60 LAEENTIDJE. 



LARENTIDxE. 



SCORDYLIA, Guenee. 

 Scordylia humeraria. (Plate XX. fig. 8.) 

 Scordylia humeraria, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. xxiv. p. 1277. n. 8 (1862). 



Basal half of wings golden yellow ; external half dark chocolate-brown; fringe spotted 

 with whitish : primaries with the base and two costal spots on basal area dark brown ; three 

 whitish costal dots near apex ; secondaries with the external border interrupted internally by an 

 angulated streak proceeding from the basal ground-colour. Body above greyish, below creamy 

 whitish; legs spotted with blackish. Wings below altogether paler than above; apex of 

 primaries marbled with castaneous and white; secondaries varied with grey, and mottled all 

 over with black. Expanse of wings 1 inch. 



Bolivia [Bridges) . 



Scordylia perfectaria. (Plate XX. fig. 9.) 

 Scordylia perfectaria, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. xxiv. p. 1277. n. (1802). 



Primaries, basal half orange-yellow, external half dark chocolate-brown ; two costal spots 

 on basal area and the base, greyish brown ; two or three yellow costal dots near apex ; 

 fringe white-dotted : secondaries orange-yellow, with the apical border broadly dark brown ; 

 a black submarginal line from the apical border to the anal angle, above which is a short 

 black litura. Body pale greyish brown, below white. Wings below paler ; basicostal area 

 of primaries and secondaries sandy whitish, varied with stramineous and red-brown ; apices 

 red-brown, clouded with grey and mottled with black ; primaries with a costal whitish spot, 

 separated from the basicostal area by a red-brown spot. Expanse of wings 1 inch 1 line. 



Mexico [Salle). 



Scordylia salvini. (Plate XX. fig. 10.) 

 Scordylia salvini, Butler, Ann. fy Mag. Nat. Hist. sor. 4, vol. xv. p. 341 (1S75). 



Wings above saffron-yellow j the apical areas broadly black-brown: primaries with the 

 outer margin black-brown, in continuation with the apical area, irregular internally ; three red- 

 brown costal dots on basal area ; a small yellow costal spot at centre of apical area ; two or three 

 apical whitish dots on the fringe : secondaries with a narrow external black border from apical 

 area to anal angle. Body whity brown : primaries below with the basicostal area whity 

 brown, crossed by black and red-brown litura.'; apex rcd-brouu; the costal spot and an apical 

 diffused patch whity brown; secondaries whity brown, irrorated with red-brown; apical area 

 red-brown, varied with grey and whity brown; otherwise as above. Expanse of wings 1 inch 

 1 lines. 



\ eragua [Salvin). 



