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and intensely smoked dark. — meridanus R. & J. is very similar to X. amadis, but the band of the hindwing is 
lighter and interrupted by black on 3 veins. The proximal border of the oblique stripe on the forewing is not 
so purely white. Venezuela. — cyrene Drc. (= drucei Ky., epaphus Schs., docilis Drc., staudingeri Rothsch.) 
(98 E e), the northern race from Mexico to Colombia has generally less distinct submarginal vein-dots, and the 
light band on the hindwing is not interrupted on the veins, but of a duller and darker colour and less sharply 
defined. — In stuarti Rothsch. the light colour along the oblique line of the forewing is of a purer white and 
very broad, the light band of the hindwing as in cyrene, but more distally removed. Peru. - goeldi R. & J. is 
olive green, tegulae bordered with white, the oblique line of the forewing likewise broadly bordered with pure 
white, still broader apically. The light band of the hindwing is green, triangularly interrupted on the veins. 
From Para. 
X. epaphus Bsd. (= bottgeri Rothsch.) (98 E e) is very similar to amadis, especially the form cyrene, 
but of a much more reddish tint, the two antemedian lines much more separated, the oblique line does not 
extend so obliquely into the apex, but only bends towards it shortly before the costal margin; the postcellular 
shadowy spot is smaller. Hindwing with a broad reddish median band. Guiana; Peru; Brazil (Sao Paulo). 
X. acrus R. & J. is allied with amadis. Apex of fore wing long and pointedly produced; as in amadis, 
a strong greenish-black line runs from the apex to the basal third of the inner margin and it is bordered inside 
with light greenish-yellow, 3 fine lines intensified on the veins are before it; costal-marginal area olive green, 
2 curved dark antemedian lines do not reach the inner margin; a faded blackish shadowy spot is behind the 
black stigma; the wing is so densely dusted with dark olive green behind the oblique line, that only a sub¬ 
marginal row of vein-dots is visible, slightly connected by feeble arcuate lines. Hindwing black with a light 
reddish-yellow band traversed bv 2 black veins, notched by 2 other black veins; margin light greenish olive: 
fringe reddish-yellow with 3 black vein-dots. Length of forewing: 49 mm. Panama (Chiriqui). 
X. alegrensis Closs (98 E c) is a distinct species according to Gehlen. Separated from amadis by its 
much smaller size; the reddish-grev forewing lacks the light line, the dark line dividing the wing into two areas 
is distally bordered by a green wedge-stripe; the shadowy spot behind the apex of the cell is absent. The 
ground-colour is a velvety reddish-grey, the costal-marginal part is green. The light band of the hindwing is 
parted by 3 black veins, the costal margin is black. The light edging of the head as well as the black dots on the 
abdomen are absent. Length of forewing: 36 mm. From Porto Alegre (South Brazil). Mr. Gehlen had the 
kindness to put the type at our disposal for having it figured. 
X. belfi Drc. (98 E e). Thorax and forewing dark green, shoulders, sides of head, and palpi brick-red 
like the under surface. The green ground-colour exhibits scarcely darker transverse lines, between which the 
ground-colour shows a peculiar bluish silvery grey reflection, particularly in the median area and in a dentate 
submarginal band. Hindwing black with a proximally dentate yellowish-grey median band which, however, 
may be also greenish or reddish. Mexico to Panama (Chiriqui). 
X. rothschildi Dogn. Forewing green with an olive green basal shadow, a small black cellular dot and, 
distally to it, another olive green shadow; a dark green oblique line extends from the centre of the inner margin 
to the costal margin close before the apex, the inner margin being reddish-pink before the beginning of this line: 
5 small black submarginal vein-dots. Hindwing black with a reddish tint, brightening distally as far as the 
narrow green marginal line. Colombia, Ecuador. — fassli Gehlen is somewhat lighter green, abdomen with a 
fine though distinct median line, forewing with a distinct second oblique line behind the discal dot; proximal 
half of inner margin not pink but white, the submarginal vein-dots connected by very fine crescents. Hindwing 
deeper black, with a yellowish-white anal brightening Bolivia (Rio Songo). — bilineata Gehlen (98 E e) is larger 
than typical rothschildi, forewing with the same second line as in fassli, the following line meets the inner margin 
at %. Stigma much larger, the shadow behind it has almost disappeared. Hindwing black excepting the green 
distal margin, with a slight pink anal brightening. Peru (Chanchamayo). 
X. cosmius R. & J. (98 E f). Body as in amadis, the basal spot on the sides of the abdomen less distinct, 
strewn with brown on the dorsum, without lines. Forewing concave below the apex, the margin obtusely 
dentate; brownish wood-coloured with a green tint, the costal-marginal area, a triangle distally to the oblique 
line between the apex and vein 5, and the anal angle are of a clearer green: the basal part with 3 greenish-brown 
curved lines not reaching the inner margin, the two exterior ones near together; stigma black, a greenish black 
spot behind it; an oblique line from the apex to the centre of the inner margin is continued at the inner margin 
to the base; a submarginal row of vein-dots, the fringe speckled black. Hindwing black with a reddish olive 
band, somewhat indented on the veins, margin green. South-Eastern Peru. — obscurus R. db J . {— pizarro 
Gehlen ) has a much thicker black shadowy spot behind the stigma, the antemedian lines on the median vein, 
not angled subcostally, the oblique line in the disc basallv convex; fringe not speckled. Margin of hindwing quite 
black, the median band less green. Amazons (Rio Madeira). 
X. ockendeni Rothsch. Forewing green like thorax, with three spots of a diameter of 3—5 mm, one 
being subbasal, the 2nd behind the apex of the cell, the 3rd near the anal angle; stigma small, black; a fine 
meridanus. 
cyrene. 
stuarti. 
goeldi. 
epaphus. 
acrus. 
alegrensis. 
belli. 
rothschildi. 
fassli. 
bilineata. 
cosmius. 
obscurus. 
ockendeni. 
