dag a. 
dares. 
! ascii pane- 
ta. 
ortus. 
pulchra. 
apyga. 
Vd'Ja¬ 
ke be. 
flavipuncta. 
dyuna. 
osmophora. 
consistens. 
maronien- 
sis. 
pardalis. 
350 AMAXIA. By Dr. A. Seitz. 
wedge extending from- the base of the forewing through the cell. Hindwings white, abdomen red as far as ring 4, 
with white dorsal spots. Venezuela. 
I. daga Dgn. occurs in 2 forms; in typical daga from Venezuela to Peru the abdomen above is orange- 
yellow, whilst in dares Drc. (45 d) from Costa Rica it is above dark red. Across the dorsum of the abdomen 
a coherent row of white dots; the white forewings tinged yellowish at the margins show at the base, proximal 
margin and right through the middle small black transverse streaks arranged similarly as in the preceding 
species. This species also nearly resembles in its colouring the Automolis- group critheis-pichesensis (50 k, 52 a). 
I. tasciipuncta Rothsch. (45 d). Entirely white, the macular transverse band of the forewing is replaced 
by a band of dispersed dots, and also at the base of the forewing there are only 1 or 2 fine, distinct, black 
dots. From the Upper Amazon through Peru and Bolivia; the figured specimen from the Rio Songo. 
1. ortus Schs. Also white, the $ abdomen above pink. The median band similar as in the preceding, 
but in the showing more black streaks than dots. The $ also shows a small black spot before the apex (between 
the cell-end and distal margin), which, however, is absent in the <$. Venezuela and South Brazil. 
31. Genus; Aiuaxrn Wkr. 
The 14 forms composing this genus are mostly very much alike, and their type of colouring closely 
approximates those species of the preceding genus, that were separated from the Idalus as the genus Lampruna 
by Schaus, so that we might denote the Lampruna- group as the transition from the typical Idalus to the 
Amaxia. Particularly A. pyga (45 e) repeats all the details of the exterior of Idalus affinis (45 a), whereby 
it als approximates the numerous copies of this form from other genera, such as Neaxia theon (45 k), the $$ 
of several Paranerita etc. Head with a rather robust proboscis and in the $ doubly combed antennae, the last 
palpal joint stunted. Forewing with a long costal margin and short proximal margin, the border there fore 
very oblique, hindwing in the distorted (partly by scent-organs), and the venation therefore inconstant. 
Sometimes the costa is lobatedly indented anteriorly (A. osmophora), in order to cover an androconium on 
the forewing beneath, sometimes the shape of the forewing approximates the normal one (A. pardalis). Between 
the submedian and the median vein there is always a broad area, being so large that e. g. in osmophora -<$ it 
occupies more than half the wing. The butterflies are presumably without exception taken at the light; nothing 
is known of the larvae. 
A. pulchra Rothsch. (45 e) is the largest and most beautiful species of the genus. Before the apex 
of the forewing an indistinct purple-brown cloud. Hindwings pale pink, abdomen above dark red. Central 
Brazil and Peru. 
A. apyga Hmps. (= pyga Drc. nee Schs.) (45 e) is almost the size of pulchra, but the cloud before 
the apex of the forewing is broken up into minute round spots, and the hindwings are dark brown, so is the 
dorsum of the abdomen. Costa Rica to the Amazon. 
A. pyga Schs. is marked and coloured almost exactly like apyga, and differs merely by the hindwing 
beneath not exhibiting the large, distinct androconial spot, and being therefore a little differently shaped. 
Honduras, Rio de Janeiro. ^ 4 
A. hebe Schs. (45 e). Like the preceding, but the abdomen above of a bright purple-red instead of 
brown. Rio de Janeiro and Minas Geraes; it greatly resembles Idalus costaricensis , but it has a large, double, 
brown preapical spot surrounded by a joint purple line. 
A. flavipuncta Hmps. (45 e) is somewhat smaller than the preceding species; the violettish-brown 
spot of the base of the forewing is not so intensely coloured; nor do the small spots before the apex of the 
forewing come out prominently anymore. From the peak of the Tijuca near Rio de Janeiro. 
A. dyuna Schs. (45 e). Spotting of the forewings particularly abundant and the minute spots very 
regularly arranged. The scent-organ of the male on the hindwing beneath only small. Like the preceding from 
South Brazil; reported also from Peru. 
A. osmophora Hmps. (= dyuna Drc. nec Schs.) (45 e) greatly resembles dyuna Schs., but it is to be 
recognized by the costa of the hindwing, in order to get room for a larger scent-organ, being much more indented 
to a lobe; on the forewing above the dark spot above the proximal margin is more intermixed with yellow. 
Costa Rica, Venezuela. 
A. consistens Schs. (45 e). Hindwing of the still smaller than in the preceding. The yellow distal 
part of the forewing is much more scantily spotted. The hindwing which is tinged rosy-red in dyuna, exhibits 
here the middle part covered with brown. —- maroniensis Rothsch. is a form of it, in which the brown of the 
hindwing is reduced to a dot below vein G and to a subterminal band in the inner-marginal area, interrupted 
by the submedian fold. Guiana. 
A. pardalis Wkr. (45 e, f). Here also the large, violettish-brown spot near the base of the forewing 
begins to dissolve into an interrupted cloud owing to yellow and red embedments; particularly above the 
