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above. — drya F. (= amphitrite Blanch.), from Peru, Chile, Cuba and Haiti, is a small, weakly marked 

 form. — euhide flies in June and again from September to October, drya in November to December and 

 from March to April. The cf has as scent-organ on the upper surface of the hindwing near the costal 

 margin a spot of scales, over which the soft, widened inner margin of the forewing is stretched out to stir 

 up the scent, scattering it with a pencil (retractile into a fold in the skin). 



ii^B cipris. C. cipris F. (= bracteolata Bth\) ('25(t), from Brazil and Peru, has the hindwing prolonged into a 



tail in both sexes. The o^ is verj' light orange-}' ellow, the broad distal margin of the forewing, which is 



thickly covered with chalky scent-scales, and the considerabh^ narrower distal margin of the hindwing 



lighter; the upper surface has no markings except small marginal spots on the forewing. The under surface 



is darker yellow with a silvery eight on both wings and more or less dark markings. The underside is 



i.jkfl very variable. The ? is lemon-yellow and has a large black median spot on the forewing, the under surface 



neocypris. is more greenish than in the cf. — neocypris lihn., from the same localities, is in both sexes suffused with 



CgO irrigata. orange-yellow above at the margins and is also darker beneath. Probabty a seasonal form. — irrigata Bilr., 



^ Virgo, from Brazil, is an aberrant female form, more strongly marked above and beneath. — virgO Bilr., from 



Central America, is more strongh* marked, has black marginal spots in both sexes, also in the cf a large 



'"'' black median spot on the forewing, and the ? is white above with narrow red distal margm. 



^5» rurina. C. rurina Fldr. (25b), from Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, occurs apparently onlj- at 



elevations of 1000 to 2000 m. The forewing in the cf is orange-yellow except for the distal margin of 

 lemon-vellow scent-scales which occupies almost half the wing, the hindwing lemon-yellow with broad, hght 

 orange-yellow distal margin, at the distal margin of both wings are placed small black-brown spots. The 

 under surface is yellow with a silvery double spot at the discocellular of each wing and more or less black- 

 brown markings. The ? is very variable, from bright yellow to almost white ground-colour, stronger distal- 

 marginal markings and a large black-brown median spot on the forewing and also large red distal-marginal 

 - spots or broad red distal margin on the hindwing. The under surface has paler ground-colour and more 



y intermedia, red-brown markings, often united into large spots. — intermedia Bth\ is the Central American form; the 

 orange-yellow colour of the forewing of the cf is almost entii-ely absent and the ? has whitish ground-colour. 



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C. philea L. (= argante Hbn., corday Hh)i., aricj-e Cr., melanippe Cr., lollia et aricia Godt) (25c), 

 distriljuted from Texas to South Brazil, verj- common in some places, also observed in Illinois as a migrant, 

 is one of the most beautiful species of this genus. The upper surface in the cf is a fine canar3'-yellow with 

 a large orange-yellow median spot on the forewing and broad orange-yellow distal margin on the hindwing. 

 The under surface is pale yellow with silvery median double spot and brownish markings. The secondary 

 male characters consist of a spot of scent-scales on the upperside of the hindwing, to which corresponds a 

 pencil found on the underside of the inner margin of the forewing, and a moderateh* broad band of scent- 

 scales on the upperside of both wings, only sHghtlj' contrasting in colour. The ? is less brilliant yellow, 

 the large orange-yellow median spot of the forewing is absent, but it has a large black-brown median spot 

 and marginal, submarginal and costal macular markings on the forewing, as well as dark marginal spots on 

 tiialestfis. the hindwing. The ground-colour of the under surface is redder than in the cf. — tiialestris ///. (= hueb- 

 neri Fnihst.), from the Antilles, also reported from Chile ('?), has in the cf a larger orange-yellow median 

 spot, also a large black-brown spot at the discocellular ef the forewing. The under surface is much more 

 marked and shows at the distal margin of the hindwing large red-brown spots. The ? has much more red 

 above and beneath and is much more strongh' marked, especially on the under surface, which shows on 

 the hindwing a broad red-brown distal margin and a large median spot of the same colour. — Pupa regu- 

 larly canoe-shaped, dorsum strongly incurved, head prolonged into a long point. 



C. avellaneda H.-Sch. (25 d), from Cuba, is unquestionabty the most beautiful species of the genus. 

 In the cT the ground-colour of the upper surface of the forewing is canarj'-j-ellow. a broad margin oclure-yellow, 

 the distal margin narrowlj- red, the central and posterior part of the wing is gorgeous carmine, at the 

 discocellular is placed a red spot with black centre. The hindwing is less fiery carmine, in the cell yellow- 

 ish red, the long spot of scent-scales placed at the subcostal is Avhite, the distal margin I'ather broadly 

 ochre-yellow. The under surface is red-yellow with white double spot in the centre of each wing and con- 

 tinuous black-brown submarginal spots. The $ has the upperside of the forewing canarv-yellow with red 

 distal margin and marginal and submarginal red-brown spots as well as a large red-brown spot at the 

 discocellular, the basal part of the wing is sprinkled with red. The hindwing is vellowish red, at the costal 

 margin light pink, with marginal and submarginal red-brown spots. The under surface has dark yellow 

 ground-colour, the broad distal-marginal band is blue-red vdth red scales, the margin itself narrowly yellow; 

 the broad blue-red distal margin is proximally bordered b}- black crescent-shaped spots and at these as 

 well as at the base there is dai-k red colouring, at the discocellular of each wing are placed white, black- 

 edged spots (five on the forewing, two on the hindwing). — solstitia 5f?n (25 d), said to be from Chile, but 

 probabl}- an aberrant form of uvellaneda and therefore also indigenous to Cuba, is differentiated from the 

 latter by a narrower and proximally rectilineal- ochre-yellow distal margin on the upper surface and by tlie 



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