NERITOS. By Dr. A. Seitz. 
mucroalidza 
on ytcs. 
nsretinu. 
metaleuca. 
albicoltis. 
cyclopera. 
pur pumi¬ 
ce ns. 
pkaeoplwja. 
odoruta. 
surnos. 
scui'jui- 
puneta. 
drucei. 
fassl i. 
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thus macrostidzx mentioned above resembles P. inequalis (40 d) except the small fine silvery band at the base 
of the abdomen; pandera resembles P. metaxantha or hampsoni (40 b), cote-s is like P. niobe (40 a), kennedyi 
like P. peruviana (40 a). In a similar way the colorial designs exhibit transitions to the next genus, and we 
find e. g. in drucei the image of Hyponerita tipolis (40 h), in cotes a parallel to Hypon. ockendeni (40 h) etc. 
The Nerito-s are without the areola in the forewing; the 1st and 2nd subcostal veins rise with a common pedicle 
rather far before the upper cell-angle; the 3rd to 5th subcostal veins are mostly petioled, too. Only of 1 species 
(N. onytes ) the larva is known; a peculiar animal strongly recalling the Syntomid group, the 8 middle segments 
exhibiting strange, above truncate brushes directed to all sides, similar to the dorsal brushes of the Dasychira. 
The anterior and posterior parts exhibit 0 to 8 long white hair-pencils each. The obtuse, light brown pupa 
is embedded in an oviform web intermixed with hair, likewise similar as in the Syntomidae. Most of the species 
are just as rare as the Paranerita, only the two first are more common. 
N. macrostidza Harps. (= onytes Hmps. p. p. nec Or.) (46 d) is a small species; the purple disc 
in the apex broadly touches the costa and extends very precisely in front of the distal margin, leaving a very 
fine yellow margin. Margins of the yellow oblique band only very feebly dentate; abdomen hemochrome, with a 
conspicuous white transverse spot at the base. Hindwings pink, at the apex parted into 2 tips by a deep inden¬ 
tation. Guiana to Brazil and Bolivia ; the most common species of the genus. 
N. onytes Cr. = psamas Or.) is quite similar, larger, without the distinct white abdominal 
spot, the $ hindwing indented at the apex, but not sharply serrated, the hindwing itself in both sexes above 
greyish-brown. In the $ — according to Hampsox, however, also sometimes in the — the dark apical disc 
flows in the middle of the fore wing together with the brown of the basal half, so that it resembles N. cotes (46 f) 
which, however, has honey-coloured hindwings. Widely distributed, from Panama through Colombia and the 
Amazon District as far as Bolivia and Peru. —- To this butterfly presumably belongs a yellowish-green larva 
showing across the dorsum and on the sides rows of pink, truncate brushes with purple crowns. Anterior and 
posterior parts light yellow, with 6 to 8 long white pencils each; head brown. It lives on the lemon-tree, changes 
into a red-brown pupa in an oviform cocoon intermixed with hair, yielding the imago already after 7 days, - 
Not rare. 
N. neretina Dyar (46 d). Recognizable by the purple-brown apical disc of the forewing thinning 
the yellow oblique band in the middle of the wing by growing towards the basal brown; hindwings almost purely 
white. Venezuela, Peru. 
N. metaleuca Dgn. (46 d). On the contrary, here the yellow oblique belt of the forewing is particularly 
broad, and the proximal margin of the apical disc somewhat indented. Hindwings whitish. Venezuela. 
N. albicoilis Hmps. (46 d). Band of the forewing still broader than in metaleuca ; apical disc and 
base brown in the forewing with intermixed, bluish-violet, lighter parts. Hindwings pink. Recognizable by 
the white collar. British Guiana. 
N. cyclopera Hmps. (46 d). The yellow belt of the forewing extends here particularly flatly, the 
apical disc being very ellipsoidal. Hindwings orange-yellow, broadly bordered with a dark brown. French 
Guiana. 
N. purpurascens Rothsch. (46 d). One of the smallest species of the genus. The apical disc circular, 
somewhat removed from the distal margin which remains broadly yellow. The hindwings comparatively large, 
circular, hardly noticeably retracted at the apex, yellow, with a faint pink hue. Fonte Boa (Amazon). 
N. phaeoplaga Hmps. (46 e). Size and colouring of the preceding, discernible by the much smaller 
apical disc leaving the apex, costal margin and border broadly yellow; the distal margin of the brown basal 
area is dentate; hindwings small, below the apex very much retracted, purple pink with a dark brown spot 
at the middle of the border. French Guiana. 
N. odorata Rothsch. (46 e). Also in this species the apical disc is small and is distant from the border 
which remains yellow; but the wings are much broader, the hindwings almost circular, below the apex somewhat 
retracted, yellow, with a faint rosy hue; the head yellow. Fonte Boa (Amazon). 
N. sanios Drc. (46 e). Recognizable by the straightly cut-off distal margin of the brown inner area; 
the yellow oblique belt of the forewing rather broad; hindwings with a faint rosy hue. Honduras. 
N. sanguipuncta Schs. In contrast with the preceding, the distal border of the basal brown is here 
undulate and also the periphery of the apical disc is not smooth, but irregular. Venezuela. 
N. drucei Rothsch. (46 e). Distinguished by the quite uniform, somewhat hyaline oblique band, the 
margins of which are quite smooth. Hindwings dull pink, in the anal part somewhat extended. Guiana. — fassli 
form. nov. is quite similar, but the hyaline yellow band at the costa almost twice as broad. From Villavicen- 
cio in East Colombia; type in the Coll. Fassl. 
