RACHEOSPILA. By L. B. Prout. 
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- R. gortaria Schaus (3 e). Larger than type viridicincta (27-^32 mm), the abdominal spots encircled tjoriaria. 
with red, the lines generally punctiform. S.E. Brazil. Variable in the size of the abdominal spots and the 
development of lunules between the white vein-dots. Mr. E. Dukineield Jones considered it probably a form 
of viridicincta. 
R. despicata sp. n. (3 c). Smaller than fontalis (20 — 24 mm), hindwing narrower, with termen less despicaia. 
bent at 3rd radial, 1st median rather shortly stalked; abdomen with the white spots small, not ringed with 
red, cell-dots enlarged, with a dusky suffusion around them, white lines weak, red terminal line broad, fringes 
rather pure white, with the red spots dark, but narrow. St. Jean du Maroni, rather common. Type in Mus. Tring. 
R. fontalis Warr. (= agenoria $ Schaus). Abdominal spots all three large with red circumscription fontalis. 
(sometimes almost obsolete in the third one); red terminal line stronger than in gortaria (3 e), the fringes more 
distinctly spotted with red; a red band on crown of head; otherwise similar to small examples of that species 
with well-developed postmedian. $ palpus with terminal joint about as long as second. Known from Costa Rica 
and Chanchamayo, besides Warren’s type-locality Fonte Boa. — (J-ab. (?) agenoria Schaus has only the agenoria. 
first abdominal spot developed and has the band on the head “brown”. I have not seen the unique Costa Rica 
S from which the description was made, but the $$ which were associated with it seem indistinguishable 
from fontalis. — venezuelae stibsp. nov. is a form or very closely related species with the distal margin of venezuelae. 
the forewing rather straight, the hindwing rather less ample than in typical fontalis, the lines more broken 
into vein-dots, the fringes more broadly white proximally; first two abdominal spots commonly enlarged. 
N. Venezuela: San Esteban, a series in Mus. Tring; also a few examples from E. Colombia, Maroni River and Para. 
R. sectifimbria sp. n. (3 e). Extraordinarily like venezuelae , with which I should have united it but secti- 
that the terminal joint of the $ palpus is less long, being scarcely % of second joint; little or no red-brown fimbria. 
admixture on its green outerside. Termen of forewing slightly more curved anteriorly than in venezuelae; 
fringes cut by narrow, but sharp red dashes, the extremities very pale olive. Antennal pectinations of $ 
slightly longer than diameter of shaft. First two abdominal spots rather large, margined with red; third one 
smaller and weaker. Red band on crown narrow. Expanse 26—29 mm. S.E. Peru: La Oroya, Rio Inambari, 
3100 feet (E. R. Ockenden), the type and others in the Tring Museum, a paratype in the Hill Museum. 
R. antipala sp. n. (3 e). Until I saw Dognins types, I had this species determined as xaliria. Expanse antipala. 
28 to 33 mm. Generally less small than the two preceding, antennal pectinations of 3 still shorter (less than 
diameter of shaft, about as in sordifrons), palpus of $ with shorter 3rd joint (scarcely % of 2nd joint), abdbminal 
spots small, not edged with red, white vein-dots small, only very weakly connected by indications of sinuous 
lines, red spots in fringe rather strong, expanding distally. S.E. Peru: Carabaya, chiefly from La Oroya, Rio 
Inambari, 3100 feet. Type <$ in the Tring Museum. — purifimbria subsp. nov. is a rather bright green form puri- 
from St. Jean du Maroni, with the fringes as in sectifimbria but otherwise agreeing well with typical antipala. 
Type in Mus. Tring. 
R. callirrhoe sp. n. Rather paler green than antipala (3 c), antennal pectinations of <$ as long as diameter callirrhoe. 
of shaft, crown without a red stripe, termen of forewing nearly straight, of hindwing only very feebly bent 
in the middle; cell-spots larger, more elongate (fully half as long as the 3rd discocellular), purplish, the white 
lines distinct, antemedian of forewing slightly sinuous, postmedian consisting of fine lunules between the 
white vein-dots, continued on hindwing, terminal line very slight, olive-brown (not red), fringes only very 
narrowly white proximally, the spots huffy olive or more greenish, inconspicuous, the distal part greenish. 
St. Jean du Maroni, type in Mus. Tring; Bugaba (Panama) and Upper Rio Negro (E. Colombia) a few 
in other collections. Perhaps better placed in the diarita group. 
R. dentilinea Warr. (3 e) in its typical form is readily known by the shadowy brown bands which ac- dentilinea. 
company the dentate white lines. Pectinations of <$ somewhat longer than diameter of shaft. Palpus of $ 
elongate. Abdomen with the first white spot small, brown-bordered, the second larger and clear. Crown 
without red stripe. Described from British Guiana, widely distributed in the N. and E. of South America. 
- tenuilinea Kaye, from Trinidad, to judge from the few examples known to me, has the brown shades weaker, tenuilinea. 
transitional towards the following race. - defectiva subsp. nov. has the brown shades quite weak, on the hind- defectiva. 
wing generally wanting. Carabaya, S.E. Peru, the type from Tinguri, 3400 feet, August 1904, in Mus. Tring. 
— • paurocaula subsp. nov. is a little smaller than typical dentilinea, perhaps relatively somewhat shorter- paurocaula. 
winged, the brown shades on the wings fully as strongly developed, the abdomen with the second white spot 
reduced, surrounded by brown clouding, a similarly formed third spot developed on the 4th segment. Hind¬ 
wing with the 1st median scarcely stalked. Argentina: Misiones, February and July (Wagner), 2 in coll. 
L. B. Prout. Will possibly prove a separate species. 
R. xaliria Dogn. is extremely like defectiva, possibly another form of dentilinea (3 e), but the antennal xaliria. 
shaft appears more slender, with the length of the pectinations almost twice its diameter. No trace of brown 
shading on either wing, cell-dots generally smaller, blacker, abdomen with the first white spot the largest, 
