164 HYMENITIS. By B. Haensch. 



oto. H. oto Hew. (41 e), from Honduras and Guatemala, has broad black apex to the forewing and a 



broad half-band at the end of the cell as well as a white oblique band. The subcostal of the forewing and 

 the distal margin of the hindwing are partly red-brown. 

 morgane. H. morgane Hhn.-G. (41 e), from Mexico and Honduras, is noteworthy on account of the rust-brown 



margins. Behind the irregular half-band at the end of the cell of the forewing an indistinct, narrow white 

 moschion. macular band runs from the costal to the distal margin. — In moschion Godni., from Mexico, the rust- 

 brown apex and the half-band across the end of the cell of the forewing are said to be narrower; the white 

 spots do not form a distinct band; the genitalia of the ^^ differ from those of morgane. 

 annetta. H. annetta Guer., from Mexico and Central America, is smaller than morgane, with narrower, dark 



brown margins and a half-band on the fore'wing. From the end of the cell to the distal margin of the fore- 

 wing runs a row of white spots, which are not parallel with the dark half-band, much as ' in Pteronymia 

 simplex (40 b). In addition there are 2 white dots at the apex and one at the hinder angle. 

 nei-ina. H. nerina Hsch., from Colombia, is of the same size as andromica and has similar markings to nero 



(41 e). The white oblique band of the forewing is broken up into spots. The margins are brown-grey above 

 and light brown beneath, with 2 white dots in the apex of the forewing and one in that of the hindwing. 

 polissena. H. polissena Heio., from western Ecuador, closely resembles a form from Costa Eica which I call 



uinbrana. umbfana form. nov. (41 f). Both forms have diaphanous wings with narrow black margins and pointed half- 

 band at the end of the ceU of the forewing, and also white dots at the end of the cell and the distal margin 

 of the forewing. umhrana has further white dots at the apex of both wings, polissena on the contrary only 

 2 white dots in the red-brown apex of the forewing beneath. In umhrana the abdomen beneath is whitish, 

 in polissena yellowish. In the $$ the margins and half-bands and also the white spots are broader. 

 diaphanus. H. diaphanus Drury (= imzerina Hbst), from the Antilles (Jamaica), which is also said to- occur in 



Texas, is a similar species with narrow distal margin to the forewing and fine distal border to the hind-wing. 

 The half-band at the end of the cell of the forewing is of uniform breadth. 

 cubana. H. cubana H.-Schdff., from Cuba, has- similar markings to oto, but very narrow wings and narrower 



margins. The half-band of the forewing is constricted in the middle and forked at the median. The white 

 oblique band is narrower than in oto. 

 alphesiboea. H. alphesiboea Heiv. (41 f), from eastern Ecuador, is a copy on a small scale of Dismenitis duilia (41 d) 



and apart from the size can only be recognised with certainty by the different neuration. In the $ the upper 

 radial of the hindwing is coincident with the lower to one-half, in duilia with the subcostal. 

 ortygia. H. ortygia Weym. (41 f), Ukewise from the eastern slopes of the Andes in Ecuador, stands in the 



same relation to Dismenitis cleonica (41 e). In the figure of the ^ the white dots at the end of the cell and 

 the distal margin of the forewing stand out too little; in the $ they are much stronger. 



enigma. H. enigma Hsch. (41 f), from Bolivia, has yellow-brown costal margin of the forewing and dark brown, 



dentate distal margins, and also yello-nash patches at the end of the cell of the forewing and before the distal 

 umbrosa. margins. On the under surface all the margins are ochre-coloured. — A similar form is umbrosa Hsch., 

 from the high mountains of the eastern chain of the Andes in Ecuador. In it the margins are narrower, 

 the yellow patches more indistinct, and in the forewing only the subcostal is yellow-brown. In the (J the 

 esiila. end of the cell of the forewing has no marking. — esula Hew., from Colombia, is similar to the preceding; 

 the margins are still narrower, the j-ellow patches are absent, on the other hand the hindwing is yellowish 

 at the inner angle. Moreover in the $ also the end of the ceU of the forewing is Avithout marking. — 

 depai6pe)T(/a. depauperata Bdv., from Guatemala, which is unknown to me in nature, is probably a form similar. to enigma. 

 It is said also to resemble zalmunna and to be distinguished from it hj the narrower distal margin of the 

 hindwing and the absence of the white spots. 

 sappho. ^ species from Bolivia which I received as H. sappho [Bang.-H. i. I.), of the same size as the preced- 



ing, has colourless wings with black-brown margins, of which the distal ones are dentate at the veins. Beside 

 the irregular half-band at the end of the cell of the forewing is placed at the costal margin a white spot, 

 and at the distal margin of both wings there are small whitish patches. Beneath the margins are deep 

 red-brown, at the base of the hindwing yellow-brown. 

 gardneri. H. gardneri Weeks, from Bohvia, is a similar form to pittheis, without the band in the cell of the fore- 



'wing. The costal margin of the forewing is red-brown to the end of the cell. At the end of the cell of 

 the forewing and before the distal margins are placed white patches. 



libethris. H. libethris Fldr. (41 f), from Colombia to Peru, and a number of similar forms are distinguished 



dereciis. by a bright yellow oblique band in the forewing. libethris differs from the very similar dercetis Dil. & Hew., 

 from Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador, in the more elongated forewing and the shorter inner margin of 

 ochretis. the hindmng. Moreover the base of the hindvidng beneath is yellow. — ochretis Hsch., from Colombia to 

 Bolivia, is of the same size and shape as dercetis. The oblique band of the forewing is broken up into 2 yellow- 

 brown spots. In the apex of each wing there are 2 — 3 further yellowish patches. The base of the hind- 

 wing beneath is yellow, on the other hand the white dots in the apex of the fore-wing are absent. 



