LYCAS; ORPHE; DAMAS; ORSES. By Dr. M. Draudt 991 



189. Genus: I^yoas G: <£• *S'. 



The antennae attain the length of the cell of the forewing; the club is long and slender. Cell of forewing 

 of ^/a of the length of tiie wing and pointed at the apex. Body strong, middle tibiae .sjiined. The (J has no 

 scent-scales. 



L. argenteits Heiv. (191 a). Blaekish-brown, base of forewing and proximal half of hindwing haii-ed anjcnieus. 

 ochroous-brown; in the disc there are 3 yellow hyaline spots in an oblique row, one of which is subniedian; 

 in the cell there is a distallj- concave spot, subapically 3 dots. On the hindwing the apical half of the 

 costal margin and a siibmarginal .sjjot are ochreous-yellow. Beneath the same, apex of forewing grey, anal 

 angle spotted whitish. Hindwing silvery with a chestnut-brown band from the middle of the costal margin 

 to the anal angle, being narrower or interrupted at the cell-end; distal margin red-brown. Fringes of hmdwing 

 dotted ochreous-brown. Mexico to Brazil. 



L. godarti Latr. (= ceraca Hew.) (191a) is similar, the basal half of tlie costal margin ferruginous- (lodarli. 

 brown. Beneath in the basal third of the forewing blackish-brown, apex and costal margin more reddish, in 

 the middle of the costal margin there is a yellow spot. Hindwing chestnut-red, at the distal margin lighter 

 with 2 oblique silverj' bands. Panama, C4uiana, Brazil. 



190. Genus: Orpke G. tD .S'. 



The long antennae reach to the cell-end, club slender; terminal joint of the jjal]) short and hidden. 

 Middle tibiae not spined. The ^ scent-.stripe extends obliquely from the rise of the lower median vein to the 

 inner-marginal vein. 



0. gerasa Hew. (= subcordatus Muh., milo Mah.) (l!tl a). Above black, scent-strij^e silvery grej, ycmsn. 

 fringes brownish ; forewing with a cellular spot and 4 postdiscal and 3 subapical small white .spots. Beneath 

 duller blackish-brown, at the distal margin and anal angle of the forewing as well as at the margin and in the 

 disc of the hindwing tinted violet; before the margin of the hindwing with a black nebulous band beginning 

 broad at the costal margin and dying away towards the proximal margin. Colombia, Amazon. 



0. vatinius G. tfc S. entix'ely resembles the preceding except the stigma showing a very distinctly vatinius. 

 undulate ujiper sm'face, whereas in gerasa it is smooth, onlj at the lower edge with a ridge-like elevation. Guiana, 

 Amazon, Peru. 



0. porius Mab. It was impossible to find a description for this name. porlus. 



191. Genus: ]>auias G. d- S. 



Antennae and palpi as in the preceding genera. Hindwing at the anal angle somewhat prolonged and 

 before it slightly concave. Body robust, femora very hairy and middle tibiae spined. The 3* stigma consists 

 of a triangular part in the angle where the lower median vein rises and a longitudinal .stripe below it. 



D. clavus Erichs. {= ampyx Mob., corope H.-Schdff., angulis Plotz, cervus Mschlr.) (191 h). Blackish- clavus. 

 brown, with a grey stigma, an oblong, yellow-hyaline cellular spot, 3 po.stdiscal and 3 subapical ones, which 

 may also be absent. Beneath the apical half of the forewing, and the hindwings are tinted violet. Panama 

 to the Amazon. 



192. Genus: Orses G. d- 8. 



Distinguished by very long antennae of more than -/g the length of the costal margin, with a long, 

 slender club and a long reverted apex. Forewing with a slightly convex costa; in the J^ the upper median vein 

 rises far before the lower cell-end, in the $ close at it, the .subniedian is in the J somewhat angular. Hindwing 

 analwards prolonged. Middle tibiae without spines; in the (^ a scent-scale stripe extends obliquely from the 

 rise of the upper median vein to the lower. 



0. cynisca Snsyi. (= catina Hew., poyas Reak.) (190f) is a very easily recognizable .species. Above cyni.^ni. 

 black, in the ^ with 3 yellow discal spots sitiuite close together, in the 9 ^\ith a white oblique band; fringes 

 and margin of the hindwing apically broad white, in the (J more yellowish-white. Beneath the same, but the 

 discal spots are prolonged yellow as far as the costal margin. Distributed fiom Mexico to Colombia and Biazil. 



0. iricolor G. <£• S. (191 b) is above similar, but on the body and base of the wings haucd bluish- iricolur. 

 green, particularly on the proximal margin of the hindwing. The under surface is quite different : on the hind- 

 wing with 2 oblique, parallel, sulphur-yellow bands from the apex to the distal margin and from the basal third 

 of the costal margin to the anal angle; the hindwing is rather long extended. Venezuela. 



0. itea Snsn. (190 f, g) above entir-ely resembles cynisca (190 f), but the very large, in the <S yellow, iua. 

 in the $ white discal spots are of a rounder shape. Beneath very easily recognized by the light grey, black- 

 veined wings, the hindwing showing 2 light yellow bands at the apical distal margin and from the base of the 

 costal margin to the anal angle. Brazil. 



