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T. Stygma Bdr. (24 d). Size and shape of brig/tfa. Upper surface lemon-yellow, the forewing with stygma. ^^J^ 

 a broad triangular black spot, which is somewhat produced at the costal margin and reaches to the inner 

 angle. Under surface of the forewing 3'ellow, with the band as above, but light rust-brown and slightly 

 ■reddish. Under siu-face of the Mndwing ochre-yellow, with two brown dots at the anterior margin of the 

 cell, followed by a row of brown, interrupted zigzag markings, a large rust-brown spot at the outer angle 

 as in Iha. but larger. Peru. — stygmula Bdi\, from Cuba, is very similar, but has smaller spots on the stygnmla. ^^" 

 underside. — nisella Fldr., from South Brazil (Rio), is based on a single female specimen whose principal nisella.4^ > 

 difference appears to be the sulphur-yellow colouring of the upper surface. Only known to me from the 

 description. ni'J 



T. neda CJorff. i;24d), from Guiana, Venezuela and Nicaragua, is vivid lemon-yellow with black-brown neda. 

 apical area to the forewing: at the distal margin of the hindwing are placed black dots. Under surface _. 



yellow with very slight blackish markings on the hindwing. — tenella Bdi\, from Brazil (Bahia, Santa tenella. ^* 

 Catharina, Sao Paulo), is above lighter yellow and has continuous narrow black distal margin on the hind- 

 wing. Also the underside is lighter j^ellow. — circumcincta Batea, from the Amazons, venustula Star., circumcincta. ^ 

 from Chiriqui, and nelphe Fhh-., from Mexico, as well as several other forms, differ so little that rehable venustula. Uf 

 characteristics cannot be adduced. nelphe.- .i^i't 



T. nise tV. (24 d), from Surinam and Dominica, is also very similar to neda, but has narrower black nise. i/^t 

 distal margin on both wings and extraordinarily light hindmng. The under surface is lighter yellow, the 

 markings not different. 



T. venusta Bdr. Similar to nise, but smaller, the margin of the forewing proximally less dentate, venusta. ^^^ 

 border of the hindwing reduced to some black marginal dots. Under surface light yellowish on both wings 

 and in both sexes, in the middle of the hindwing one or two small blackish dots as in nise and tenella, and 

 a row of distinct, oblique brownish spots. Janiaica, Colombia. 



T. musa F. (= gentihs Bdi-.). The same size as venusta, upper surface white, forewing with a nmsa. y^^ 

 broad black marginal band, slightly sinuate proximallj', base dusted with grey. Hindwing with beautiful 

 lemon-yellow margin, separated from the fringes, the latter white with small black spots. Under surface 

 whitish, slightly yellow distally, base of the forewing lemon-yellow, in the middle of the hindwing two very 

 small black dots. South America. 



T. litnbia Fldr. (24 d), from Venezuela, has vivid canary- j'ellow foi'ewing and almost white hindwing, Umbia. 

 somewhat more strongly sulphur-yellow at the distal margin. The black-brown distal border of the fore- 

 wing is rather broad, proximally dentate, the black distal border of the hindwing narrow. The under surface 

 of the forewing is j^ellow, without mai'kings, the under surface of the hindwing very light yellow, at the 

 mar-gins somewhat deeper yellow, ^vith two black dots on the discocellulars. The ? has the upperside pale 

 sulphur-yellow, no dark distal margin to the hindwing, the underside ^-ellower, with blackish macular marking 

 on the hindwing. ^ 



1. Wsz. Bdi:. d' Lee. (== smilax Godt.) (24 d) occurs from New England to Honduras and has also been lisa. ,~ 

 found on the Antilles and Bermudas. The upper surface is vivid yellow with rather broad black-brown 

 margins and a black dot at the discocellular of the forewing. The under surface is somewhat lighter yellow 

 with reddish distal margin, a large reddish spot at the apex of the hindwing, two small black dots on the 

 discocellulars of the hindwing, a similar one on those of the forewing and indistinct blackish spots on the 

 hindwing. The 2 is paler yeUow and has broader dark margins, which on the posterior part of the hind- 

 wing are broken up into spots, the under surface is darker yellow and somewhat more marked than in 

 the cf. Although this species is very common in places (cnf. the note. on migration in the Introduction) the 

 earlier stages are still very insufficiently known. Larva green with two whitish stripes at each side, head 

 yellowish. Pupa dark green, slender, breast prominent. The larva lives on Cassia and clover. — euterpe euterpe. ^ 

 Men., from Nicaragua, has broader black distal margin on both wings. 



T. delia CV. (= demoditas T/iw., daivsi Godt.) (24 d), from the Gulf States of North America, is above delia. */6j 

 yellow with broad black apical marking and a broad black inner-marginal stripe on the forewing, as well 

 as a large black spot at the apex of the hindwing. The under surface is sand-brown with the exception ^ 



of the yellow proximal paii of the forewing, the hindwing has slight dark macular markings. — lydia i^/f/c, h'd'o. ^^¥- 

 from Venezuala, has shorter, broader wings, the apex of the forewing more obtuse and the distal margin 

 less ai'ched, broader hindmargin, proximally more deeply convex, and considerably narrower proximal band 

 on the forewing, the distal margin of the hindwing almost twice as broad. 



J. jucunda Bde. (& Lee. (= ehviola. Poey, albina Poey) (24 e), from the Gulf States of North America, ./""""^«- 4 

 differs from delia in the longer marginal band of the hindwing and the Hghter, grey to white under surface, >--, 



almost without markings. — letnnia Fldr., from Bahia, is distinguished not only by the broader border oi lemnia. Vp /' 

 the forewing, the larger apical spot of the hindwing which is joined to the other marginal spots, and the 

 quite different under surface, which is glossy white, sparsely dusted with red-brown, but also in the greater 

 length of both wings. 



