158 YELAMYSTA. By B. Hacnsch. 



sisenna. the narrower yellow subapical band and Ijroader basal triangle on the foi-ewing. al). sisenna Wcifm. is a 



form of the preceding in which the yellow subapical band of the forewing is broken up into '2 — o small 



yellow spots. It occurs together with tlie principal type in Ecuador. 



dam. A. elara Hew. is a smaller, delicate species from the Upper Amazon, with proximally sinuous yellow 



subapical band and narrower distal margin to the hindwing. On the under surface it shows the red-brown 



darina. colour especially at the liinder angle of the forewing and the inner angle of the hindwing. — elarina 

 Oberth., from the Lower Amazon, is somewhat larger, with narrower wings and brighter colouring. The 

 special character of this form is the presence of a black triangle at the end of the cell of the hindwing, 

 extending from the costal margin. 



dodina. A. elodina Siyr.. from Venezuela, is pale yellow and has a narrow black oblique band across the 



end of the cell of the forewing, the costal and distal margins of the forewing are also black and the costal 

 margin of the hindwing is narrowly so. cludDiu may be recognised especially by the narrow yellowish 

 costal ma.rgin of the hindwing beneath. 

 olcna. A. olena Weyni. (40 g), the only sjiecies from Central Brazil, differs from tlie preceding by the ab- 



sence of the white marginal dots on the mider surface. It is of only small size, and has delicate, blackish 

 colour with narrow yellow subapical band on the forewing and longitudinal band on the hindwing. The 

 yellow basal triangle in the forewing on the contrary is broad. 



30. Genus: Velamysta Hsch. 



Under this name I unite a small group of species M'hich differ from Hypolcria in tlie absence of 

 the oblong scent-spot in the middlt^ of the costal margin in the q. Costal and suljcostal in this genus 

 separate gradually and only approach one another again behind an indistinct scent-spot which is placed at 

 the extremity of the cell, after which, parting once more, they reach the margin in a curve. The scent- 

 spot is mostly marked by a whitish angular s})ot on the under surface and on the upperside covered by a 

 hair-pencil arising at the end of the cell. In the $ costal and subcostal are coincident to one half, the 

 upper discocellular is absent and the lower is mostly angled, which is not the case in the (J. There be- 

 long here only a few rare, medium-sized forms, which in the markings recall species of LeucotJniri.s and 

 Dismeniti.'i. They occur apparently only in high-lying mountain-forests of the eastern Andes from Ecuador to Bolivia. 

 crudfira. V. crucifera Heu\ (40 f), from Ecuador, is similar to Dismenitis iheudelinda (41 d) and U. pardalis, 



but somewhat smaller. The forewing is shaded with light brown, with whitish dots, dark borders and a 

 brown, irregular spot at the end of the cell of the forewing. The hindwing has bluish sheen and a peculiar, 

 lu'oad black-brown colouring at the distal margin, in wliicli are placed large whitish distal-marginal 

 spots. The costal margin of the hindwing is blackish to the apex with a wedge-shaped spot at the end of 

 the cell. In the ,^ the colouring is on the whole somewhat weaker than in the figured $. 

 '"n!!!f/,!!fr!' V- torquatilla Hew. (40 f, as penmna) and peninna Hew., both from Bolivia, are very similar, so 



that I at first regarded them as one species. Only after seeing a specimen of the true peninna I disco- 

 vered my mistake and it seems to me now that the two even belong to different genera. The specimen 

 figured is a 5 "f torqiiatiUa (not peviiina): in the q the dark markings are weaker, especially in the disc of 

 the forewing; and on the hindwing the median band is only indicated at thi> apex. (^n the under surface 

 all the margins are rust-brown. — In peninna the otherwise similar marking is on the whole weaker and 

 lighter lirownish. In the $ the oblique band of the hindwing is placed nearer to the distal margin. 



pardalis. V. pardalis Sale. (40 e) is probably also l>est placed in this genus. The neuration appears to vary 



somewhat, as I possess a (^ with the lower discocellular of the hindwing angled, much as in Cedlitliomiu, 

 whilst in other specimens this vein is not angled. Superficially this rather rare species recalls Dismenitis 

 theudeli7ida (41 d), with which it occurs in the highest mountain-forests of the Andes in Ecuador. It may 

 be known by the dark oblique band at the end of the cell of the hindwing and the spots between the end 

 of the cell and the apex of the forewing. In the $ the hindwing is of the same brownish colour as the forewing. 

 puiiilia. V. pupilla Hew. (40 f). from Bolivia, is smaller, with similar markings and lighter margins, especi- 



ally the costal margin of the forewing, which is reddish. Th<' half-band at the end of the cell and the 

 spot in the cell of the forewing are narrower. The dark marking in the apex of the hindwing is only Acrv 



dispersa. wealv in the (^. The $ probably resembles dispersu, if this is not indeed the $ of pupiUa. — dispersa 

 Wcj/iii.. from Bolivia, has very similar markings to the $ of torquatilla. The dark patches at the apex 

 and between the cell and distal margin of the forewing are fainter. — Another similar form, but someAvhat 

 dreilla. larger, is circilla Hew., from Bolivia. The wings have a yellowish tint, with similar markings on the fore- 

 wing to crucifera, but with yellow-red costal margin and yellow spot at the end of the cell. The hind- 

 wing has in the $ a proximally dentate dark distal margin, with '2 white dots at the apex and a half- 

 band at the end of the cell. 



anomala. V. anoniala Star., from the Cauca \'alley. has almost unmarked wings and recalls Episcada caniUn 



(3!) c) and paradoxa. The (^'cJ, however, have the characteristic white spot at the costal margin of the 

 hindwing beneatli. The wings have a slightly yellow-green appearance, with no other markings. The 

 costal and inner margins of the forewing are brown, the distal margins only \vy\ finely edged with dark. 



