r„bl. :'. U. inio. TERIAS. By J. Robek. 81 



T. gundlachia Foci/ ('24 a), from tluba, Mexico, Texas and Arizona, has the forewing rather sharply guiidladiia. i^ 

 pointed and tlie hindwing prolonged into a tail. Upper surface orange-yellow with sharp, broad costal margin 

 and naiTower and less sharp distal margin on the forewing. Under surface paler orange-j^ellow, on the 

 hindwing with brownish spots and reddish yellow dusting. 



T. longicauda Bates (■24a), from California, has the hindwing more pointed. The upper sui'face is longicauda. </^ 

 lighter orange-yellow and the black margin of the forewing is essentially diiferent in form from that of 

 gitndJachia. The groimd-colour of the under surface is somewhat lighter, but the marking does not differ 

 from that of gnndlachia. 



T. proterpia F. i24a), from the Antilles and the north of South America (Mexico to Venezuela), proterpia. l'' 4 

 has the hiudsving weakly angled and the forewing less pointed than in the preceding species. Upper surface 

 somewhat darker orange-yeUow than gundlachia, in the ? more yellowish and the black apical markings 

 somewhat broader. Under surface of the fore-uing light orange-yellow, of the hindwing yellow with small 

 and indistinct macular marking. 



T. nicippe Cr. (24a) occurs from New England to the northern part of Brazil and on the Antihes. nicippe. 4 

 Ground-colour of the upper surface quite similar to that of proterpia, but nicippe is distinguished by the 

 broad dark margins. The S has paler ground-colour, sometimes yellow specimens occur: ab. flava HolL; flava. '■'' ^/i 

 the imder surface is yellow, slightly sprinkled with brownish, on the Irindwing with larger red-brown spots. 

 Little is known of the first stages; the larva lives on Cassia and other Leguminosae. /• Z-"'^" V ■ 



^C^. C^Vf.'niexicana Bdr. {r= boisduvahana Fldr.) (24a), from Mexico, Arizona and Texas, is white above, mexkana. ^ - 



sulphur-yellow on the anterior part of the hindwing, and has very broad, deeplj' sinuate black margins. The 



rmderside of the forewing is white with j-ellow margin, that of the hindwing sulphur-yellow with brownish 



markings in the centre and at the costal mai'gin. — In bogotana F/r/;-., from Colombia, the yellow colourmg bogotana. ■, ''\ 



on the anterior part of the hindwing is wanting. 



T. gratiosa Dbl. & Heir. (24 b), from Venezuela (known to me from Honduras), has the upper surface gratiosa. ^ 

 of the forewing sulphur-yellow, the hindwing white, and at the costal angle a large light orange-^^ellow spot 

 and broad black-brown margins. The under surface is uniformly yellow with a small black spot at the disco- 

 cellular and slight, indistinct brownish markings at the distal margin. — ingrata Fldr. (= gratiosa Beak.), ingrata. ^/ 

 from Mexico and Central America, has yellow upperside of the hindwing and still broader dark margins. ' ' ' ; ; v 



T. arbela Him. (24b), from South Brazil, is above dark sulphur-yellow with rather broad black arbela. •^'^'y 

 mai'gin on the forewing and iiarrower margin on the hindwing; the latter varies somewhat, and is entirely 

 wanting in the ?. which has also paler ground-colour. Under surface yellow with more or less developed 

 red-brown marginal and central markings. — gaugamela Fldr., from Colombia and Mexico, has deeper gaugamela. ^. 

 yellow ground-colour, broader and darker distal margin to the forewing and beneath more, but smaller red- 

 brown spots. — boliviensis Stcjr. i. I., from Bolivia, has a large light orange-yellow spot at the apex of the boHviensis. 4 

 hindwing and broader dentate distal margin of the latter; the ? is paler and has more markings. — fabiola /aWo/o. ■ ^■ 

 Fldr., from Venezuela, has narrow black margins and the hindwing above is light orange-yellow and less 

 pointed. — chloe Fldr., from Colombia, has broader black margin to the forewing, the hindwing sharply diloe. ^<' 

 pointed but less suffused with orange-yellow. — datnaris Fldr. (= mexicana Bdi\, damarina Stg)-.), from damaris. 4^\ 

 Mexico and Arizona, has deep yellow forewing and light orange-yellow hindwing, with sharply defined black 

 distal margin on the hindwing. Under surface of the hindwing straw-yellow with large and small brownish 

 spots. — pomponia Hopff., from Peru, is large, briUiant yellow, with strongly dentate black distal margin /;o/n/;o/;w. 4 

 on the forewing and very narrow distal margin on the hindwing. — salome Fldr., from Ecuador, is verj^ salome. ^ 

 similar to pomponia, but smaller, and with the hindwing more strongly suffused with orange-yellow. — limo- limoneus. J!/^ 

 neus Fldr., from Venezuela, is differentiated by longer wings, more acutely angled hindwing, lighter colour 

 on the upperside, broader, more deeply incised distal margin of the forewing and narrower, shorter bordering 

 of the hindwing. — theodes Fldr., from Venezuela, is probably only the ? of condanlia. — Also theona tlieodes. ^^6 

 Fldr., described from a 2, appears to be only a somewhat aberrant female specimen. Theona. //fj 



T. ectriva Btlr. Above very similar to salome, but the wings longer; forewing with bi'oader dark ectriva. _^'/^ 

 brown distal margin, its irregularities less pronounced, angle of the hindwing less produced. Under surface 

 similar to that of constantia. Ecuador (Archidona). — Is the type of Butler's genus S])ha,enogona. Only 

 known to me from the description. 



T. sybaris Hopff., from Peru (Ghanchamaj'o), is very large, in the female sulphur-yellow, with broad sybaris. v-^J 

 black distal margin on the forewing, which has proximally four excisions. Hindwing angled, at the costal 

 margin whitish, at the apex spotted with black. Forewing beneath with a black stripe at the costal margin, 

 apex reddish. Hindwing marbled with red-brown, at the apex a large red-brown patch of scales and ex- 

 tending from the cell a reddish stripe. 



T. xanthochlora Koll. (24b), from Colombia and Chiriqui, has the hindwing only feebly angled, .xanthodilora. • 

 Upper surface sulphur-yellow with black-brown distal margin on the forewing, on tlie hindwing in many 



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