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Q. Dark brown, very slightly tiiiged with reddish. Band of the forewmg anteriorly only cut by the veins, 

 biit luostl}' from the bend onwards partially broken up mto loosely connected spots. A more marked inter- 

 ruption occui"s in particiilar at the middle median vein, whilst the posterior part is again connected proxi- 

 mally. At the proximal side there is a sharp and distinct angle in the upper median cellule, distally the 

 band projects somewhat towards the distal margin m a rounded curve and in this spot-like part is placed 

 a small whitish dot; the band terminates m a point in the hinder angle. HindM'ing at the distal margm narrowly 

 edged with reddish ochre-j^ellow from the apex to about the upper median vein. $. On the whole paler. 

 Band of the forewmg as a rule mterrupted at the lower radial, so that it is split up into a short oblique band 

 running distally to the cell and a row of 3 or 4 spots near the distal margin. The first of these spots, in the 

 upper median mterspace, is mdistinct and anteriorly partly I'eplaced by a whitish brown jjatch behind the eye- 

 spot, which shows through from beneath; a less distmct light shade is observable in the following spot in the 

 band. Hindwing as a rule lighter and more distinctly margined with yellowish. French and Dutch Guiana. 

 — soranus We-stic, known from Para and in my collection from Obidas on the Lower Amazon m 2 pairs found by soranus. 

 J. iliCHAELis in August and September, differs from xantJms m the broader red-brown band of the forewing 

 and the lighter grey under surface of both wings. — dohrni Stick. (63 b). (J similar to the preceding, somewhat dohrni. 

 larger, apex of the forewmg rounded, little produced, upper surface brown-violet, hindwing and subapical part 

 of the forewmg showing, when viewed obliquely, a beautiful violet gloss. Forewing with angled rust-yellow 

 macular band, begummg at the costa, beyond the cell, running obliquely to the upper median, then near 

 the distal margm in the direction of the inner angle, touching the latter. In the apex three obliquely placed 

 white spots and between the radials, in contuauation of the row of spots before the distal margin anteriorly, 

 a black eye-spot showing through from beneath. Hindwing unicolorous, at the distal margin duller brown, 

 without margmal band. Beneath like^ndse similar to xanthus, yellow-brown, striated with whitish. Forewing 

 with unicolorous border, in which run 2 moderately undulate submarginal lines parallel with the distal margin. 

 Between the radials a black, yellow-ringed apical eye-spot divided by a white streak, before this 3 small 

 white apical spots as above. In the cell an irregular, black-margined, darker transverse band and similar conti- 

 guous spots m the distal part. Hindwuag with two ocelli, one beyond the middle of the costa, extending across 

 the subcostal, yellowish, black-edged, proximally with white curved streak ; the other in the anal area between 

 the lower and middle medians, likewise yellowish, bordered with black, proximally with a white curved streak, 

 the whole rmged with yellow and reddish. Distally to the precostal cell, adjoining it, a semicircular dark stripe, 

 an angled streak between this and the anterior ocellus. Before the unicolorous distal margin a row of crescents 

 marked by weaker and stronger striation, tenduag to form two arcuate submarginal lines. Coca, E cuador to the 

 east of t he Andes a t about 260 m. (type). Pozuzo , Peru, in coll. Frfhstorfer. The rare $ was found by 

 Fassl also at Villa Vicencio, East Colombia, at about 400 m. above sea-level. It scarcely differs from the cj, 

 but has the wings somewhat more compact, the patches on the forewing more rounded and a narrow but 

 distinct red-orange terminal border on the hindwing. The whole upper surface paler, yet appreciably blue- 

 violet and in contrast to the (J glossy on the forewing also. Under surface paler, more extended grey-white. 



0. orgetorix is a very distuact species, formerly only known from Central America, but recently 

 discovered also in Ecuador in a distinct race, so that there are 2 geographical forms to describe: orge- orgetorix. 

 torix Heic. (64 a ^), chiefly found at the Volcan de Chiriqui. (J. Band of the forewing broad and pure reddish 

 ochre-yellow, at the costal margm whitish, starting narrowly there, behind the subcostal much widened, running 

 obliquely to the upper median vein, there somewhat angled and more vertical posteriorly. In the lower me- 

 dian inter.space there is sometimes further a small brown spot. Both margins of the band, but especially 

 the distal, ill-defined, more or less broken or notched. Proximally the angulation is rather distinct, distally 

 less noticeable. The band gradually narrows and in the hinder angle forms a sharp curved point placed close 

 to the margin of the wing. The eye-spot near the apex shows through from beneath and is mostly more or 

 less pupilled with white, the distal border of the wing only indistinctly and slightly lighter. Hindwing at the 

 distal margin with a reddish ochre-yellow band 5 — 6 mm. in breadth, narrow and paler-coloured at its commence- 

 ment at the costal margin and ill-defined proximally. In the hinder angle it becomes narrow and duller and is 

 lost in the ground-colour. Fringes brown. $. Forewing tinged with violet excepting the duller brown basal 

 area, and with Avhitish violet transverse band distally to the cell. This band starts at the costal margin not far 

 from the end of the cell and is intersected by the brown veins; it is white in its anterior part, separated into 

 spots, then running obliquely towards the upper median vein, touching the lower angle of the cell, where it is 

 obtusely angled, runs somewhat in a proximal direction as far as the middle median, then obliquely towards 

 the hinder angle and terminates broadly at the hindmargm. Its distal edge is rather sharply defmed, its prox- 

 imal on the contrary indefinite. Distal margin somewhat more distinctly edged with rust-brown than in the cJ. 

 Hindwing with gold-yellow marginal band similar to that in the (J, but much broader, up to 13 mm., likewise 

 narrowed posteriorly, in the hinder angle vaguely dusted with rust-red. Panama, Nicaragua. ■ — ■ magnalis magnalis. 

 Stick, inhabits Ecuador. The ^ larger than in the preceding subspecies, forewing more rounded, apex less pro- 

 duced. Band of the forewing narrowed and darkened, sometimes dusted throughout with smoke-brown. The 



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