proenia. 



252 PEDALIODES. By G. Weymer. 



It. is brownish grey, with a large number of small blackish marks, each of which is of an approximately reniform, 

 but indefinite shape, and which are arranged in transverse rows. In the middle < f the costa a silver-white 

 patch, before the apex some white dusting and at the anal angle a white dot. From Bolivia. Coll. Staudinger, 

 in the Zool. Museum in Berlin. 



Proerna Group. 



P. proerna Heir. (53 c). The oldest described species of this group, wliich are mostly without nuirkings. 



The distal margin of the forewing is rounded, that of the hindwing undulate. Above unicolorous brown. On 



the under surface the forewing is in places somewhat reddish, its apex and the whole hindwing marbled with 



grey, the latter with a white dot at the apex and another at the anal angle. Colombia (Llanos de San Martin); 



phrasn. Ecuador (Cerro Pululagua, Huamboya); Bolivia. — phrasa Sin. d- Kirhy (53 d) is a form of proerna in which 



the posterior of the 2 white dots on tlie underside of the hindwing is larger and more distinct. The reddish 



dusting is absent, but it is somewhat dusted with grey before the apex of the forewing and in the middle of the 



hindwing. Also on the upper surface the costa of the forewing and the apex of the hindwing are marbled with 



ohxciim grey. From Bolivia. • — obscura Sm. d- Kirby (= pronoe Stgr.) is a form similar to phrasa, with the upper 



surface brown, towards the distal margin somewhat lighter, and the incisions in the margin whitish. The 



2 dots on the underside of the hindwing are of unequal size, as in phrasa. but in ohscura there are often further 



some fine white dots towards the costal margin of both wings. Sometimes also the disc of the forewing or the 



phnuiina. anal angle of the hindwing is somewhat reddish. Bolivia. — phrasina Stgr. is merely a local form of obscura 



with the white dots before the costal margin on the underside of the forewing very distinct. From Yungas 



in Bolivia. 



exanima. P. exatiima Ersch. seems to me to belong in this group. Thieme indeed cites the species in the genus 



Pronophil/), where Erschoff had placed it, but Erschoff's work was not at the time accessible to Herr 

 Thieme. Through the kindness of Mr. Kirby I had some time ago an opportunity cf examining this work 

 and was able to make notes and sketches from it. From these I judge exanima to be a PedaUodes near to phrasa ; 

 Erschoff describes it as follows: Expanse 55mm., forewing with the margins entire, hindwing weakly dentate. 

 Both wings unicolorous broAvn above. Beneath likewise brown, the hindwing with rather broad, somewhat 

 lighter border, in which is placed in cellule 2, about 3 mm. from the distal margin, a distinct white dot. 

 According to the description and Erschoff's figure, which represents a female, no other dots are present. 

 Locality: Pumamarca, Peru. 



P. fumaria Thieme (53 c). Upperside of both wings and underside of the forewing as in proerna. On 

 the under surface of the hindwing is placed a half-band, composed of grey-white atoms, which runs from the 

 inner margin nearly to the middle of the wing and is proximally pointed. In the ^^ this band is often 

 scarcely indicated, in the $$ on the contrary very distinct. Venezuela (Merida). 



simpla. P. simpla Thieme (53 d). One of the smallest and plainest species. The distal margin of the forewing 



fairly straight, that of the hindwing undulate. Above dark brown, in the distal third gradually becoming some- 

 what lighter, in the middle of the forewing an indistinctly defined dark scent-scale spot. Beneath the colour- 

 ing is lighter brown, almost without dark marbling. A minute, scarcely visible white dot in cellule 2 of the hind- 

 wing, in the Peruvian examples entirely absent. Ecuador (Banos), Peru (Huancabaml)a, Cuzco). 



P. empusa 'FJdr. (= dryas Stgr. i. I.) (53 d). Above unicolorous brown, fringes of the foresving checpiered 

 with brown and white, those of the hindwing with brown and light brown. On the under surface the forewing 

 is irrorated with light brown before the apex, at the costa there is a white spot and in cellules 2 — 5 four white 

 dots in a straight row. Hindwing finely striated with brown all over, a white curved spot at the costal margin 

 and two white dots in cellules 2 and 3. From the neighbourhood of Bogota and Muzo in Colombia and from 

 Cuzco (Peru). 

 puetica. P. poctica Stgr. (53 d) is very like empusa, and according to Thieme may be regarded as a Bolivian 



form of this, but the forewing is more rounded at the apex and on the underside of the forewing the row of dots 

 and the costal spot are absent, while on the other hand there are at the costal margin 4 fine white dots at fairly 

 uniform distances apart and below them some sparse white dusting. The underside of the hindwing is sprink- 

 led all over with fine white dusting, especially at the distal margin. The white .spot at the costal nuxrgin of this 

 wing is larger than in empusa and divided into 2 parts by the subcostal vein. The fringes on both wings 

 are unicolorous brown above and beneath, not chequered. Hence I regard poetica as a good species. From 

 exul Cocapata in Bolivia. — exul Thieme (53 e) is a form of poetica in which the dark brown scent-scale spot 

 on the upperside of the forewing extends from the inner margin to the base and the fine whitish dusting on 

 the underside of the hindwing and at the costal margin of the forewing is absent. The white spot at the 

 costal margin of the hindwing is smaller. The fringes are brown as in poetiai. The most southern form of the 

 species. Rio de Janeiro. 

 naevitt. P. naevia Thieme resembles proerna above, being dark brown with narrow scale-spot. Beneath some- 



fumaria. 



empusa 



