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Blasohakb's insufficient description the name dcmoiUce cannot be employed with certainty for this species. 



I have seen no specimens which agree with this description, which may be translated thus: "Wings ofthecf 



above white, of the ? yellow-blackish, in both sexes marginal spots, a row of arrow-spots and a black dis- 



coidal half-band: beneath the forewing yellowish at the apex, the hindwing entirely yellow, veins margined 



with black, gold-yellow lines — '20 — '21 lines." — sagittata form, nov., sjjec. nov.? (18 e), from Peru (Huanca- sagittata. ~^^ 



baraba, 3000 m.\ differs from this supposed demodkc liy the markings of the hindwing (shown in the figure), 



and further by the presence of four black submarginal arrow-spots on the forewing beneath, as well as b}^ 



the colouring and pattern of the underside of the hindwing. The latter has a hght yellow ground-colour, the 



veins themselves are ver}- narrowly light, but edged with blackish about as broadly as in ortliodice, there is 



a similar stripe in the cell, which shows no small white spot on the discocellular, between all the veins are 



satfron-yellow stripes and at the distal margin four very pointed blackish arrow-spots; at the distal margin 



there is an almost uninterrupted fine black marginal line, such as occurs in no other species of this genus. 



Underside of the forewing white, the veins becoming more broadly black towards the- margin, the discocel- 



lulars not broadly margined with lilack, four submarginal arrow-spots, apex of both wings light yellow. 



? unknown. 



T. stigmadice SUjr.^ from Bolivia (Gocapata, 3500 m.j, differs from hmnacuhda here figured bj' the stigmadice. Y^ 

 much broader black spot on the discocellular and by the presence of 4 — 5 triangular black submarginal 

 spots on the forewing and '2 — 5 of such spots on the hindwing, as well as the saffron-yellow colouring of 

 the hindwing. — In immaculata lorm. nor. (18 e), from the province of Tucuman in Argentina, the sub- immaculata. <<^ 

 marginal markings are completely absent above and beneath; the under surface of the forewing is white 

 with small yellow stripes in the apex, the veins are narrowly black, the black line on the discocellular is 

 not widened: the hindwing is yellowish white, ■with bright j^ellow, sharply defined narrow stripes between 

 all the veins and at the costal margin, the veins themselves are very finelj' light, being narrowly edged with 

 grey-black, a similar stripe, indistinctly forked at the discal end, is placed in the cell, the discocellular is 

 light like the ground-colour. ? yellowish, veins rather broadly dai'k, with submarginal arrow-spots on the 

 forewing and more distinct ones on the hindwing. 



T. orthodice Wajm. (18 e), from the high mountains of Bolivia, has a white upper surface with the orthodice.ry^ 

 markings as shown in the figure. Under surface of the forewing white with yellowish apex, in which the 

 white veins are dark-edged. Under surface of the hindwing sulphur-yellow, the veins broadly white, dark- 

 edged, saffron-yellow stripes at the costal and hindmargins, as well as in the cell, which has likewise a black- 

 ish stripe. 2 unknown. 



■i. Genus: I*ieris Sdirk. 



This genus, distributed over the whole world, is considered as the typical representative of the family. 

 The subcostal of the forewing is four-branched with 2 branches before :the apex of the cell, the third branch 

 is very short and runs into the costal margin shortly before the apex, the cell is large, not over broad, and 

 is closed by 2 discocellulars; the upper discocellular is wanting because the upper radial is coincident with 

 the subcostal for some distance. The precostal of the hindwing branches off from the costal almost at right 

 angles and its pointed apex is curved distad. The costal margin of the forewing is smooth, the antennae 

 have in general a distinct club and are mostly of medium length, very long in some species, the palpi 

 mostly project beyond the head and are densely covered with stiff hairs in front, the end segment is as • " 

 long as or longer than the middle segment, slender and pointed, the middle segment is but little shorter than 

 the weakly curved basal segment. The larva is cylindrical, -with very short hairs, and has light longitudinal 

 stripes. Pupa moderately slender, with obtuse tip to the head and several small protuberances on the dorsum, 

 sometimes with the wing-cases somewhat more produced. The species which belong here have probabh^ all 

 of them at least two broods, one of which in the temperate zones hibernates in the pupa. 



P. monuste L. (:= hippomonuste Hbn., feronia Htph., phileta F., albusta t^epp) occurs in several mo/2(«/e. ** 

 fonns from the south of North America (the Gulf states) to Argentina, also in the mountains of the west. 

 The form from Surinam may be regarded as the nymotype of the species. — orseis Godt. (18 e, f), from orseis. i>t^ 

 the southern .states of Brazil, has the margin more broadly black with white apical spots, the ? mostly with 

 yellowish ground-colour, especially on the hindwing, on the latter also rather large pointed black marginal 

 spots, cleomes /^V/r., from the south of North America, is somewhat smaller and less blackly marked. — cleomes. ^^ 

 Virginia Godt. (^^ ? eubotea Godt.Y) is the form from the Antilles. — Of evonina Bdv., from Cuba, 3 forms Virginia. x^^ 

 are described: evonina with greenish white colouring of the cf, marginal marking narrow, reddish, brown; evonina. -^^ 

 underside at the apex of the forewing pale and dirty ochre-yellow, hindwing of the same colour, without 

 spots: valei Bdr., upper surface white, marginal pattern narrow, black and dentate; under surface of the valei. *^-^ 

 forewing brownish, of the hindwing whitish, faintly ochre-yellow; joppe Bdr.., smaller than monuste, above joppe. 

 dull white, marginal pattern dark brown, a black spot at the apex of the cell. — automate Burn/., from automate. ^y 

 -Argentina, has only small blackish markings at the apex and the distal margin of the forewing. — suasa snasa. J^f 



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