, 2300 to 2500 m. 

 dircmpia. (Sttjeel), Quindiu Pass, 2800 m. (Fassl). — • dirempta Thieme (55 f) is a form which differs so little from pro- 

 symna as to be scarcely worth naming. The white band is somewhat narrower and is constricted in such a way 

 orhilia. as to separate off its last spot. Ecuador. — In the form orbilia Thieme the chestnut-red markings of the 

 upper surface are replaced by a brown colour, which is somewhat lighter than the rest of the ground- 

 colour. Colombia. 



phalaesia. L. phalaesia Hew. (56 d) was first described hy HE^^^TSO^^ as the cJ of prosym^ia, but he afterwards 



recognized it as a separate species. Above bro^^^l with the base broadly reddish brown. Forewing with broad 



red-yellow submarginal band, posterior^ rust-red, distally smooth-margined, but with its proximal 



regia. margin somewhat uneven, and continued in 3 smaller spots on the apex of the hind^ving. Ecuador. — ■ regia 



Stgr. (56 d) may probably be regarded as a form of pJialaesia. The submarginal band of the forewing 



