986 MNESTHEUS; EPINOSIS; ARTINES. By Dr. M. Draudt. 



cUnes. C. elides Weeks. Above dark brown, on the forewing with'^2 white"subapical dots; postdiscally below 



the cell 2 small white spots. Beneath lighter, hindwing more ferruginous-brown, basally still lighter, at the 

 costal margin with a diffuse spot of the ground-colour; a short, lighter, postdiscal band. Exjianse of wings: 

 1 inch. Venezuela (Suapure). 

 verames, ; | : C. verames Schs. is a somewhat larger sjsecies. Above dark brown with lighter fringes; on the 

 forewing the costal margin shows olive-greenish scales, and similar .scales are situate postdiscally in the shape 

 of small indistinct spots. Beneath the forewing is brov\'n, at the proximal mai'gin lighter with a yellow marginal 

 line; subcostal veins as far as the middle radial yellow, a longitudinal streak in the cell and the median veins 

 at the distal margin being yellow, too. Hindwing violet, with bright yellow veins; inner-marginal part dusted 

 with yellow; an antemarginal row of yellow spots. Expanse of wings: 22 mm. Peru. 



176. Genus: Miieslheus O. ds S. 



Chiefly distinguished from Calliniormus by a different scent-organ consisting of 2 short longitudinal 



stripes, one of which is situate in the angle of the rise of the lower median vein, the other being right below it, 



ittona. M. ittona Btlr. (189 k). Above blackish-brown with a similarly coloured stigma. The forewing shows 



3 white postcellular spots in an oblique line. Beneath the same, the lowest spot extinct. The proximal margin 



of the hindwing and a broad band from the proximal margin to the middle of the distal margin are silvery or 



yellowish-silvery, both flowing broadly together at the costal margin. In southern specimens the hindwing 



is more red-brown instead of blackish-brown. Panama to Bolivia. 



comclho. M. cometho G. db S. (189 k) is above blackish-brown, the spots arranged as in the preceding, but 



ochreous with another small, subapical one; disc of hindwing reddish-yellow. Beneath lighter, the veins of 



the costal margin, apex and distal margin being ochreous-yellow as well as those on the hindwing, between 



them there are small, whitish postdiscal spots, By its larger size and the ochreous-yellow spots it differs from 



ludens; larger than virginius, with much more distinct spots on both wings beneath. Mexico. 



ludem. M. ludens Mah. Above like cometho (189 k), but the spots whitish-hyaline. Beneath without the 



white internerval spots; the yellow veins on the hindwing beneath are interrupted at the cell-end. Panama 



to Venezuela. 



virginius, M. virginius Mschlr. (189 k) resembles cometho above, but it is smaller; beneath blackish-brown 



with yellow veins except the inner-marginal half of the forewing, the spots of the forewing above being also 

 beneath faintly visible, especially below the subapical ones two being removed far towards the margin. Surinam. 



petrovna. ^M. petrovna tSchs. looks above like cometho (189 k), the spots of a purer yellow and diaphajious except 



the lowest above the submedian, which is triangular and not transparent ; in the cell there is also a spot ; hind- 

 wing in the disc dusted yellowish with small postdiscal yellow spots. Beneath the forewing is dark brown, 

 sjjotted as above with yellow veins at the distal margin and apex and subcostally ; hindwing violet, with browni.sh- 

 yellow veins and an undulate yellow postdiscal line : inner-marginal part brown bordered with yellow. Expanse 

 of wings: 26 mm. Petropolis. 



177. Genus : £|>iiiosis Schs. 



cJ with hairy, erect palpi. Antennae more than half as long as the costal margin, towards the bent 

 and pointed end thickened. Wings broad; on the forewing the lower median vein rises from the middle of the 

 cell, the upper one close before the angle; transverse vein oblique, below the middle it dispatches the lower 

 radial; below the median between the branches with a narrow scent-stripe. Only 1 species. 

 parvipunc- E. parviputicta Plotz (= angularis Mschlr.) (186 d) is above blackish-brown with a slight greenish 



reflection on the thorax and bases of the wings, on the forewing with one minute postdiscal and subapical dot 

 each; fringes somewhat lighter, more yellowish. Beneath the same, scarcely lighter, only the submedian 

 area of the forewing is brownish-grey and the distal margin of the hindwing is a little lighter brown. Fringes 

 with a yellowish tint. Costa Rica to Guiana. 



178. Genus : Artiues G. & S. 



Antennae and palpi long, as in the preceding genera. The (^ stigma is .sagittiform and situate in the 

 angle of the rise of the lower median branch and the median ; hindwing at the anterior edge of the abdominal 

 fold with long hair. In atizies the stigma is absent. 

 atizies, A. atizies G. <£■ S. (190 a). Blackish-brown, on the forewing with 2 small whitish spots below and 



behind the cell in an oblique line and 2 small subapical ones. Beneath lighter, at the apex of the forewing and 

 on the hindAving dusted with lilac; spots on the forewing as above, analwards whitish with a subapical, narrow, 

 blackish-brown band which is crossed by light veins. Hindwing with large, black dots encircled by ochreous- 

 yellow, and 5 blue-pupilled spots. Panama, Venezuela, Guiana, Brazil and Trinidad. 



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