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PEREUTE. Hv J. Rudeh. 



to my material; on the otlier hand a ?-aheiTation ffom l^io Grande do Sul with the band more pale red 



/// rosa. deserves to be named separate!}- as ab. rosa form. nor. — paula ,s/^isyj. nor., from , the province of Sao 



/// panla. Paulo, is in both sexes above more plentifully scaled with grey, also at the distal margin of the hindwing 



in both- sexes are large spots of gre}* scales, the ground-colour of the ?? is not pure black, but black-brown, 



and the under surface much lighter both in the ground-colour and in the colouring of the red band. 



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'Jswainsoni. P. swainsoni Graij (21 a), from Parana, Santa Catharina and Sao Paulo, differs from autocl/ca hy 



its larger form, above by a more distinct transverse band on the forewing and by the difference in the grey 

 scaling, which is confined to the inner margin of the forewing and the basal half of the hindwing, and 

 further by a j-ellow spot at the costal margin of the hindwing. On the under surface of the d& the red 

 median band present in the aidodyca-d'cf is wanting on the posterior part of the wing. Both species tly 

 //^ phalera. together in Rio Grande do Sul and Sao Paulo. — Fruhstorfer has based the subsp. phalera (Sf-b) on speci- 

 mens from Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catharina, but with the exception of the darker colouring of the 

 under surface I have not been able to confirm the characters given bv him. 



/A 



cheops. 



/If diarops. 



ff subvarians. 

 flj coliimbica. 



'i M cauca. 



peruvianus. 





meridana. 



praemen- 

 dana. 



leucodrosime. 



^7 redacta. 



^ff bellatrix. 



~fjf beryllina. 

 i^fl latona. 



■/JJf iinicolor. 



J 



'ff" musia. 

 •fd/ sabrina. 



'/v niimatia. 



P. cheops Stgr. (■21b), from Chiriqui, has a bluish black upper surface with slight gloss, the cf has 

 a median band of yellow scales, a similar one in the anterior part of the cell and sparse j^ellow scales at 

 the inner margin of the forewing and on the basal part of the hindwing. On the lighter (black-brown) under 

 surface the 3'ellow band of the forewing is much broader and more distinct, at the costal margin of the 

 hindwing stands a j-ellow band and at the base are two red spots. The ¥ has a broad red band and yellow 

 costal margin on the upperside of the forewing. Both sexes have yellow antennae. 



P. charops Bdv. (21 b), occurring from Mexico to Panama (Chiriqui), is distinguished from the other 

 forms of this species by copious grey-white (cf) or reddish (?) dusting at the distal margin of the forewing. 

 The median band of the forewing is brilliant yellow (cf) or red (?) beneath. Both sexes have on the under- 

 side of the hindwing a long yellow stripe at the costal margin and a very small yellow stripe at the base. 

 — subvarians N/r/r. /. /., from Colombia, has in the cf less grey dusting on tho upperside, and the median 

 band of the underside is for the most part dull red instead of yellow. Tn the ? the submarginal red dusting 

 is absent from the upperside of the forewing. — columbica Friihst., from Colombia, is distinguished by a 

 general reduction of the grey dusting, which remains more distinct, however, in the middle cell; yellow 

 spots are placed at the discocellular; median band of the forewing beneath yellow. This form appears to be 

 only a cf-aberration of cauca subsp. nav., from the Cauca Valley in North Colombia. In this the grej' dust- 

 ing of the cf is uniformly reduced everyAvhere, the median band is red instead of yellow for more than its 

 basal half, and shows through on the upperside. The ?? have a very broad light red band on both sides of 

 the forewing. — peruvianus Stgr. i. I., from Peru, has a broad yellow median band on the upperside of the 

 forewing and distinct grey scaling on the apical part and the inner margin of the forewing; the hindwing 

 has but little grej' scaling. The under surface of the forewing has a sharp, sulphur-yellow median band. 

 ? unknown. — meridana Fruhsf., from Northern Venezuela, has a strongly darkened upper surface without 

 grey scales in and behind the middle cell and on the distal part of the hindwing, distal part of the median 

 band on the underside of the forewing red. Amongst tliis form occurs ab. praemeridana Fruhst., which has 

 the band of the forewing beneath entirelv yellow. — This species has white antennae. 



P. leucodrosime KoU. (21 c). With this species, from Colombia, begins the series of those species 

 which have also in the cf a red band on the upper surface of the forewing. Ground-colour black, proximal 

 half of the hindwing and basal part of the inner margin of the forewing with blue-white scales, thorax and 

 abdomen with white hairs. The red band of the forewing above ends at the subcostal and is not prolonged 

 basad. The under surface is black-brown, the veins and the stripes between them are black, at the base of 

 the hindwing there are two small red spots. Antennae white. Specimens with the red band much reduced 

 are ab. reducta form. nor. — In bellatrix Fnihsf., from Peru, the red band of the forewing is lighter and 

 is not narrowed towards the margin, on the other hand the blue-white scaling on the proximal part of the 

 wing is reduced, under surface somewhat darker. — beryllina Fruhsf., from Ecuador, has a narrower and 

 deep red band on the forewing. — latona Btlr., from Venezuela, has on the upperside of the forewing only 

 a red spot at the end of the cell instead of the red band. Among this form occur also specimens with entirely 

 black forewing: ab. unicolor ab. nov. /■/- 



P. callinira .S7(/)-. (21c), from Peru, hasWack antennae. The upper surface as in /«/corfros/wie is scaled 

 with blue-white, the band of the forewing is of uniform breadth and in the middle cell continued somewhat 

 towards the base, the basal half of the costal margin is finely, but sharply j-ellow, on the under surface of 

 the hindwing the red basal spots are alDsent. ab. musia Fruhsf., from North and Central Peru, is larger, the 

 red band much narrowed at both ends and rounded off. — sabrina Fruhsf., from Colombia, has an essentially 

 narrower red band on the forewing and more abundant blue scaling at the base, at the costal margin of 

 the forewing the red band is tinged with yellowish. — numatia Fruhsf., from Bolivia, is smaller and paler, 

 the red band broader, above in the middle more copiously scaled with black. 



