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macular band and small yellow marginal spots. Under surface of the hindwing white with black marginal 

 line and black lunate line before it, black median sagittate spots and markings of the same colour in the 

 basal area, all the black markings edged with pale ochre-yellow and small ochre-yellow stripes in all the 

 cellules. 

 teutila. C. teutila Dhl. (= sebennica Liic.) (22 g). Sexes rather different. Upper surface glossy blue-black, 



cf with narrow white median band sprinkled with dark, and small marginal and submarginal spots of the 

 same colour, in the ? the median band at least double as broad and dark yellow. Under surface grey-black, 

 forewing with the markings as above and small yellow marginal spots, hindwing with yellow, white and 

 black spots. From Mexico. 



marcapita. C. marcapita Thieme i. I. (22 g), from Bolivia, has the forewing black above with wedge-shaped 



centra] yellow spot and 3'ellow submarginal spots, upper surface of the hindwing yellow with black marginal 

 lunate line, blackish, diffuse central spots and nari'owly black veins. Under surface yellow with black mar- 

 ginal lunate line on both wings, black submarginal band and blackish basal part of the forewing, black 

 wedge-spots and black markings in the basal part of the hindwing. 



I. Clara. C. clara spec. nor. (22 g), from Ecuador, has the upperside of the forewing light yellow with broad, 



glossy black margin, in wliich are placed a row of light yellow submarginal spots and two light yellow 

 spots at the costal margin on the discocellulars. Upper surface of the hindwing hght sulphur-yellow, strongly 

 dentate, the dentition edged with black and the veins narrowly black, basal part of both wings likewise 

 black. Under surface of the forewing white with black marginal and submarginal dentate markings, small 

 yellow spots in the apex, the discocellulars and the basal area black. Hindwing yellow with narrow black 

 marginal, medial and basal markings, all the veins narrowly black. 



e.ximia. C. eximia spec. 710V. (22 g), from Bolivia, is similar to the preceding species, but smaller, hindwing 



likewise dentate, though not so strongly. Above on both wings with larger black basal area, forewing light 

 yellow with black marginal and submarginal bands as well as black median spot, hindwing deeper yellow 

 with dentate black marginal band and submarginal black spots. Under surface of the forewing yellower, 

 that of the hindwing lighter, the latter with less deeplj' dentate black markings, likewise all the veins nar- 

 rowly black. 



radiata. C. radiata KolL, from Colombia, is similar to nimhice, but yellower, the under surface of the hind- 



wing is much marked with red, and in the centre of the hindwing are two white spots. 



femeris. C. emeris Bdv. Size and shape as nimhice. Forewing whitish yellow with blackish, proximally dentate 



margin, the apex uniformly blackish, a small blackish streak at the discocellular, joined to a larger spot at 

 the apex. Hindwing ochre-}'ellow, distal margin with a row of small, wedge-shaped black spots along the 

 veins. Under surface of the forewing as the upper, but with a row of yellow spots at the margin. Under 

 surface of the hindwing blackish with a row of yellow marginal spots and ten or eleven white spots marked 

 with j^ellow, the largest of which fills up the whole of the cell, a large blood-red spot at the base. Chile 

 and Brazil. — Only known to me from the description. This and the preceding species might well be placed 

 after nimhice. 



sasiana. C. susiana Hopff. differs from chelidonis by the longer, narrower forewing, which has exactly the same 



shape as in nimhice, and further by the ochre-yellow spots and bands of chelidonis being white, as well as by 

 the form of the discal band. The latter is considerably narrowed in susiana, especially in the forewing, where 

 it is only half as broad as in chelidonis and more divided into spots, the veins being broader. Its white 

 colour, which in the forewing is dusted with black atoms, has in the hindwing a slightly yellowish tinge. 

 The marginal dots at the end of the internervular folds, which are onl}' indicated in ch-elidonis, here become 

 distinct but verj- small white triangles, on the other hand the small white spot in the cell is extremely 

 minute and indistinct. — Only knowai to me from the description; might be placed after chelidonis. 



alma. C. altna Hopff. , from Bolivia, is rather unlike the other species on the upperside. It is distinguished 



by its yellowish white ground-colour, bj' the deep black veins of both wings, by the broadly black costal 

 margin of the forewing, which occupies the greater part of the cell and of the base, and by the distal 

 margin of the forewing, which is broad at the apex, narrows behind and is proximally bounded by a sharp, 

 straight hue and adorned in its whole length with small, fine, wedge-shaped yellowish white spots, whilst 

 the rather broad black distal margin of the hindwing mostly shows j^ello wish white dots between the veins; 

 the under surface of the hindwing resembles that of felasco and pitana Fldr., but its markings are much 

 more diffuse and indistinct. — Only known to me from the description. Might well be placed after sisammis. 



siiadeia. C. suadela Hopff., from Bolivia, has the forewing broader than in suasa, the ground-colour of the 



upper surface is darker, the median macular band reduced to small obsolescent spots, the submarginal spots 

 are very small, dot-like, but sharp, on the hindwing the median band is completely obsolete, the submarginal 

 spots are verj- small and indistinct. The under surface has smaller white spots and less yellow markings. 

 Should be inserted after suasa. 



