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DISMOEPHIA. By J. Boher. 





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(McorneUa. 

 vy amalia. 



v\niranc 



^nirandola. 

 ky\cauca. 



(Acnn 



thesis. 



^idonia. 



t(C\zaela. 





ircadia. 



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ground-colour, almost white specimens are not rare: ab. alba form. nov. — jethys Bdt'. (= melite Koll.) (,,the 

 Mime" of the North Americans) occurs in Mexico, but probably also further south. This form has additional 

 black markings, such as a stripe from the base to the inner angle of the forewing. 



D. Cornelia Fldr. (28 h), from Mexico, has ochre-yellow upper surface with black-brown markings 

 on the forewing and black-brown, irregular distal margin to the hindwing. The under surface with the excep- 

 tion of the whitish posterior part of the forewing is ochre-yelloAv with brownish spots and dots on the hindwing. 

 — amalia Stgr. (28 h), from Chiriqui and Colombia, has much less dark marking on the forewing, especially 

 the broad median stripe is entirely absent, and the hindwing has a uniformly broad dark distal margin. 

 The ground-colour is above and beneath lighter. 



D. mirandola Hew. (29 a), from Ecuador and Colombia, has black upper surface to the forewing with 

 yellow markings. The hindwing is clay-yellow on the anterior part (scent-spot), sulphur-yellow on the poster- 

 ior part, and has black markings. The $ has on the forewing more and lighter yellow markings, the hind- 

 wing is light sulphur-yellow with black distal margin. The under surface in both sexes is light yellow with 

 silver-white spots and dark dusting. — cauca form nov., from West Colombia (Cauca Valley), has in the (J 

 continuous yellow median band on the forewing, more reduced clay-yellow scent-sj)ot on the hindwing, the 

 yellow marking near the base of the forewing wanting. 



D. carthesis Hew. (29 a), from Ecuador, is similar to mirandola, but has larger subapical spots on the 

 forewing, no yellow marking near the base of the hindwing, but a larger yellow spot at the inner margin. The 

 hindwing has a narrower yellow median band and much broader black distal margin. The under surface has on 

 the hindwing a broad yellow median band and broad black distal margin, in which are placed reddish Avhite 



submarginal spots. ^„ \ , t^ 



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 D. idonia Hew., from Ecuador, has the forewing similarly marked to that of carthesis, but the yellow 

 spot at the inner margin is absent. The yellow median band of the hindwing is more obliquely placed. The 

 under surface is eirtirely different: the grej^-blackish hindwing has two j-ellow central transverse bands and 

 some small yellow marginal spots. 



D. zaela Hew. (29 a, b), from Colombia and Ecuador, has on the black-brown forewing in the (J chrome- 

 yellow central and subapical spots. A large part of the hindwiag is occupied bj- a grey scent-patch with a 

 silky gloss, the posterior part of this wing is proximally yellow, distalh^ chrome-yellow, the distal margin black- 

 brown. The $ has light yellow markings on the forewing and a light sulphur-yellow hindwing with broad 

 black margin. The under surface in both sexes is marbled with white and grey-brown. 



D. arcadia Fldr. (29 b), from Colombia, is similar to the preceding species, but has in both sexes light 

 canary-yellow markings. On the hindwing the (^ has one yellow band and the $ two. The underside is similar 

 to that of zaela, but much vellower. 





D. crisia Dm., from ,, Brazil", is about the same shape as arcadia and the markings are similar. The inner 

 margin of the forewing is whitish, in the the median spots are smaller. — Only known to me from Boisnu- 

 \ , val's description. 



sy'medora. D. medora Dbl. (5 = casta Koll.) (29 b), from Colombia and Venezuela, has also a j^ellow spot at the 



inner margin of the forewing; on the grey, silky scent-patch of the hindwing there is a sharply defined, oval 

 ledoriua. grey spot of scent-scales. The $ has much broader yellow markings. — medorina Hew., from Bolivia, has 

 three larger yellow subapical spots on the forewing and the posterior yellow spot of the median band is separ- 

 'icdorilla. ated from the other spots. The yellow band of the hindwing is orange-yellow in the anterior part. — medo- 

 rilla Hew., from Ecuador and Peru, has smaller yellow spots on the forewing and narrower yellow band on 

 jv nn' the hindwing. 



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^^roserpina. 

 ^ demeter 



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y^othoe. 



>a zalhoc. 



V lelex. 



proserpina S. d- K., from the Eoraima, has above and beneath much lighter (almost white) markings 

 than demeter form. nov. (29 b), from Colombia and Venezuela, the latter has moreover on the scent-patch 

 of the hindwing no special, sharply defined scent-scale-spot Uke 'proserpina (separate species?); proserpina 

 I only know from the figures and descriptions. The under sm-face is much yellower in demeter but is otherwise 

 not different from that of proserpina. 



D. othoe Hew. (29 c), from Ecuador and Colombia, is above black-brown with yellowish markings. 

 In the 5 the markings are more whitish and larger. The underside is pale yellow with blackish scale-markings. 



D. zathoe Hew., from Colombia, is similar to othoe, but the median spots are smaller and yellower and 

 the subapical spot is larger and white, also the band of the hindwing is more sharply yellow. 



D. lelex Hew., from Ecuador, is somewhat larger than zathoe and has paler yellow markings, the median 

 spots of the forewing are larger, on the other hand instead of the one large white subapical spot there are two 



