refulgens. 
aymara. 
mennisata. 
albipars. 
bi for mis. 
nantana. 
annulata. 
braganza. 
circe. 
palmeira. 
jonesi. 
andrei. 
mortia. 
190 CTENUCHA. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
occupies also the apical third of the hindwing and is bordered with black. I presume that it coincides with 
popayana as a synonym. Peru. 
C. refulgens Dogn. (26 d) differs from cyaniris by the absence of the orange-yellow spot of the hindwing; 
that of the forewing in both sexes neither reaches the costal margin nor the proximal angle. The underside is 
like in the preceding species, extensively white in the <$, in the $ more metallic blue. Ecuador; Peru (Marcapata). 
C. aymara Schaus. Black; palpal base, forehead and chest white like the underside of the abdomen. 
Metathorax and abdomen above suffused with blue, the latter with an orange dorsal stripe. Forewing at the base 
and proximal margin blue, in the middle with a large orange spot. Hindwing at the base suffused with blue, 
in the $ with a large orange spot before the apex, extending down as far as the upper median vein. The $ is 
destitute of this spot and all the white markings. Expanse of wings: 28 mm, $ 32 mm. Peru. 
C. mennisata Dogn. greatly resembles the preceding, but the wings are a little narrower and longer, 
the yellow spot of the forewing does not extend beyond the basal half of the wing, on the hindwing the yellow 
apical spot is absent, as well as the orange-scaled dorsal stripe on the abdomen. Expanse of wings: 27 mm. 
Bolivia. 
C. albipars Hmps. Dull black, forehead, vertex and metathorax spotted metallic blue; abdomen 
above with a blue lustre, beneath at the base a white spot. The forewings exhibit an orange-yellow discal band. 
Forewing white, in the marginal third black, towards the costa somewhat broader. Expanse of wings: 32 mm. 
Bolivia. 
C. biformis Dogn. Body black, above with an intense bluish-green metallic lustre; hips and venter 
white. Forewing blackish-brown with a broad oblique band from the middle of the subcostal to the proximal 
angle, not quite reaching them, the one in the <$ being of a deep red, in the $ orange-yellow; at the base and 
behind the oblique band between and above the median veins, there are metallic blue stripe-like spots. Hindwings 
blackish-brown with a dark blue lustre. Ends of fringes whitish. Expanse of wings: 27 mm. Peru (Cajon). 
C. nantana Wkr. ( = rubicunda Dogn.) has a stout, blue, densely black-hairecl body. The black 
forewings are green at the base, a subcostal band and a marginal band being pale yellow. The hindwings are 
scarlet with a black base and marginal band and pale yellow fringes. Length of forewings: 30 mm. Amazon. 
C. annulata Schaus. Head and thorax metallic blue, forehead white, palpi black. Abdomen black, 
at the base suffused with blue, above yellow, beneath curled white. Wings black, towards the base suffused 
with metallic blue. Forewing with a broad, orange oblique band; hindwing with an orange marginal band, 
strewn somewhat with blackish. Expanse of wings: 28 mm. Bolivia. 
C. braganza Schaus. Black; head and thorax mixed with brown; palpal base, and the sides, sometimes 
also the w'hole neck orange. Abdomen with a blue lustre; hips, femora and venter, the latter sublaterally, 
striped white. Anus sometimes orange. The black forewings show lighter, brownish veins with a postmedian, 
white oblique band varying in extent; fringes at the apex white. Hindwings with a blue lustre, with blackish- 
brown veins and white fringes. Expanse of the wings: 48 mm. Brazil (Theresopolis; Rio de Janeiro). 
C. circe Cr. ( — affinis Bscl., pylotis Moschl.) (26 d) is smaller than the preceding and differs by white 
transverse bands on the ventral side of the abdomen, not 2 white longitudinal lines. Besides, the front of the 
palpi and parts of the forehead are white, the shoulder-covers and thorax striped lighter, the blackish-brown 
collar contains interspersed, orange-yellow hairs. All the rest like in braganza. Widely distributed from Nicaragua 
Ecuador, Venezuela, Surinam as far as Sao Paulo. 
C. palmeira Schaus differs from the two preceding by the brownish-black underside of the abdomen 
minus the white. On the abdomen the blue lustre is absent. The white band behind the cell is cuneiform and 
extends only from the low 7 est subcostal to the lower radial vein. The bluish-black hindwings exhibit a white 
apical spot. Expanse of wings: 40 mm. Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul); Paraguay. 
C. jonesi Rothsch. differs from palmeira by the white postmedian band being much longer, extending 
from the subcosta to the border above the lower median vein and not ending already at the lower radial vein. 
Parana, taken in March. 
C. andrei Rothsch. Chest and underside of abdomen brownish-black, forewings blackish-brown with 
lighter veins and an oblique white band from the subcosta behind the middle to the proximal angle. Hindwings 
blackish steel-blue with white fringes. Trinidad. 
C. mortia Schaus. Head and thorax black; neck and palpal base orange, thorax finely striped yellow. 
Abdomen bluish-black with orange anal hair. Forewings black with grey veins and a large white spot behind 
the cell. Fringes at the apex white. Hindwings bluish-black with white fringes. Expanse of wings: 37 mm. 
Castro (Parana). 
