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15. Genus: ]>aptouou]'a Btlr. 



The species of this genus resemble Applets, but do not show such strong sexual dimorphism. The 

 secondary sexual character peculiar to the Appias-cfd" (tuft of hair on the underside of the abdomen) is 

 wanting in those of Dapfonoura. In the neuration this genus agrees with Pieris except in the shape of the 

 precostal, which is curved proximad. This genus is confined to tropical America. Recently the name Melete 

 Sirauts. has been employed for this genus, but it would be better to continue to use the well-hnown name 

 Daptonotira instead. Heliochroma Btlr. appears to belong here. The species of Daptonoura are extraordinarily 

 prone to the formation of local and aberrational as well as seasonal forms, but it is very difficult correctly 

 to fix the limits of either the species or the individual forms. The butterflies, which are very common locally, 

 love the shade of the woods, are fond of congregating at water and have a slow, gentle fhght. They fly 

 principally m December to January, singly all through the summer. 



D. lycimnia Cr. {■= fHppantha F.) (23 a) prooumably comes from Surinam ; the form from Venezuela, lyclmnia. ^^ 

 a specimen of which is figured, is probably not essentially different. Upper surface white with black apical 

 and distal mai-gin of the forewing and narrow ones of the same colour on thehindwing; sometimes a black 

 spot in the middle of the costal margin of the forewing. Under surface yellow with broader black-brown 

 distal mai-gin and a black-brown spot at the costal margin of the forewing on the discocellulars; ground- 

 colour yellow, hghter posteriorly on the forewing. — harti Btlr., from Trinidad, is smaller than eurymnia tiarti. J^ 

 Fldr.. has the distal margin of the forewing more concave and the marginal band somewhat narrower, 

 especially behind the 2. median vein; the hindwing sulphur-yellow, the dark brown distal margin very 

 narrow; ground-colour of the under surface glossy canary-yellow, the basal area deep orange. The ? differs 

 but little. — phazania Fruhst., from Bahia, comes between hjdmnia and pantoporia Him. — pantoporia Hbn., ptiazania. ^* 

 from South Brazil, is a very variable form; it has the distal margin of the hindwing sprinkled with yellow ^''"^°^°''"'«^ 

 or sometimes only a narrow black marginal line. It includes the following forms: $-f. fiora Fruhst. (2S(i), fiora.J/<^ 

 with dark yellow ground-colour on both surfaces, broader marginal bands and larger spots in the distal jW 



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mai-gin of the hindwing above; ?-f. pertho Fruhst., with pure white forewing and dark lemon - yellow /'^''f/; 

 hindwing margined with bright red. — limnoria Godt. forms the transition to pantoporia Hbn. (from Espiritu Umnoria.. 

 Santo and Rio de Janeiro), which again is only a little different from petronia Fruhst., from Santa Gatharina, petronia. ^^ 

 TheresopoUs and Rio Capivaiy. Upper surface of the forewing sHghtly yellowish white with ' narrow black 

 apical and distal-marginal markings, the hindwing light sulphur-yellow with very narrow black margin. Under 

 surface deeper yellow with broader dark brown distal margin and spots of the same colour at the middle 

 of the costal margin of the forewing; as always, the posterior area of the forewing is much lighter, almost j^^ 



white. With it occurs $-f. daulia Fruhst., with the forewing white above instead of light yellow. — dauUa. ^^. 

 paulista Fruhst., from Sao Paulo, has broader black apical and distal-marginal markings on the forewing, paulista. J^ 

 pure white upper surface and straw-yellow colour on the under surface. But cfcf also occur in which the 

 npperside of the hindwing is a beautiful lemon-yellow and the underside almost the same, but deeper yellow: s^ 



paula form nor. (23a). The S vary likewise; if the almost white ?? are referred to paulista, the sti'ongly panto. ' 

 yellow coloured ?? with broader black markings must be treated as paula-'^. — gargaphia Fruhst., from gargaphia. J^ 

 Rio Grande do Sul, is smaller than -petronia, has the brown-black distal margin of the hindwing scarcely 

 visible in the cf and only about 1 mm. broad in the ? and narrower markings at the apex and distal margin 

 of the forewing. Under surface in the cf whitish yellow, in the ? pale straw-colour; rare. Among it occurs: 

 f. amarella Fruhst., entirely yellow in both sexes, also the cf with black cell-spot on the forewing. — amarella. /^ 

 calymnia Fblr. (= leucadia Fldr.), from the Rio Negro, is yellow and has a broad distal margin to both calymnia. ^^ 

 •wings above and beneath and in the margin of the hindwing 4 yellow spots; f. theodora Fruhst., the rainj^- theodora. S^ 

 season form, is more beautiful yellow, has still broader dark margins, is suffused with light yellow on the 

 basal half of the hindwing above and the underside, with the exception of the posterior half of the forewing, 0^// 



is almost canary-j^ellow. — marica Frulist. (= leucadia Stc/r.), from the Upper Amazon, has very broad marlca. / 

 apical border and more or less yellowish ground-colour, also very narrow distal margin of the hindwing. 

 f. moesia Fruhst. differs from it in the much broader distal border of both wings. — eurymnia Fldr., moesia. J^ 

 from Colombia, has above mostly an apical spot which is almost rectilinear towards the base, and very mxvo-^ eurymnia.'/^ 

 black distal margin on the hindwing. The under surface is sulphur-yellow. The dry-season form, asta Fruhst., asta. f"^ 

 has narrower and more deeply incised apical spot on the forewing, yellowish instead of white upper surface 

 and pale ochre-yellow under surface. — aelia Fldr., from Ecuador and Colombia, has the' upper surface aelia. /^ 

 white with rather broad apical spot, unevenly defined proximally, and very narrow black margin on the 

 hindwing. The under surface is greenish yellow with conspicuous ochre-yellow basal spot on the hindwing. ^^ 



— huohmn Btlr. C23dj, from Brazil (Leopoldina), is smaller than Umnoria, the black apical margin narrower, fiuebneri. /J^ 

 regularly dentate proximally, the hindwing is glossy sulphur-yellow with broad orange-yellow, black-edged « 



distal margin. The ? is likewise smaller than limnoria, the median spot is sometimes connected by a stripe 

 with the distal margin, the hindwing as in the cf, but the orange-yellow distal margin broader. — napona napona. f'^ 

 Fruhst., from Ecuador (Rio Napo), is larger than aelia, distal margin of both wings broader, that of the hind- 

 wing as in moesia, showing through from the underside, in the cf the apical third of the forewing beneath 



