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PARANERITA. By Dr. A. Seitz, 
bioii". P. bione .Jones (45 k) is coloured like the preceding, but the yellow costal spot extends proximally 
along the costa to the base, and the spot in the middle of the border extends farther into the wing. Santos (Sao 
Paulo, Brazil). 
irreyuiaris. P. irregularis Rothsch. (4G a) is about only half as large as bione ; the yellow costal spot of the forewing, 
being quite flatly triangular there, is here very large and high, so that it reaches as far as the submedian 
area. From the direction of the proximal margin it is approached by another yellow spot bordered with 
red, and the marginal yellow is well developed. Surinam. 
complicate'. P. complicata Schs. (= plagosa Rotlisch.) (46 b) is Larger than irregularis, but smaller than bione. 
The whole distal margin is occupied by 3 large yellow spots pupilled red; the yellow costal triangle is also 
bordered by a bright scarlet. Hindwings pink. Guiana. 
pulara. P. patara Drc. (46 b). Larger, the structure of the body much stronger. The forewing has a very 
large, lemon-coloured costal spot, a large apical spot and a third spot extending from the middle of the border 
to the anal angle. Hindwings pink with a dark border. Guiana. 
suf/usa. P. suffusa Rothsch. (46 b) shows on a purple-brown forewing marked red, in the middle of the costa, 
a large, dark yellow, sacciform spot and an irregularly defined, yellow marginal spot. The yellow colour of 
both is surrounded by hemochrome, besides the forewing is marked red; thorax brown, marked red; hindwings 
trinitatis. and abdomen of a beautiful purple-pink. British Guiana. - In the form trinitatis Rothsch. from Trinidad the 
red markings on the forewing are more strongly developed, particularly in the apex, and the yellow, sacciform 
costal spot of the forewing is narrower. 
peruviana. P. peruviana Rothsch. (46 a) is quite similarly coloured and marked as patara, but the yellow spots 
on the forewing are somewhat smaller and of a deeper yellow, the hindwing without the dark border, unicolorouslv 
dark pink, the abdomen brown with a yellow apex. Peru. 
jlexuosa. P. fiexuosa Schs. (46 a). The costal spot is here more trapeziform, the yellow apical spot is broadly 
connected with that above the anal angle, the hindwings are sooty dark below the cell, and the abdomen is 
dark purple-red. Costa Rica. Discovered by Schatjs. 
anielia. P. amelia Schs. (46 a). The yellow extends here as a regular marginal band along the distal margin, 
the costa and base of the proximal margin being likewise yellow, bordered with red; the yellow spot on the 
middle of the costa is irregularly shaped. Closely allied to jlexuosa and perhaps only a form of it. Likewise 
discovered by W. Schatjs in Costa Rica. 
rubrosi'jna- P. rubrosignata Rothsch. (46 b) is one of the smallest species. The yellow extends from the base 
ta in a broad band along the costa and occupies the whole apical half of the forewing; in the disc it encloses red 
markings. Chocolate-brown are only the thorax and a broad triangle situate on the whole proximal margin. 
French Guiana. 
peninsula- P. peninsulata Dgn. (46 a). At the costa a large, yellow trapezoid, the apex and a marginal band 
ta distending above the anal angle being likewise yellow. Somewhat larger than the preceding. Venezuela. 
aurantii- P. aurantiipennis Rothsch. (46 b) is one of the largest species of the genus. The violet tishibrown areas 
penms. inner-marginal area and a discous spot before the apex, are inside intermixed with yellow and marked red. 
The discous spot is connected with tlie inner-marginal brown by a narrow footstalk. Body yellow, in some 
places tinted rosy. Guiana, Amazon. 
metapyria. P. metapyria Dogn. (46 a) is coloured similarly to the preceding, but the discous spot at the apex 
is isolated, separated afar from the border of the inner-marginal area. Beneath the dark areas of the forewing 
are deep brown. Guiana, Bolivia; the figured specimen from the Rio Songo. 
metapyrioi- P. metapyrioides Rothsch. (46 b). Forewings more pointed, hindwings far extended, with a long proximal 
des - margin. Next to grandis the largest species of the genus. Similarly marked as the preceding, but the yellow 
brighter and the violettish brown areas inside still lighter. Discovered by A. H. Fa ssl on Mount Tolima 
(Colombia). 
tmmpsoni. P. lianipsoni Rothsch. (46 b). One of the smallest though most beautiful species. On the forewing 
the violettish-brown apical area is proximally straightly cut off, before the apex itself it contains bluish-white 
embedments. From the brown colour of the inner-marginal area it is separated by a large, apple-green median 
area. The inner-marginal area is distally secluded by a white band bordered with a dark tinge. Hindwings pink. 
Amazon and Bolivia; the figured specimen from the Rio Songo. 
mda.va nth a. P. metaxantha Dgn. Instead of the green discal area the apical brown is separated by a broad, hyaline 
band; the hindwing is not pink but yellow. Somewhat larger than hampsoni ; the inner-marginal area on the 
hindwing beneath being long-haired like a fleece in the latter species, is smoothly scaled in metaxantha. Colombia. 
