270 DRUCINA; DIORISTE. By G. Weyiviee. 



51. Genus: ]>rueiiia Btlr. 



Forewing narrow and elongate, its apex less recurved than in Proboscis and, with the exception of 

 orsedice, rounded, the distal margin weakly excised, but even, that of the hindwing slightly undulate or smooth. 

 Palpus long and porrect, the terminal joint almost half as long as the middle joint. 



leonaia. D. leonata Btlr. (58a, b). The $ is somewhat larger than the (J, of which we figure both surfaces, 



the apical part of the forewing above is somewhat lighter and there are some milk-white spots in the disc. On 

 the hindwing the ferruginous stripes extend further and between them are placed beyond the cell 3 obscure 

 white rays. Costa Rica (Irazu and Rio Sucio), Panama (Volcan de Chiriqui). 



cliampioni. D. championi Godm. cfc Salv. Somewhat larger than the preceding species. Above black-brown. Fore- 



wing with a submarginal row of 5 or 6 small ochre-yellow spots, hindwing with 6 bright blue oval spots in 

 a curved row, of which 5 are large (5 — 10 mm. in length) and the last, at the anal angle, small. Forewing 

 beneath brown with the apex marbled with grey and with 4 white spots, the hindwing marbled with grey 

 and brown, with brown spots and indistinct double row of eye-spots. A rare and beautiful species. Discovered 

 by Champion in Guatemala (Cerro Zunti), coll. Godjiais and Salvhsi. 



vcnerata. D. venerata Btlr. (58b,c). Butler and Statjdinger have referred this species to the genus Pronophila. 



Although the fore^\'ing is not so sharply pointed as in the other Drucina species, yet the narrow, elongate fore- 

 wing with its oblique distal margin seems to me to point rather to the genus Drucina, to which Thieme 

 has referred it. Hence I follow this arrangement. The $ is distinguished from the cj, which we figure on both 

 surfaces, by having the light spot on the underside of the hindmng not wliite but brownish grey, so that it stands 

 out but little from the ground-colour, on the other hand the dentate line before the anal angle is distinctly 

 white. Peru, Bolivia (San Antonio and Cillutincara). 



orsedice. D. orsedice Hew. The forewing is pointed, but the apex is not recurved. Above red-brown. Both wings 



with a red spot in the cell and 2 rows of red spots beyond the middle, which are small on the forewing, large 

 on the hmdwing. Hindwing further with some red marginal spots. Forewing beneath reddish, whit a pale 

 browai spot before the apex and some red spots between the median veins, on which are placed a row of 

 4 black eye-spots, mostly with white pupils. Hind^^ing beneath pale browai, a red-brown band before the 

 middle, then a row of 5 red-brown spots with white pupils. Expanse 2^5 in. (71 mm.). Ecuador, Peru (Huanca- 

 asiorefli. bamba). — astoreth Thieme is a form of orsedice in which the forewing is unicolorous brown above and the 

 vwlacea. red marginal spots of the hindwing are absent. Expanse 60 mm. Bolivia (Yungas de la Paz). • — violacea 

 form. nov. (on pi. 58 erroneously called orsedice) seems to be a form near to orsedice or a separate species. It 

 is characterized by the brownish violet ground-colour of both wings. All the margins and all the veins are bor- 

 dered with dark brown; the costal margin of the forewing and the distal margin of the hindwing are in addition 

 narrowly bordered with violet-brown. The submarginal spots are light-pupilled on the under surface. From 

 Macas in Ecuador. Coll. Niepelt. 



52. Genus: I>ioriste Thieme. 



The species of this genus, which on account of their similar shape were formerly referred to Oxeoschistus 

 Btlr., Thieme has separated from it, as they all have a certain resemblance inter se. This consists in the 

 presence on the upper surface of large white or light yellow spots and on the underside of the hindwing 

 of a whitish yellow discal band with a submarginal row of eye-spots. 



iat(ropoUs. D. tauropolis Dbl. ct- Hew. (= laetifica Bates) (58 c). May be known by the large, sharply dentate, 



yellowish ^\■llite spot on the hindwing, which on the underside is prolonged to the inner angle as a narrow stripe 

 and encloses a row of eye-spots; there is further a white line at the base beneath. The spots of the fore- 

 coihon. wing are alike above and beneath. Distributed from Mexico over Guatemala to Nicaragua. • — cothon Salv. is 

 a somewhat aberrant form of tauropolis. It has on the foremng 3 additional whitish yellow spots (2 before the 

 apex, 1 in the disc), the spot on the hindwing is larger and on the underside the band which crosses the cell 

 of the hindwing is much broader and occupies a larger area of the cell. From Costa Rica and Panama. 



colhonulcs. D. cothonides Gr.-Sm. (58 d). Recognizable by the broad brick-coloured red-yellow median area of the 



hindwing, which changes into red-brown towards the inner margin. 3 small black eye-spots with white pupils 

 near the anal angle. The under surface is not strikingly different from that of cothon. The $ is marked quite 

 similarl}- to the (J. Costa Rica (Carthago), Panama (Chiriqui). 



leiicoipilos. D. leucospilos Stgr. (58 c). Forewing above almost unicolorous dark broimi; the markings of the under 



surface (which we figure) only show tlu-ough very indistinctly. Hindwmg above with large irregular white 



pugil. spot in the cell. Peru, Ecuador. — pugil Thieme (58 c) is a form in which the white spot on the upperside of the 



hindwing is somewhat larger and bears a round dark brown spot, in place of which on the under surface there 



