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84 TERIAS. Bj- J. Rober. 



t persistens. T. persistens Btlr. & Drure. Allied to delki and eucjenia, upper surface yellow, costal margin and base 



' broadly ash-grey, apex and distal margin broadly black-brown, a black-brown inner-marginal band distally 



bordered with gold-yellow; hindwing with black-brown apical spot, under surface as in delia. Honduras. 

 \l\ hyona. T. hyona Men. (24 e), from San Domingo, is beautiful orange-yellow in the male above with black 



margin, which is moderately broad on the forewing, narrow and sharply defined proximally on the hindwing. 

 The ? has much paler upper surface. Beneath both sexes are almost ahke; forewing in the middle orange- 

 yellow, at the distal margin and in the basal part yellow, with a subapical row of small black spots, fringes 

 reddish; hindwing yellow with some blackish dots near the base, some small red-bro^^^l spots at the apex, 

 to which extends a narrow band of red-bro-«m spots running towards the inner margin, and small, very 

 indistinct red-brown submarginal spots. 

 l^" pyro. T. pyro Godt. Shape and size as hyona. Upperside of the forewing vivid orange-yellow, slightly- 



blackish at the base. Forewing with a black margin, proximally indented. Hindwing at the distal margin 

 sUghtly dusted with blackish. Under surface of the forewing lighter than above, with a black dot in the 

 middle and a dark apical spot. Under surface of the hindwing light yellow, mth an orange-yellow central 

 spot, some brownish scales and a very large round rust-brown spot at the apex, and also a row of small 

 J black marginal dots. Antilles or Soutli America. 



l^r eleathea. T. elcathea (V., from Surinam, is not essentially different from plataea Fldy. (24 e), from South 



plataea. Brazil (Sao Paulo, Santa Catharina, Rio Grande do Sul). The latter has yellow forewing and white hind- 



Aving, broad margin on the forewing and narrower one on the hindwing, also a black stripe at the inner 



margin of the forewuig, which is posteriori}^ edged with orange-j-ellow. The under surface is rather variable, 



whitish to grey, the anterior part of the forewing yellow, mostly only with black dots at the discocellular 



of both wings, not seldom with somewhat darker markings. The ? has yellow or yellowish ground-colour 



on the hindwing above, the black and orange- j^ellow stripe at the inner margin of the forewing is absent. 



II The under surface is mostly darker and more abundanth- marked. Tliis species also shows a number of 



^ viteilina. local forms, which have almost all been descrDDed as separate species, thus vitellina Fldr., from Venezuela 



i« and Honduras, with white-scaled inner-marginal stripe and the under surface entirely without markings; — 



\ eugenia. eugenia Wcdl. (= rhodia Fldr.), from Venezuela. Colombia and St. Josef, with verv dark yellow forewing 



^^^ cabana, and sharp and broader orange-j'ellow inner-marginal stripe; — cubana H.-Schdff., from Cuba, with broad 



u'ift palmyra, black distal margin on the hindwing ; — palmyra Poey {■= lydia Fldr.), from Cuba and the Gulf States, in 



JX^)fwenicia. which the black distal margin of the hindwing is reduced to a spot at the apex ; — phoenicia Fldr., from 



y Colombia and Ecuador, has orange-yellow inner-marginal stripe reacliing to the base and rather broad distal 



Kxjt elntliides. margin on the hindwing; elathides Stgr., from Venezuela, is larger, and has no orange-j^ellow inner-marginal 



. stripe; the ? is darker beneath. — All these forms can scarceh' be separated from one another. Considerably 



Wisidonia. different on the other hand are: sidonia Fldr., from Mexico, in which the black inner-marginal stripe is 



. merged together with the black distal margin and the liindwing has very broad black distal margin; — 



uV^ ella. ella form, nov., from Ecuador, has no orange-yellow inner-marginal sti'ipe, also the black inner-marginal 



J. stripe is merged together with the black distal margin and the hindwing has a broad black distal margin 



^ fegea. which is sharplj' defined proximally. — tegea Fldr., from Colombia, is larger than vitellina, with broader 



, wings, and maj' be recognised by the greater width of the inner-marginal band of the forewing and the 



U^ inedutina. distal-marginal one of the hindwing. — medutina Fldr., from Venezuela, has narrower wings, the forewing 



I is more elongated and the hindwing shorter. 



\\^*' priddyi, T. priddyi Lathy, from Haiti, differs from eleathea in the yellow upper surface of the hindwmg, the 



shorter dark chstal-marginal band of the forewmg and the absence of the j-ellow stripe at the inner margin 

 . of the forewing and of the dark distal margin of the hindwing, which is onlj- represented by marginal spots. 



\)\8 mycale. T. mycale Fldr. (24 e), from Brazil (Bahia, Sao Paulo), is very similar to eleathea. The dark distal 



margin of the forewing is broader and confluent with the hindmarginal stripe, also the distal margin of the 

 hindwing is much broader. The under surface of the forewing is less yellow, otherwise not diiferent. 

 \^smilacina. T. smilacina Fldr., from Colombia, was described fi-om a ?. Upperside pale sulphur-yellow with black- 



brown distal margin, hindwing with black marginal dots. Underside glossj' white, at the discocellular a crescent- 

 shaped spot, a subapical red-brown macular band, a black dot at the costal margin near the apex of the 

 J. forewing: hindwing with spots at the discocellulai-, a subapical macular band and black marginal dots. 



vS albula. T. albula CV., from Sminam, probably scarcely differs essentially from marginella FWr. (24e), from 



^ imuginella. Venezuela. This is white above and has moderate^ broad black margin on both -wings. The under sur- 



vjvV sinoe. face is white, entirely without markings. — sinoe Godt. {= cassiae Sejjj}, nise Hbn.), from South Brazil, has 



more or less In-oad distal margin on the forewing and entirelv white wings. The under surface is white 



or sometimes yellowish. The ? has narrower and shorter distal margin on the forewing and some dark 



« markings on the hindwing beneath. 



\^ dcflorata. T. deflorata KolJ., from Colombia, is similar to allndu. Upper surface white, forewing with a yellowish 



tinge, apex lilack, irregularly defined proximaUj^ at the distal raargm of the hindwing three to four blackish 



