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SCORDYLIA, Gmnee. 
Scordylia humeraria. (Plate XX. fig. 8.) 
Scordylia humeraria, Walker, Cat. Lep. Met. xxiv. p. 1277. n. 8 (1862). 
Basal lialf of wings golden yellow ; external half dark chocol ate-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, WaVcer, Cat. Lep. Ret. xxiv. p. 1277. n. 9 (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 Mliitish, varied with stramineous and red-browu ; apices 
red-brown, clouded with grey and mottled with black ; primaries with a costal whitish spot, 
separated from the basicostal area by a I'ed-browu spot. Expanse of wings 1 inch 1 line. 
Mexico [SalU). 
Scordylia salvini. (Plate XX. fig. 10.) 
iScordylia salvini, Butkr, Ann. Sf Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 1, vol. xv. p. 341 (1875). 
Wings above saffron-yellow ; the apical areas broadly black-brown : primaries with the 
outer margin black-brown, in continuation with the apical area, ii'regular 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 liturae; apex red-brown; 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 
4< lines. 
Veragua {Salvin) . 
