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The followiug 5 forms are all very nearly allied; they have the usual ground-colour with black apical 

 half and black cell-spot on the forewing, also dark dentate marginal band on the hindwing and 3 — 5 black 

 spots in the disc. — N. terastis Hsch. (35 e) has a j^ellow median and subapical band on the forewing. — ■ ierastis. 

 It is the form from the Lower Amazon, whilst in zurippa Hew., from Bolivia, the median band is broken up zurippa. 

 into 2 — 3 spots. — otaxes Godm., wdiich, like the two following forms, occurs in Peru, has a pale, yellowish otaxes. 

 median band and in the apex 2 dots of the same colour. — pyrrho Bruce has still the yellow subapical band, pyrrho. 

 but the median band is absent. — In deucalion Hsch. the subapical band is also absent except for 2 yellow dots, deucalion. 



N. hygia Godm., from Surinam, which is unknown to me in nature, is said to resemble Mechanitis hygia. 

 polymnia. 



N. Stella Hew. (35 f). In this small species and its local forms from eastern Colombia and Ecuador stella. 

 the blackish colour in the distal half of both wings is almost entirely suppressed by the yellowish vitreous spots. 

 Calloleria joJaia has a very similar pattern and can only be distinguished by the neuration. — In the somewhat 

 larger glabra Godm., from Colombia, the wings are still more transparent and the marginal dots yellow. The glabra. 

 inner margui of the forewing is black. — aster Godm., from Ecuador, has darker wings and smaller marginal aster. 

 dots. — In the similar decora Godm. the margins of both wings are much broader. The forewing has a dark decora. 

 streak through the cell. 



N. larilla Heiv. (35 f), from Ecuador, has vitreous wings with dentate, dark distal borders and a spot larilla. 

 at the end of the cell on each wing. In the $ the wings are broader, the margin of the forewing red-brown 

 and the white marginal dots on the hindwing much larger. This rare species recalls Velamysta 'pardalis and 

 Disynenitis theudelinda, with which it occurs in the mountain forests up to heights of 2500 m. 



N. cranto Fldr. (35 f), from Colombia, has the margins and a half-band across the end of the cell of cranio. 

 the fore-wing dark brown. The base of the forewing and the hindwing are dusted with yellow. — The similar 

 paedaretus Godm. & Salv., from Costa Eica, is more brightly coloured and has yellow-brown veins, also at the apex paedaretus. 

 and the dark costal margia of the forewing 2 oblong yellow spots. In the $ the base of the forewing is dark 

 and the hindwing is j'ellow-brown. 



In the smaller N. harbona Heiv. (35 f), from Ecuador, the wings are colourless, the margins black harbona. 

 above and red-brown beneath, with indistinct, white marginal dots. 



N. apulia Hew. (35 f), from Colombia, has a pattern like Ceratinia ocna, with red-brown spots at the apulia. 

 inner angle of the hindwing. — In the somewhat larger nausica Weyvi., from Ecuador, the distal border of nausica. 

 the forewing is broader, the inner border narrower. The red-yellow spot at the inner angle does not reach 

 the base. 



N. lycora Hew. (35 g), from eastern Ecuador, is similar to a-pulia, but the red-yellow colour at the lycora. 

 inner angle of the hindwing is absent; the base of the latter is slightly yellowish. Moreover, the club of the 

 antenna is yeUow. 



N. glycera Godm. (35 g) is confusingly like Ceratinia antea, but is somewdrat smaller and the abdomen ghjcera. 

 is grey-white beneath, in antea vivid yellow. It flies together with the similar forms on the upper Pastaza 

 in Ecuador. 



N. eunomia Godm., from Peru, corresponds to the similar Ceratinia frater from the same country. The eunomia. 

 black margins are narrower, the base of the hindwing is yellowish. 



N. flossina Btlr. (35 g), from eastern Colombia and Ecuador, has transparent wings with narrow, dark flossina. 

 margins and at the base of both wings yellowish colouring. — A very similar form is hypsaea Stgr., from the hypsaea. 

 Cauca Valley in Colombia. In it the veins at the end of the cell of the forewing are not margined with dark, 

 and it is more weakly coloured at the base. The last two forms recall Episcada faradoxa and other similar 

 Ithomias. 



The following species, mostly smaller, have a dark oblique band across the end of the cell of the fore- 

 w-ing. N. ithra Heiv., from the Lower Amazon, and potaronus Kaye (35 f), from British Guiana, have a post- !,q/}!.q,v 

 eriorly forked, dark oblique band and whitish patch. In itlira the wings are slightly reddish, the margins 

 narrow, dark brown, the base of the forewing and the distal margin of the hindwing yellow-red. potaronus 

 has colomrless wings with broader, dark margins and red-brown spots in the distal margin of the hindwing. 



N. cyrianassa DU. & Hew. (35 g), from the Amazons and Colombia, may be recognised by the teeth cyrianassa. 

 of the black oblique band towards the apex. Hence the yellow oblique band is correspondingly sinuate. The 

 hindwing has a broad, dark-edged, yellow-red submarginal band. — In ercilla Heiv., from the Upper Amazon, ercilla. 

 the subapical band of the forewing is white and divided into spots. — glycon Godm., which is unknown to glycon. 

 me in nature, is said to be similar to cyrianassa, but with a triangular, black spot in the cell of the forewing. — • (jj^^j^^j 

 adulta Hsch. and dilutata Hsch. are local forms of cyrianassa from British Guiana, adulta is larger and more dilutata. 



