346 MORPHO. By H. Fetthstoeper. 



M. leontius differs from peleides in the broader black distal border, wbich, partieidarly on the forewing, 

 is widened towards the cell and even exceeds in breadth that of peleides cortone Fruhst. Basal part of both wings 

 ■ndth some amount of blue-violet gloss, but not so much darkened as in peleus. Under surface as in peleus, but 



leontius. with open band in the median part of the hindmng. Two local forms: leontius Fldr., with the black distal 

 border of the f oremng deeply incised proximally. The distal area of the hindwing more extended than in popilius. 

 Under surface somewhat lighter than in the Bolivian branch-race ; the longitudinal bands purer white. Feldee's 

 tjrpe is an aberrant example vAth five instead of three ocelli on the forewing beneath and bears the incorrect 



•popilius. locality-label: "Bogota"; leontius probably inhabits the Cauca Valley. — popilius Hpffr., described by its 

 author from Bolivia and Venezuela, is likewise still very rare; my collection contains only one (J, and the $ 

 probably still awaits discovery, po^nlius is characterized by the extremely delicate light blue, but nevertheless 

 brightly glossy upper surface of both-ndngs, which somewhat recalls that oi2oeleides, but shades proximally into a 

 slightly steel-blue, distally into a nearly whitish area, while peleides has a deeper and more uniform blue gloss. 

 A further characteristic is the costally widened, but posteriorly narrowed black distal border of the forewing, 

 which is ornamented with five white dots, decreasing in size towards the anal angle. Distal bordering of the 

 hindwing likewise mth a slight tendency to become narrower posteriorly, with quite faint traces of reddish 

 patches. Under surface similar to that of our figure, which, however, belongs to another species {vitrea Btlr.), 

 which I at first took for popilius; ground-colour more red-brown; submarginal and median bands yellowish 

 white, broader, ocelli smaller, ringed with lighter yellow. If pojnlius really occurs in Venezuela, as Hopfeee 

 assumed, the Venezuelan race must differ quite considerably from the name-type from Bolivia, for that a Mor- 

 phid should not have been modified in a locality so remote is, judging from experience of all the allied species, 

 quite out of the question. 



telamon. M. vitrea splits up into two local races: telamon Rob. comes from the Cauca Valley in Colombia and 



approaches peleides Koll. According to its author telamon differs essentially from peleides in its shape : the fore- 

 wing is broader (much the shape of the diagonal half of a square) and the hindwing is much rounder. The upper 

 surface is not such a whitish blue as in peleides and in certain lights has a strongly violet tinge. The dark distal 

 border is of quite uniform breadth on both -wings and is not black, but only grey-black and very narrow (scarcely 

 4 mm. in breadth) with very indistinct small light submarginal spots; the basal part of the upperside is not 

 darkened, the costal stripe of the foremng is likewise only grey-black and little conspicuous, and the white costal 

 spot near the discocellular is very small and obsolescent. At the inner angle of the hindwing there is only a 

 small,- very obscure red-brown stripe. The under surface is much hghter than in peleides (reddish brown), 

 the foremng has besides the usual three ej''e-spots also a fourth, small, imperfectly developed ocellus between the 

 upper radial and the last subcostal vein, the light bordering of the eye-spots is much broader and dirty reddish 

 white, the oblique whitish postmedian band is more extended and at the distal angle joins the light submarginal 

 markings. The yellomsh submarginal stripe of the fore ■wing broader, the submarginal markings of the hind- 

 ■wing reduced and the small dirty reddish stripes in them very little developed. The subapical eye-spot of the 

 vitrea. hindwing smaller than in peleides. Expanse: 118 mm. — vitrea Btlr. (69b, as popilius) has, like telamon, 

 a very narrow black distal border, deeply dentate proximally, a narrow white costal spot running out into a 

 fine line towards the base, and three subapical dots on the forewing, the upper surface of both mngs greenish 

 blue with golden lateral reflections, such as are found in no other species of Morpho. Under surface brown 

 with peculiar dull ohve-green gloss. Median band greenish with bronzy gloss. Ocelli with greenish yellow bor- 

 dering and the pupil slightly dotted -with red and violet. Bolivia, Province of Yungas. 2 (J(J in coll. Frtjh- 

 STOEFEE. Length of the foremng 60 — 63 mm. The $ has the black distal border of the forewing much widened 

 and extending in the shape of long teeth along the veins. Somewhat beyond the cell are placed four indistinct 

 white intraneural dots, which terminate before the posterior median. Hind-sving about as in peleides Koll. 

 The basal area of both mngs moderately broadly blackish ^^ith intensive ultramarine reflection. Under sm-face : 

 ocelli first broadly ringed A^ith greenish yellow, then A^ith blackish, finally mth hght green, the greenish border- 

 ing more extended than in the ^, shading somewhat into white towards the costal. Submarginal band only 

 slightly whitish, dusted A^ith green. Hind-«ing A^ith small, inconspicuous reddish terminal spots. Coroico, Bo- 

 livia, 1500 m. Butlee's diagnosis is somewhat meagre and leaves it doubtful -ohether it refers to the species 

 dealt -nith here. According to this description the ^ has the upper surface variable in colour, blue-green. Base, 

 costal and inner margins of the hindwing brown. Distal margin broadly brown. Fore^wing "with a white spot 

 at the end of the cell, bounded by the first subcostal vein. A submarginal row of six white spots at the distal 

 margin. Under surface as in achilles, except that the bands are more greenish and somewhat more interrupted. 

 vitrea differs from achillaena in having the bro^^^l distal border of the upper surface only about half the usual 

 breadth and the blue coloming more greenish, while the under surface more resembles 31. achilles than achillaena. 



M. granadensis, distributed from Central America to Ecuador, is a perfectly vahd and well defined 

 species, notmthstanding that Felder suspected he might be deaUng mth a local form of deidamia and that 

 Statjdestgee also doubted its specific right, granadensis cannot be a local form of deidamia Hbn. (67 a) since 



