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common; most of the species live in Mexico and Central America; nothing is known about their early stages. 
I. Jorewings unicolor on sly brown. 
leiimnnni. V. lehmanni Rothsch. somewhat recalls Eubaphe tenuicincta (38 c), the forewings being also blackish- 
brown and the hindwings yellow with a uniform black marginal band, but the abdomen is above orange with 
a broad black dorsal longitudinal stripe, and the distal band of the hindwing is broader. Colombia. 
ypophaca. V. hypophaea Hmps. (38 d). The moderately broad black distal margin of the golden yellow hindwing 
does not quite reach the anal angle. Forewings bright dark brown; abdomen black with yellow sides. From 
Costa Rica. 
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sanguicol- V. satlguicollis (= mentions Druce nec Wkr.) (38 d) is like hypophaea, but the black distal band 
l,s - runs round the whole hindwing, so that only an orange yellow disc remains below the middle of the costa. 
Costa Rica. 
ubajncnUs. V. subapicalis Wkr. (= cgaca Wkr.) (38 c) is darker than sanguicollis, which it otherwise resembles, 
but the oval orange spot of the hindwing is not situate below the middle of the costa, but more in the apical 
part of the wing. Amazon Valley (Ega, Ttaituba, Fonteboa etc.), Guiana, Ecuador, to the south in the 
east as far as Sa. Catharina, in the west as far as Peru; not rare. 
or ala. V. ovata Rothsch. (38 c) greatly resembles subapicalis, but it is larger, the yellow spot of the hindwing 
forms a more oblong oval and is more removed from the apex of the wing. In the $ it flows out along the 
costal margin towards the base. Sa. Catharina. 
medarda. V. niedarda Stoll (38 d) is larger than ovata. The marginal band of the hindwing does not reach 
the proximal angle, but it turns round, before it, in a wedge-shaped point, towards the base' of the wing. 
minuta. Distributed in South and Central America and mostly not rare. — minuta Fldr. is scarcely more than half as 
large as medarda ; the black distal band of the hindwing sometimes extends yet to the proximal margin, after 
having deposited the black wedge-shaped ray on the base of the hindwing. Mexico, through Central America 
parva. as far as the Amazon. — parva Schs. from Colombia and Ecuador differs from this small form by the black 
of the marginal band outweighing the orange of the hindwing, so that the latter runs through the hindwing 
mentiens. almost like a broad median band. — In the form mentiens Wkr. the marginal band of the hindwing is angled 
at the end of the proximal margin, and the yellow median spot of the forewing beneath is distally cut off 
flemmingi . in a straight line. — flemmingi Rothsch. from Ecuador has longer and narrower wings than mentiens, the 
black distal band of the hindwing is of a constant width and the yellow part of the proximal margin does not 
luteilinea. exactly reach as far as the anal angle, but the marginal band extends as far as the latter. —- In luteilinea Wkr. 
(38 e) from Mexico, the size of which is between medarda and minuta, the yellow inner-marginal part of 
the $ is very broad and cut off quite straight towards the black wedge-shaped ray. This form is presumably 
identical with Josiodes inversa H. Edw. Hampson takes most of the forms of this species to be synonyms, whereas 
according to Rothschild some are of different species. In fact specimens from Muzo differ from those from 
Villavicencio, the latter from those from Ecuador, Panama or Bolivia in the marginal band of the hindwing 
and on the under surface, but there are almost everywhere transitions to be found. 
affinis. V. affinis Rothsch. resembles parva Schs. from Colombia, but the wings are shorter and broader, 
the yellow occupies almost the whole hindwing and leaves only a marginal band black. The $ also exceeds 
the parva- 2 considerably in size. 
divisa. V. divisa Wkr. (38 d) is still larger than affinis-, the forewings are very dark sepia-brown, almost 
black; on the hindwing the orange is confined to a broad wedge-shaped spot below the costa and to a minute 
inner-marginal stripe near the base. Distributed from Nicaragua over Guiana as far as South Brazil and 
Paraguay; near Rio de Janeiro and Santos not rare. 
fasciata. V. fasciata Rothsch. (38 e) from Ecuador and Colombia is considerably larger than divisa, with 
broader forewings, the orange stripe in the hindwing being narrower and beneath not so sharply defined. 
sonata. V. zonata Fldr. (= distincta H. Edw.) (38 e). On the orange-yellow hindwing a black spot, being 
in the $ below somewhat lobate, in the anal part of the distal margin, and a black stripe from the costal 
margin round the apex. Mexico. 
ampin. V. ampla Wkr. (38 e). In the place of the black lobate spot there are in the hindwing only some dispersed 
black, diffuse patches. Likewise from Mexico; zonata may be only a form of this species. 
rosenbergi. V. rosenbergi Rothsch. (38 d) is smaller than the preceding are, particularly the $$. All the margins 
of the hindwing, except the proximal margin, broadly black; this marginal band is very much expanded above 
the proximal angle. Mexico and Colombia. 
