GORGOPAS; PELLICIA. By Dr. M. Dratjdt. 891 



E. bufonia M.sclilr. (174 1)) has almost the Aving-contours of Arteurotia tnictipennis (17i!h); above hujonUi. 

 brown, ill the larger basal half dusted violettish-grey with a large, blaek, quadrangular discal spot, from where 

 an extinct band extends to the proximal margin, with a second transverse, postmedian band. Hindwing similarly 

 marked. Under surface lighter brown, at the proximal angle of the forewing and in the middle of the hindwing 

 with quadrangular, large, yellow spots, behind them with an irregular row of smaller spots and similar ones 

 at the costal margin, proximal margin and anal angle. Clolombia. 



E. inops Mab. is above reddish-brown with 4 bands of black spots; beneath more reddish-grey, hinpn. 

 the lines extinct. Patria unknown. 



12. Genus: Oor$>;o]>as G. A- S. 



From the closely allied following genus Pellicia separated by the presence of a costal fold and the absence 

 of the hair-pencil on the jjosterior tibiae. 



G. viridiceps Btlr. (174 b) is deep dark brown, before the distal margin lighter in the shape of vh-kliccps. 

 spots, with 3 small, white, subapical spots. Head, collar, anterior half of the shoulder-covers and palpi above 

 metallic green. From Nicaragua to Peru and Brazil. 



G. hybridus AInb. looks like a Cyclosaemia (p. 894) with a green head: light brown, forewing with hi/hriilus. 

 a blackish marginal band, separated from the margin by a row of small lighter spots, in front of it a dark band 

 with 3 subapical hyaline dots ; in the cell there is a black spot with 2 white dots in it, the head and thorax 

 metallic green. Expanse of wings: 28 mm. Brazil. •■ 



G. chlorocephala Lntr. (174 b) is of a lighter ground-colour than viridiceps, and metallic green scales chlorocc- 

 are also at the bases of the wings. Guiana. phala. 



13. Genus : Pellicia H.-Schajf. 



One of the most difficult groups to describe. Godmak says that the attempt of ascertaining tlie species 

 according to descriptions is hopeless. More than 2 dozens of almost uni-coloured blackish-brown species have 

 been described. The forewing is rather pointed, the distal margin convex, no costal fold. The hindwing is anal- 

 wards somewhat prolonged. The posterior tibiae are provided with hairy fringes and 2 pair of spurs, without 

 a hair-pencil. The (^^ besides exhibit a long hair-tuft at the base of the costal margin on the hindwing; the 

 subcostal vein mostly shows a slight swelling. 



P. epliora H.-Sckaff. (= tipliys G. d- S.) (174 b) is one of the most common Hesperids in the whole ephora. 

 of Central and Houth America. Deep dark brown with 3 still darker, faded transverse bands and 3 white sub- 

 apical dots situate in a triangle, the marginal band being separated from the median bands. The under 

 surface is coloured lighter, the $ al^^o above. Widely distributed from Mexico to Colombia and Guiana. 



P. bessus Mschlr. (= sordidulus Mab.) (174 b) is extremely similar, darker, the liindwings much rounder; bessus. 

 with differently shaped genitals. Surinam. 



P. niacareus H.-Schaff. (174 b, c) is likewise scarcely distinguishable from ephora in its exterior, but niacarctis. 

 the shape of the wings is much rounder, particularly of the hindwings. and the hair-pencil at the costal margin 

 of the hindwing is considerably shorter. It occurs from Mexico through the whole of Central America to the 

 Amazon. 



P. criton Mab. is very closely allied to ephora (174 b), but smaller and discernible by the under surface, crilon. 

 The 3 white subapical dots are situate more in a line; the black anteterminal band is indistinctly spot-shaped. 

 Beneath on the forewing the costal margin and apex are grey, the hindwing pinkish-grey, only at the base and 

 costal margin blackish; before the fringes extends a narrow, interrupted band, through the middle a broader 

 one. Bolivia. 



P. bipuncta Sch.s. (174c) is distinguished from ephora (174 b) by only 2 small subapical hyaline hipunda. 

 dots and less inidulate transverse bands which are more broadly fused with each other. Expanse of wings : 29 mm. 

 Brazil (Novo Friburgo). 



P. nyctinenie Btlr. above entirelj' resembles niacareus (174 b, c); it is discernible by the hindwing iii/diiicmc. 

 beneath, where the spots of the median band are tinted light towards the base. From Nicaragua to Colombia 

 and the Amazon. 



P. bromias G. d- »S'. (174c) is a somewhat smaller species with rather distinctly prominent bands; i,rnii 

 the most characteristic mark is the fusion of the submarginal and median bands below the cell, so that a Y-shaped, 

 dark marking is created. Common in Mexico and southward to Panama. 



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