ELYSIUS. By Dr. A. Seitz. 387 
E. pyrosticta Hmps. (= liermia limps, nec Cr.) (53 i) resembles both hermia and conspersus, but it 
is much smaller, with an orange abdomen banded black, and in the basal part covered with vermilion hairy 
fleece, thus like conjuncta ; the forewings, however, are like those of conspersus which, however, has a unicolorously 
golden yellow abdomen without any distinct black bands. The hindwings are again tinted brighter rosy-red, 
as in conjuncta. South Brazil, near Rio, in the Organ Mountains, rather rare. 
E. conspersus Whr. (54 c). Forewings yelloAvish violettish-grey; the whole basal area, a broad median 
band, a laciniform spot on the costa before the marginal area, and a row of spots through the apical area are 
yolk-coloured, strewn with scarlet. Hindwings whitish, diaphanous; abdomen with some blackish belts, of 
which those on the rings 1 to 5 are present only on the sides, whilst in the middle of the dorsum they are 
covered by orange-yellow hair. Panama to Brazil and Bolivia. 
E. conjuncta Rothsch. (54 c). Larger, similar, but the basal area is here flown together with the discal 
spot, so that the whole forewing is orange-yellow as far as beyond the middle. Venezuela, South Brazil. 
E. melanoplaga Hmps. (54c). Size of the preceding; forewing whitish violettish-grey with 5 brown 
transverse bands bordered with dark, and large brown spots at the base and behind the cell-end; hindwings 
dirty white with a dark median luna and a greyish-brown distal band close in front of the border. Costa Rica 
to Ecuador. — Specimens from the Rio Songo deviate from those from the Volcano Irazu and from H amp son’s 
figure (Ecuador-specimen) by the dark bands being several times confluent in the distal part of the forewing 
and by the distal band of the hindwing being broader. This constantly variating form may be denominated: 
amarua form. nov. (54 c). Apparently not very rare. The species somewhat resembles Opharus decrepidoides 
(57 c) and its allies. 
E. atriceps Hmps. (54 c) resembles certain Halisidota , such as andensis, argentata or caryae (59 a, b) 
by the pointed shape of the forewing and the chains of lustrous white oval spots. From Colombia and Peru. 
E. immanis Edw. (— jacca Drc.) (54 d). Size and approximate shape of atriceps, but dust-grey, 
the forewing with nebulous bands dusted dark at the base, before the middle and in the distal third. Hindwing 
with a whitish basal half; sides and apex of abdomen light yellow. Mexico and Central America, as well as 
Peru. 
E. jonesi Rothsch. (54 d). Head, thorax and forewings monotonously dark van Dyke-brown, only 
at the cell-end a blackish punctiform shade. Hindwing the same, in the middle whitish diaphanous. Abdomen 
dull yolk-coloured, with dorsal and subdorsal rows of black transverse dots. South Brazil (Santo). 
E. intensa Rothsch. (54 d) resembles the following species, but it differs by the absence of a marginal 
band in the hindwing, which is distally only somewhat darkened, as well as by the abdomen being yellowish- 
brown with faintly darker segmental indentations and a dull yellow venter, whereas in dry as it is above 
orange-yellow with 2 subdorsal rows of spots, beneath black. Amazon (Fonte Boa). 
E. dryas Cr. (= basipennis Whr., fimbria Mschlr.) (54 e). Extremely variable, but the forewing 
is always dark sooty-brown, finely strewn with whitish, with a light dot on the transverse vein. Round the 
latter there may be a spot composed of small light scales, or a small twin clot next to it. The hindwing is in 
the proximal half light diaphanous whitish-yellow, sometimes cpiite hyaline, sometimes intensely tinted yellow. 
Abdomen yolk-coloured with a black apex and two rows of subdorsal punctiform spots in the posterior half. 
— In ab. erythrinovertex Strd. the abdominal dorsum and the ring round the neck, being otherwise mostly 
light yellow, are rosy red; this is, however, not a geographical race, but specimens with red bodies occur in 
some districts beside such with a yellow dorsum, e. g. near Villavicencio in Colombia. Widely distributed and 
common, from the West Indies and Central America to South Brazil and Bolivia. - —- omissus Rothsch. is a large, 
blackish form, with a broad dark marginal band of the hinclwing. The bases of the shoulders, anterior chest 
and hips are tinted purple, so are the stripes of the forewings beneath. From Oxapampa. -— K. Jordan has 
examined the male genital organs and ascertained numerous differences among the <$<$ of dryas] it does not 
seem, however, that they invariably coincide with the variations mentioned above in the exterior of the butter¬ 
flies. Such forms, separable only anatomically, are: megalobus, tupus, hora, najas, dimidiata , coccina, erubescens, 
all of which were established by K. Jordan, as well as subtilis Btlr. — The butterflies come to the lantern only 
late in the evening, but also the 
E. disciplaga Wkr. (= breviuscula Wkr., aperta Edw.) (54 cl) greatly resembles the preceding, but 
the forewings are lighter, more chestnut-brown; hindwings dirty yellowish-white; in the <$ the brown marginal 
band extends from the apex little beyond the middle, in the $ the hindwings are browner. Abdomen yolk- 
colourecl, the middle part of the dorsum of the abdomen covered with blackish hair, in the terminal part spotted 
black. Mexico, Central America and Colombia. 
E. terranea Rothsch. is almost the size of the following, head, body and forewings are dark reddish- 
brown, the latter are densely watered light, with a small whitish dot at the cell-end, like in dryas (54 e). The 
hindwings are yellowish-white, the veins and marginal area tinted red-brown, beneath in the costal area reddish 
brown. Peru. 
pyrosticta. 
conspersus. 
conjuncta. 
mclanopla- 
(ja. 
amarua. 
atriceps. 
immanis. 
jonesi. 
intensa. 
dryas. 
eryihrino- 
vertex. 
omissus. 
disci plaga. 
terranea. 
