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PERICOPIS. By Dr. M. Hering. 
P. marginalis. All the forms of marginalis differ from those of lycaste by the broad yellow basal spot of 
the patagia. The transverse band of the forewing is more distinct, more hyaline, not so dusky as in the preceding. 
marginalis. Abdomen beneath yellow, without black segmental margins, marginalis Wkr. = dissimulans Wkr.). $ ground¬ 
colour brown, 9 with a black postdiscal line in the hindwing, which is hardly widened towards the anal margin, 
crassifascia. the hindwing being brick-red to ochreous. Venezuela, Colombia. —- crassifascia subsp. nov. (63 d) is in the 
larger, with more blackish-brown forewings, the bands in the hindwing as well as the ground-colour of it in 
the $ more dark red, the hindwing with a black postdiscal line being very much widened towards the anal 
panamensis. margin. South Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador (type from the Putumayo in the Berlin Museum). — panamensis 
subsp. nov. resembles more marginalis, but in the $ the postdiscal band is narrow and short, not continued 
to the anal margin, mostly terminating before the 2nd cubitus; the band of the forewing is in the $ more whitish, 
magdala. not so hyaline as in the preceding races. Panama. (Type from Chiriqui in the Berlin Museum). — magdala 
Bsd. (63 f) is the smallest race. Forewing 32 ($) or 29 (<J) mm long; in the £ the band of the forewing and of 
the hindwing is very much strewn with white scales, nor are the veins behind the cell of the hindwing dark. 
$ similar to marginalis , but smaller. Hindwing hyaline reddish, band as in marginalis. Nicaragua to Guatemala. 
lygdamis. — lygdaniis Drc. In the $ likewise similar to the type, $ forewing brown, the band less contrasting, distally 
indistinctly defined; hindwing brick-red, band similar to that in crassifascia. in the band of the forewing 
leda. very white, the red antemarginal band of the hindwing almost as broad as in the 9- — In the form leda Drc. 
the costal margin of the forewing is basally quite pale, all the markings are narrower. Costa Rica. 
fortis. P. fortis Schs. is extremely similar to the preceding, but the forewing at the base behind the red 
costal dot yet with a short, thick yellow longitudinal streak on the cell. In the $ the veins of the hindwing 
are only distally to the antemarginal band black, otherwise like lygdamis. Costa Rica. 
zeladon. P. zeladon Dyar bears a relationship to marginalis just like tibesis to lycaste] a remarkable fact is that also 
tibesis as well as zeladon is chiefly the Mexican representative of the respective species. <£ with a red-hyaline 
hindwing, otherwise like marginalis. Separable from tibesis by the broad yellow basal spot, of the patagia . Mexico. 
gaumeri. P. gaumeri Drc. (63 e). $. Body as in marginalis, but the black dorsal line does not reach to the 
anal segments; anus black. Hindwing white, marginal line and ochreous spots brown. Forewing hyaline, at 
the costa two spots, the anterior portions of the distal margin and proximal margin brown. The $ being supposed 
to belong to it resembles Central American 9? °f marginalis, but it has no white spots in the margin of the 
hindwing. Mexico. 
neda. P. neda King (= submarginata Wkr.) (63 f). 9 brown, collar and patagia spotted ochreous. Abdomen 
above with a black dorsal line and black segmental margins, beneath yellow with a black central line. Forewing 
grey, feebly hyaline, 2 / 3 of the proximal margin, a transverse band at 1 / 2 of the costa, transverse vein and distal 
margin darker blackish-brown, the latter indented at the 3rd median. Sometimes there are some dark internerval 
stripes. Hindwing yellow varying with red-brown, veins and margin black, the latter often with yellow 
submarginal spots. $ (= fanatica Dogn.) \ abdomen above lighter, dorsal line broader, wings more extensively 
hyaline, forewing often without a transverse band, hindwing hyaline sulphur-coloured, margin much narrower 
nubila. than in the $, sometimes quite absent. — In the form nubila Wkr. of which only the 9 is known to me, the veins 
of the posterior half of the hindwing are very broadly bordered with black. Brazil, Colombia. 
indecisa. P. iiidecisa Wkr. (63 g). Body blackish-brown, collar and patagia on each side with 2 yellow spots, 
abdomen above with 2 yellow subdorsal stripes, beneath yellow with a narrow black median line. Proximal 
margin of forewing as far as the analis blackish-brown, of the same colour a transverse band at 2 / 5 of the costa, 
another broader one across the cell-end to the tornus and with a blackish-brown apical part. Subapical band 
yellowish hyaline, the other hyaline portions dusted with brownish. Hindwing varying from yellow to ochreous. 
Costa, transverse vein, and distal margin as far as the cell blackish-brown, the distal margin with yellowish 
or white submarginal spots and in front of it with a ferruginous red band being interrupted between the 2nd 
cubitus and 3rd median branch. Brazil. 
aorsa. P. aorsa Bsd. lucretia Btlr., umbra Drc.) (64 a). Body as in indecisa, abdomen with a very broad 
black median line beneath. Forewing as in indecisa, but shorter, hindwing varying from ochreous to pinkish- 
orange, with a narrow, black margin dotted bluish-white, a black costa and veins, distally to the cell a black 
postdiscal line being pointedly extended on the veins, at the anal margin extended to the base. S. Salvador, 
Honduras, Guatemala. 
reda. P. recta sp. n. (63 g) is very much like aorsa-, but whilst in the latter the dorsal Fine of the abdomen 
is on each segment expanded at the posterior margin, it runs here uniformly. Wings on the whole lighter, the 
postdiscal band of the hindwing is much narrower, not so pointedly extended. The discal and subapical bands 
of the forewing are more broadly separated, not connected. Panama, Colombia. 9 type from the Cauca in 
the Berlin Museum. 
joiceyi. P. joiceyi Dgn. (B = talboti Dgn.) (63 g). In the forewing the dark ground-colour is confined to 
the costa, apex, distal margin, proximal margin as far as before the analis, a black thin line from 2 / 5 of the costa 
to the proximal margin, another one from 3 / 4 of the costa to the distal margin; the latter line is broader, it crosses 
the transverse vein and is expanded at the distal margin. The black places are covered with reddish-brown, 
the hyaline ones in the B almost transparent, in the 9 dusted with brownish. Hindwing red-brown, in the 
B very hyaline, with black veins, in the 9 a broad black transverse vein and a black margin containing white 
