266 DAEDALMA ; POLYMASTUS. By G. Wbymer. 



ther form belonging here, is distinguished by the chestnut-colour appearing almost golden red. The mark- 

 ings are nearly black and sharply defined. The row of spots in the distal margin of the forewing is re- 

 placed by a continuous submarginal band of particularly brilliant colour. From Tucuman in North Argen- 

 seniiparliia. tina. — In semipartita fonn. nov. (57 a) the dark broAVn distal margin of both wings is so btoad that the divi- 

 ding-line from the light brown-red basal half runs through the middle of the wing and the butterfly is conse- 

 qeuntly very similar to Megalura hermione. On the margin there are on the forewing only 2 small light brown- 

 red spots and anteriorly a short streak, on the hindwing a light brown-red line. The linder surface is as 

 in orbifera, but the light spots in the distaPmargin of the forewing very small. From Manaure. 



ciris. L. ciris Thieme (66 e) is similar to zapatoza. The forewing rather short with the apex almost rectangular. 



The tail of the hindwing is short and obtuse. The chestnut-brown ground-colour is much darkened and shades 

 into the colour of the broad distal margin. In the latter a row of chestnut-brown spots. The submarginal 

 row of black-browii spots on the hindwing is partly connected with the distal margin. From Ecuador and Colombia. 



45. Genus: Daedaliua Heiv. 



Head and eyes hairy.- Palpus long projecting. In the forewing 2 subcostal veins arise before the end 

 of the cell. The apex of this wing is obliquely truncate, the distal margin forms a right angle on the upper 

 radial and below this is somewhat excised. The first and second median veins of the hindwing terminate 

 in 2 obtuse tails which project straight out and do not bear the shaggy hair of the follo-ndng genus. The costa 

 of the hindwing is strongly excised. The few species are very similar and inhabit the Cordilleras from Ve- 

 nezuela to Bolivia, where they fly singly at especially high altitudes, above the tree-limit, and are all rare. 



dinias. D. ditiias Hew. (= boliviana Stgr.) (56 f ^ upper and under surface, 51b $). The form described 



and figured by Hewitson from Colombia is not entirely dark on the underside of the forewing, as Staxjdinger 

 states (Iris X, p. 139), but has the same red-yellow spots as on the upperside, for Hewitson says in the text to 

 the dinias plate in vol. 2 of his Exotic Butterflies that the underside of the forewing is "as above" and only mentions 

 differences as regards the apex of the forewing and the hindwing. Thus this is the same form which Statjdinger 

 received from Bolivia and calls boliviana, and the latter name must consequently sink. The original dinias 

 form with the red-yellow spot on the underside of the forewing has been taken by Fassl in both sexes in the 

 Colombian East Cordilleras at Pacho (2200 m.) and at Monte Tolima (3200 m.). It is distributed across Peru 

 to Bolivia. As the form with the dark under surface of the forewing is now without a name, I propose for it the 

 oenotria. name oenotria form. nov. (56 f). On the upper surface the red-yellow spot is still present, but removed further 

 from the costa than in typical dinias. oenotria occurs at Bogota. In an intermediate form between dinias and 

 rlioinboidea. oenotria, which I call rhomboidea forin. nov. (56 f), the red-yellow spot is of an obliquely quadrate shape and only 

 its short inner angle enters the cell. From Bolivia. 



inconspicua. D. iticonspicua Btlr. Size and shape of dinias, except that the tails of the hindwing are somewhat 



longer and thinner. Above brown with some clouding, otherwise without markings. Beneath the forewing 

 is grey with a brown band beyond the middle. The underside of the hindwing agrees entirely with that of dinias 

 in markings and colouring. The $ is still unknown. From Quito and Papallacta on the Chimborazo. Rare. 



/ drusilla. D. drusilla Heiv. Shape of dinias, but smaller. Above brown with the fringes chequered with white. 



At the costa of the forewing before the apex 4 fine white streaks. Beneath the forewing is brown with a yel- 

 low-grey spot in the cell and a yellow-grey band before the distal margm, in wliich are placed a row of black 

 dots. Before the apex a blue-grey spot. Hindwing beneath similar to that of dinias. The $ is not yet 

 known. Colombia. 

 dora. D. dora Stgr. (56 f). Above almost entu-ely dark brown, only the tips of the frmges white between the 



veins. Forewing beneath broA\ii Avith the apex marbled, hmdAving beneath similar to that of dinias. The $ 

 occiu's in 2 somewhat different forms, one with a brownish ochre-yellow submarginal band on the upperside 

 of both wings, in which are placed dark brown spots, the other with this band much infuscated and standing 

 out but little from the dark ground-colour. On the underside of the forewing, which somewhat recalls the Pale- 

 arctic Vanessa urticae, this band is, however, distinct in both forms. From the Bogota district, 2800 — 3200 m. 

 (Fassl). 

 palacio. D. palacio Dogn. Size of the preceding species. Above brown. Forewing with a white transverse 



band across the middle and small white spots before the apex, hindwing with a row of small white spots 

 from the costal margin to the middle. Beneath the foremng is as above, but the ground-colour lighter 

 and the apex more spotted A^dth Avhite, hindAAing similar to that of dinias, but Avith shai-per dentate line and chest- 

 nut-red spots at the margin. The $ is not knoAAai. Loja (Ecuador). 



■46. Genus: Polymastiis TUeme. 

 ForcA'sing elongate, AA'ith the costal margin rather straight, the anterior part of the distal margin 



