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VELAMYSTA. By R. Haensch. 



sisenna. the narrower yellow subapical band and broader basal triangle on the forewing. ab. sisenna Weym. is a 



form of the preceding in which the yellow subapical band of the forewing is broken up into 2 — 3 small 



yellow spots. It occurs together with the principal type in Ecuador. 



elara. A. elara Hew. is a smaller, delicate species from the Upper Amazon, with proximally sinuous yellow 



subapical band and narrower distal margin to the hindAving. On the under surface it shows the red-brown 



clarina. colour especially at the hinder angle of the forewing and the inner angle of the hindwing. ■ — elarina 

 Oherih., from the Lower Amazon, is somewhat larger, with narrower wings and brighter colouring. The 

 special character of this form is the presence of a black triangle at the end of the cell of the hindwing, 

 extending from the costal margin. 



elodina. A. elodina Stgi-., from A^enezuela, is pale yellow and has a narrow black oblique band across the 



end of the cell of the forewing, the costal and distal margins of the forewing are also black and the costal 

 margin of the hindwing is narrowly so. elodina may be recognised especially by the narrow yellowish 

 costal margin of the hindwing beneath. 

 olena. A. olena TFcT/m. (40 g), the only species from Central Brazil, differs from the preceding by the ab- 



sence of the white marginal dots on the under surface. It is of only small size, and has delicate, blackish 

 colour with narrow yellow subapical band on the forewing and longitudinal band on the hindwing. The 

 yellow basal triangle in the forewing on the contrary is broad. 



30. Genus: Velaniysta Hsch. 

 Under this name I unite a small group of species which differ from Hypoleria in the absence of 

 the oblong scent-spot in the middle of the costal margin in the 3*. Costal and subcostal in this genus 

 separate gradually and only approach one another again behind an indistinct scent-spot which is placed at 

 the extremity of the cell, after which, parting once more, they reach the margin in a curve. The scent- 

 spot is mostly marked by a whitish angular spot on the under surface and on the upperside covered by a 

 hair-pencil arising at the end of the cell. In the 5 costal and subcostal are coincident to one half, the 

 upper discocellular is absent and the lower is mostly angled, which is not the case in the ^. There be- 

 long here only a few rare, medium-sized forms, which in the markings recall species of Leucothyris and 

 Dismenitis. They occur apparently only in high-lying mountain-forests of the eastern Andes from Ecuador to Bolivia. 



crucifera. V. crucifera Hew. (40 f), from Ecirador, is similar to Disvieyiitis theudelinda (41 d) and V. pardalis, 



but somewhat smaller. The iorewing is shaded with light brown, with whitish dots, dark borders and a 

 brown, irregular spot at the end of the cell of the forewing. The hindwing has bluish sheen and a peculiar, 

 broad black-brown colouring at the distal margin, in which are placed large whitish distal-marginal 

 spots. The costal margin of the hindwing is blackish to the apex with a wedge-shaped spot at the end of 

 the cell. In the ,^ the colouring is on the whole somewhat weaker than in the figured $. 

 "'Ten'^!!"' ^* torquatilla Hew. (40 f, as feninna) and peninna Hew., both from Bolivia, are very similar, so 



that I at first regarded them as one species. Only after seeing a specimen of the true feninna 1 disco- 

 vered my mistake and it seems to me now that the two even belong to different genera. The specimen 

 figured is a $ of torquatiUa (not feninna) ; in the ^ the dark markings are weaker, especially in the disc of 

 the forewing; and on the hindAving the median band is only iirdicated at the apex. On the under surface 

 all the margins are rust-brown. — In feninna the otherwise similar marking is on the whole weaker and 

 lighter brownish. In the 5 the oblique band of the hindwing is placed nearer to the distal margin. 



pardalis. V. pardalis Salv. (40 e) is probably also best placed in this genus. The neuration appears to vary 



somewhat, as I possess a ^ Avith the loAver discocellular of the hindwing angled, much as in Calliihomia, 

 Avhilst in other specimens this vein is not angled. Superficially this rather rare species recalls Dismenitis 

 theudelinda (41 d), AAdth AA'hich it occurs in the highest mountain-forests of the Andes in Ecuador. It may 

 be known by the dark oblique band at the eird of the cell of the hindwing and the spots betAveen the end 

 of the cell and the apex of the forewing. In the $ the hindAving is of the same brownish colour as the forewing. 

 ptipilla. V. pupilla Hew. (40 f), from BoliAda, is smaller, with similar markings and lighter margins, especi- 



ally the costal margin of the forewing, which is reddish. The half-band at the end of the cell and the 

 spot in the cell of the forewing are narrower. The dark marking in the apex of the hindwing is only A^ery 

 Aveak in the ^. The $ probabl^v resembles disfersa, if this is not indeed the $ of fufilla. — dispersa 

 Weym., from Bolivia, has A'ery similar markings to the $ of torquatiUa. The dark patches at the apex 

 and between the cell and distal margin of the forewing are fainter. — Another similar form, but someAvhat 

 larger, is offcilla Heic, from BoliA'ia. The AA^ngs haA^e a yelloAvish tint, with similar markings on the fore- 

 AA'ing to crucifera, but with yellow-red costal margin and yellow spot at the end of the cell. The hind- 

 AA'ing has in the $ a proximally dentate dark distal margin, with 2 white dots at the apex and a half- 

 band at the end of the ceU. 



anomala. V. anomala Stgr., from the Cauca Yallej^ has almost unmarked wings and recalls Efiscada canilla 



(39 c) and fctradoxa. The q^, hoAvever, haA'e the characteristic white spot at the costal margin of the 

 hindwing beneath. The Avings have a slightly yellow-green appearance, with no other markings. The 

 costal and inner margins of the forewing are broAvn, the distal margins only very finely edged with dark. 



