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POLYPOETES. By Dr. Martin Bering. 
nigrifascia. 
phaeton. 
submaxima. 
mexicana. 
mesitana. 
etearchus. 
approxi- 
mans. 
satanas. 
tiznon. 
draudti. 
eriphus. 
T. nigrifascia sp.n. (6? k). Eorewing somewhat similar to P. villia Drc. (69 d), the 1st median 
distantly separated from the radial fork. Forewing brown; base, a transverse band before and one behind 
tlie cross-vein dark brown like the distal margin. Veins lighter yellowish-brown. Cross-vein scarcely hyaline, 
3 thin white submarginal spots between the 5th radial and 3rd median. Hindwing thinly blackish, basally 
somewhat lighter, hyaline. Beneath the forewing is grey, the discal spot indistinct, the submarginal spots 
distinctly white. Hindwing as above. Otherwise like demades; patria unknown. types in the Berlin 
Museum (from Staudinger & Bang-Haas). 
T, phaeton Schs. (69 c). Eorewing blackish, veins paler, 1st cubitus to the 4th radius behind the 
cell whitish, with a white subapical band from the 3rd median to the 4th radius, divided into spots by 
the veins. Hindwing black, a white basal spot in and before the cell, costal margin narrowly, distal margin 
more broadly, and hind-margin as far as the cell black. In the $ there is only a small white spot beyond 
the cell of the forewing. The $ exhibits on the forewing a stridulation-organ in the shape of a deep groove 
and has therefore a very short cell. Expanse 34 mm. Costa Rica. 
T. submaxima sp. n. (69 h). Forewing brown, clouded with blackish, veins yellowish-brown, an in¬ 
distinct hyaline spot on the cross-vein, and an indistinctly defined yellowish-white subapical band between 
the 4th radial and 3rd median. Hindwing thinly black, a hyaline spot on both sides of the cross-vein; be¬ 
neath the forewing shows a white discal and subapical spot, whilst on the hindwing the whitish-hyaline 
discal spot is extended to the base. Cell of forewing the length of less than half the wing. $ type from 
Chiriqui in the Berlin Museum. 
T. mexicana sp. n. (69 c). Cell of forewing in the S very much shortened, habitus similar to that of 
Pol. draudti (69 d), but the forewing lacks the traces of the light submarginal band, the white discal spot 
is situate before the centre, proximally to it blackish irroration, a whitish hyaline subapical spot. Hindwing 
similar to draudti, the black distal margin is broader, the white spot extends to the 2nd cubitus and contains 
the cross-vein on its proximal side. In the forewing beneath the white subapical spot of the forewing is 
quite distinct. Mexico. <$ type from Orizaba in the Coll. Draudt. 
15. Genus: l®oS^|»oetes Drc. 
Separated from the preceding genus by the 1st median rising nearer to the radius than the 2nd 
median. Wings mostly more densely scaled. As there are transitions to both genera, it would be better to 
combine these two genera. 
P. mesitana Dgn. (69 c). Forewing blackish-brown, veins finely yellow, a whitish hyaline spot behind 
the cell, hindwing blackish with a similar spot which, however, is proximally prolonged and partly fills up 
the cell, not posteriorly extending beyond it. Beneath at the costal margin and hind-margin of the forewing 
a bluish-white basal stripe, in the hindwing the white spot extends to the costal margin, the whole hind- 
margin as far as the cell and distal margin is bluish-white. Colombia. 
P. etearchus Drc. (= cethegus Schs.) (61 d) differs from the preceding in the discal spot of the fore¬ 
wing being more indistinct, the base likewise somewhat hyaline, the veins broader yellow; in the hindwing 
the whitish-hyaline area is posteriorly more extensive, reaching also between the two cubital branches. Fore¬ 
wing beneath not bluish-white, hindwing at the hind-margin as above. Mexico, Guatemala, Panama. Costa 
Rica. 
P. approximans Ware. (69 d) is an intermediate species between the two preceding ones, the discal spot 
of the forewing is more indistinctly defined, the hind-margin of the hindwing as in the first species. Beneath 
the forewing is basally dusted with bluish-white. Hindwing likewise extensively bluish-white as in mesitana. 
Panama. 
P. satanas sp. n. (69 d). Ground-colour and veins as in mesitana ; but the light discal spot has disap¬ 
peared and merely shows somewhat through from beneath. Hindwing as in mesitana , but the white spot 
posteriorly traversing the cubitus and 2nd cubitalis. Beneath all the light markings are bluish-white; base 
of forewing broader white, the black distal margin of the hindwing is narrower than in mesitana. Las Jimenez, 
2400 ft. S type in the Coll. Bastelberger in the Senckenberg Museum at Frankfurt o. M. 
P. tiznon Dgn. Forewing brownish-black, hindwing with a white central area in the cell. Beneath 
the forewing shows a bluish-white cellular spot, sometimes also a similar subapical spot, hindwing bluish- 
white, distal half and hind-margin blackish-brown. Expanse 26 mm. Ecuador. 
P. draudti sp.n. (69 d). Forewing similar to villia, but the ground-colour more olive instead of red- 
brown, veins yellow, no distinct hyaline spot near the base. Hindwing black, much denser than in villia, 
also the base, a decidedly white hyaline spot having the cross-vein in its centre and not traversing the 
posterior edge of the cell. Beneath in the forewing the veins are only below the apex whitish-grey. Hind¬ 
wing beneath as above. Size as in etearchus. Mexico. types from Misantla in the Coll. Draudt. 
P. eriphus Drc. Forewing brown, veins lighter, a hyaline spot distally to the cross-vein, a straight 
submarginal band from the 5th radial branch to the tornus. Wings here and there darker clouded. Hind¬ 
wing greyish hyaline, costal margin, distal margin, and hind-margin broadly black, Guatemala, Panama. 
