Hamadryas amphichloe ferox

(Fig. 5 A, B). Eggs average 961± 23.48 µm long and 979± 22.71 µm wide (n = 12), 0.98 times longer than maximum diameter, and width/length ratio is 1.02. Egg is globose foam, quasi-spheroidal and somewhat sinuous due to its knolls; convex base is 1.4 times wider than the lightly convex apex. Base is smooth, although it absorbs more stain than H. februa ferentina; in prebasal zone there are soft polygons smaller than those in the rest of the chorion (Fig. 5 A-i). Base is almost 1/8 the length of egg. The chorion shows five to six knolls from the perimicropylar to the prebasal area, with irregular edges less interrupted than those of H. februa ferentina (Fig. 5 A-iii, 5 B-ii) (Nieves-Uribe et al. 2015, Pl. 7, Fig. B); most of them bifurcate, either from the apical third or near equator (Fig. 5 A-iv); all have slumps located from apical region to basal 1/3 (Fig. 5 A-v). Background grid displays pentagonal, hexagonal, and irregular polygons, with aristate and rounded edges. Polygons on the slopes of the knolls increase in size as they approach their summits – twice the size of those not in them—so they are unnoticed (Fig. 5 A-vi). Polygons appear to have a constant size over the entire surface while the cells in the knolls are arranged in such a way that the knolls appear thin (Fig. 5 A, B-vii). Macro-cells are only on some summits of knolls of the apical region and are two to three times larger than other polygons (Fig. 5 B-viii). Between the knolls, polygons form a pattern of eight to 11 ‘ribs’ (Fig. 5 A, B-ix), which also form triangles in bifurcation regions (Fig. 5 A-ix); these ‘ribs’ extend from the apex to prebasal zone, the presumed ‘ribs’ are like those of H. g. glauconome (Nieves-Uribe et al. 2016d, Fig. 6), are almost imperceptible in lateral view and conspicuous in an apical view. The micropylar zone is depressed, and the apical region is flattened (Fig. 5 B-x), although it is not noticeable due to the conspicuous knolls in this region. Color A 10 M 00 N 00.

Material examined: Colombia: Huila: Yaguará, Betania, Santa Helena (02°24’50.04”N, 75°43’24.06”W), 846 msnm, 23-XII-2015, J. Llorente (ABD-1892, ABD-1898) .