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produced into 3 more or less shai-p points, below the upper radial strongly excised. The tails and angles of the 

 hindwing are differently shaped in the individual species. The principal distinctive character of the genus 

 consists in the costa of the hindwing, Avhich is as strongly excised as in Daedahna, forming at the base 

 an anteriorly directed, rounded projection. The space between the first median vein and the inner margin 

 on the underside of the hindA^ing is adorned with single long hairs which grow out of the veins and lie over 

 the surface of the -s^-ings (at least in set specimens). The tips of the tails and the projecting angles of the hind- 

 wing also show shaggy ciliation. At the inner angle 2 points are placed side by side. The species occur in 

 the Cordilleras of tropical South America from Colombia to Bolivia, but are among the greatest rarities. 

 The ?$ of the majority of the species are not yet known. Most of the forms were described as Daedalma. 



P. doraete Heic (57 a). On the under surface the light spots of the forewing are larger than above doraete. 

 and lilac-coloured, between them is placed a row of eye-spots and two lilac longitudinal stripes border 

 the cell. The hindwing has the ground-colour olive-brown, with a large number of angled silver spots and 

 between them a row of S eye-spots. Colombia (Quindiu PaB, 3500 m. Mont Serrate near Bogota, 3200 m. Fassl), 

 Peru (Huancabamba, 3000 m. Thieme). 



P. gideon Thieme is the shape of doraete, but the upper surface is wood-coloured brown, with 2 rows gideon. 

 of lighter (not white) long spots, between which is placed a row of round dark brown spots, continued also on 

 the hindwing. The under surface is nearly as in doraete. From Cushi in Peru. — antissa Thieme is a form antissa. 

 of gideon in which the long light brown spots of the forewing are broader and at the ends bordered with 

 whitish. From Huancabamba in North Peru. • — enipeas Thieme, described by him as a separate species, is per- enipe\s. 

 haps only a smaller form of gideon with the middle teeth of the hindwing shorter and the entire upper sur- 

 face of more dusky colouring. The long spots of the forewing are less conspicuous, but are marked with 

 dull white dots placed beside the dark circular spots. Under surface as in gideon and doraete. From Cillutin- 

 cara and Rio Songo in Bolivia. 



P. dorinde Fldr. (57 b). This and the following species have only one row of spots on the forewing dorinde. 

 above and beneath. The hindwing, however, bears two rows. These are yellowish white. The ground-colour 

 of the upper surface is light brown, in the $ figured from the Berlin Museum lighter and more yellowish 

 than in the q. Rare. Colombia (Cauca), Ecuador. 



P. etnilia Btlr. (57 b) is rather like the preceding species, but is distinguished by having the distal emilia. 

 half of the hindwing beneath light grey and the row of eye-spots indistinct. The basal half of this wing 

 is not dark green, as in dorinde, but dark grey with large silver spots. Found by Fassl at the Quindiu Pass 

 at an elevation of 2700 m. 



P. whitelyi Druce (57 b cJ and $). On the upper surface there is in the c? a second row of indistinct whitelyi. 

 whitish yellow spots before the distal margin of the forewing. The $ has the ground-colour of the upperside 

 yelloArish brown, with rows of oclu'e-yellow spots. Peru, Bolivia (Ghaco, San Antonio, Rio Songo), Ecuador 

 (Bafios). 



47. Genus : Tliieiiieia gen. nov. 



At the end of the following genus, Catargynnis Rob., Thieme has placed 2 species, which differ very 

 much in shape from the other species of the genus. They have on the first two median veins of the hindwing 

 long straight tails, as in Daedalma, and the distal margin of the forewing is strongly excised in the middle. 

 On the ground of these differences I propose erecting a new genus for them, and name it in honour of the 

 late Prof. Thieme, whose too early death has deprived entomology of a good worker at the present family. These 

 species cannot be referred to Daedalma, as they lack the concave excision at the costal margin of the hindwing, 

 which is here more smoothly rounded. The first species was described as a Pronofhila, the second as a Catar- 

 gynnis. 



T. phoronea Dhl. & Heiv. The distal margin of the forewing projects in an obtuse angle on the upper phomnea. 

 radial. Above unicolorous dark brown, only the fringes broadly chequered with brown and white. The shape 

 is quite similar to the figured ortruda, except that the two tails are not parallel as in this, but diverge somewhat 

 distally. The 2 is paler brown above with a blurred white costal spot on the forewing. Beneath the forewing 

 is brown, at the apex marbled with white, reddish, yellowish and purple-grey, the fringes as above. Hind- 

 wing reddish chocolate-coloured, in the middle darker, basally with whitish band, distally with a row of 

 6 brown, white-ringed spots, which are surrounded with purple-grey. Venezuela. Very rare in collections, 

 only in the Brit. Museum ^ and $, and in the Berlin Museum 1 $ (coll. Staudinger). 



T. ortruda Thieme {51 c $ upper and under surface). The ^ is unicolorous brown above and resembles ortruda. 

 the <^ of phoronefi on the under surface also. But the $ is very different. It has on both surfaces of the 

 forewing a broad ochre-yellow band, which above is also continued on the anterior part of the hindwing. From 

 Bolivia (Rio Songo and Cillutincara, 3000 m.). Rare. 



