78 HESPEROCHARIS. By J. Rober. 



agasicles. M. agasicles Heic. (23 b), from Bolivia and Peru, is above lemon-yellow with grey apex to the fore- 



wing, the underside of the hindwing and the apex of the forewing bear undulate grey-green lines, through 

 the middle of the hindwing runs a distinct stripe (as in the Indian Hebomoia-species), the costal margin of 

 the hindwing is somewhat darker, the greater part of the forewing beneath is impure yellow and the veins 

 are distinctly visible. 

 L\ gaujoni. M. gaujoni Pouj. (= agasicles Hew?), from western Ecuador (Loja), is as large as esther, similar 



in shape to Dapt. idiotica, but the shape of the forewing more falcate, hindwing somewhat lengthened at 

 the distal margin. Upper surface light lemon-yellow, apex of the forewing light brown-green. Under surface 

 of the forewing as above, but paler, apex marbled with white-yellow. Under surface of the hindwing olive- 

 coloured, anteriorly much darkened and marbled hke the apex of the forewing; it has a transverse, j-ellowish 

 olive longitudinal line. Between the three median veins are strongly darkened oblique lines, which give the 

 hindwing the appearance of a leaf. Only known to me from the description. 



,\^ aureo- M. aureomaculata Doijn. (23 d), from western Ecuador (Loja), is similar to gaujoni, but the hindwing 



I maculata. is rounded at the anal angle. Upper surface light lemon-j'ellow, the apex of the forewing ohve-brown, very 

 similar to that of gavjoni. Under surface of the forewing imiform lemon-yellow, the apex as above, but 

 almost the whole of the cell is occupied by an orange-j'ellow spot, which extends along the costal margin 

 and sends out rays between the adjacent veins. Under surface of the hindwing yellow, finely powdered with 

 olive-coloured atoms, more strongly so at the costal margin, and four yellowish submarginal dots. — A cf 

 before me from North-East Peru (Huancabamba) answers to this description ; another cf from Hillapani is 

 above very light yellow, almost white, also beneath much more whitish, the orange-yellow spot in the cell 



"" '^^ ^^ ^^^ forewing somewhat smaller and the yellow interneural stripes are narrower in the anterior part of 



\\pa!/ida. the wing and altogether absent in the posterior part: pallida snbsj). iiov. (23d). 



i^esther. M. esther Oberth. (= aureomaculata Dogn.?) (23b), from Bolivia, is deeper yellow than agasicles, 



• J\ particularly on the proximal part of the forewing, the apex of the forewing has even less grey marking. 



The under surface of the hindwing is grey-greenish, darker at the costal margin, through the middle of the 

 hindwing from the base to bej^ond the cell extends an indistinct yello-Rdsh stripe; between the median veins 

 are placed four yelloAvish submarginal dots. The anterior proximal part of the forewing beneath is orange- 

 yellow, the rest light yellow. . 



17. Genus: Ilesperocharis H.-ScMff. 



' This genus is distributed from Mexico to South Brazil. They are plain white or yellowish insects 

 with mostly small markings on the upper surface and characteristically modified lunate markings beneath. 

 Of the four subcostal veins onh' the first branches off proximally to the discocellulars, the second nearer 

 to the apex, the third and fourth branches form a short fork in the apex. Both radials run free, but the 

 upper discocellular is verj' small. The costal margin of the hindwing is somewhat tlexuose, the precostal 

 curved proximad. The Hesperocliaris are lively httle insects, which fly in the most burning sunshine (between 

 10 and 1 o'clock), and therefore scarce^ deserve their generic name. 



\Vi antipator. H. antipator Druce. Upper surface of both wings pure white, hindwing very long. Under surface of 



the forewing white, base, veins and apex spotted with yellowish scales; hindwing yellowish white with dark 

 veins. Nearl}' allied to leucania Bdv., but differing from it by the elongated hindwing, whiter colouring and 

 f complete absence of markings on the underside. Vera Paz. — Only known to me from the description. 



M leucauia. H. leucania Bdv. Shape as in ilaire [drusiUa-d), wings rounder. Upper surface without spots, greenish 



white as Catopsilia florella and pyranthe. Under surface of the forewing of the same colour, distal margin 

 broadly yellowish. Under surface of the hindwing anteriorly greenish j^ellow, in the middle more grey, but 

 little prominent oblique, curved, flexuose markings at the distal margin, interrupted by the veins. Brazil. 



V — Only known to me from the description. 



Y^^atasticta. H. catasticta spec. nov. (23 e), from Sao Paulo, is superficially nearly alHed to the 6't/tos^«'^«-species. 



Upper surface of the forewing pale sulphur-yellow, of the hindwing light ochre- j-eUow. The forewing has 

 a rather broad black distal margin, in which small j^ellowish subapical spots are placed, and also a very 

 irregular black spot on the discocellular and . a black costal-marginal stripe, the hindwing has black triangular 

 spots at the distal margin. Under siu;face of the hindwing yellowish white with black and. yellow marginal 

 spots, ground-colour of the hindwing white with black triangular distal-marginal »pots, a submarginal lunate 

 band of the same colour, a lai'ge indistinct black spot near the inner margin; in all the cellules there are 

 placed yellow spots, at the base a red spot. 



^^nera. H. nera Heic. (23 e), from Ecuador and Bolivia, is above white, at the base of the hindwing yel- 



lowish and at the apex of the forewing grey-black. Under surface of the forewing white, apex paler gre}' 

 than above and j-ellowish, ground-colour of the hindwing white with diffuse grey-blackish marginal, sub- 

 ^ marginal and median spots, as well as yellow streaks in the cellules of the hindwing and orange-yellow 



hoih'iana. basal spot. — The somewhat smaller boliviana f'onu. nor., from Bolivia, which has very, weak markings 



