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RACHEOSPILA. By L. B. Prout. 
sellata. 
anclni- 
stropha. 
haemato- 
spila. 
acutularia. 
pacificaria. 
remota. 
nigri- 
squama. 
tutala. 
Integra. 
versiplaga. 
rectilinea. 
carbina. 
consimilis. 
disjunct a. 
uni- 
punctata. 
not dark-edged. Distinct from antipala (3 e) in the rather fuller hindwing, absence of red line on crown, better 
developed white lines on the wings and other details. Described from Ecuador, also known from Erench Guiana, 
Para and Eonte Boa. 
R. sellata Warr. (3 d), from La Oroya, Rio Inambari, S.E. Peru, is very distinct from the other 
species which occur with it in the red blotch on the abdomen, as well as in its rather larger size, weaker 
markings and somewhat deeper, less yellowish green colour (“bice green” of Ridgway, “Nomenclature of 
Colors”, while they incline more to “Biscay green”). Has also been taken in Colombia. 
R. anchistropha sp. n. (6 k) 25 mm. At first glance closely similar to fontali-s but with the lines still 
more approximated, the postmedian weak except as short dashes on the veins; antemedian gently and rather 
regularly curved. Structurally, and in the brown (not red) markings on the abdomen, closer to dentilinea 
paurocaula — pectinations not longer than diameter of shaft, 1st median of hindwing about connate. Face 
green. Terminal line dark brown-red. Hindtibial process rather short. Taperinha, near Santarem, 21—23 August 
1927 (Dr. H. Zerny). Type in Mus. Wien. 
R. haematospila Prout. Unique in having the 3 abdominal spots bright red without white centres. 
Hindtibia with terminal process short. Distal margin of forewing nearly straight, of hindwing little bent in 
middle; cell-dots small, red; white lines weak, nearly direct; terminal line and fringe nearly as in dentilinea 
(3 e). Preto, Brazil, only the type <$ known. 
R. acutularia Schaus. Apex of forewing more acute than in the rest of the group. Head green. Ab¬ 
domen with 3 white spots, the first and third edged with dark red. Cell-dots minute; white lines very fine, the 
postmedian straight on the fore wing; terminal reddish line present; fringe weakly marked. Costa Rica. 
pacificaria- group. 
Hindwing with 2nd median well stalked. Abdomen with fuscous blotches or (especially in some <3$) 
uniform green above. 
R. pacificaria Mdschl. (3 e). Pace green. Palpus in $ with 3rd joint moderately long. The white lines 
crenulate, weak, often scarcely discernible except as white dots on the veins. Described from Paramaribo, 
but widely distributed from Central America to S.E. Brazil. 
• R. remota Warr. (3 f) differs in having the lines almost straight, the red terminal line obsolete, the 
fringe-spots faint. Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Lower Amazon (near Santarem). 
R. nigrisquama Dogn. (3 e) is a smaller species, with less ventricose hindwing, unspotted fringe, only 
one blackish spot on the abdomen, but this large. S.E. and E. Peru. 
R. tutala Dogn. Much like pacificaria (3e) but without the red terminal line. Abdominal blotches 
strong, even in the <$. Ecuador: Loja. Dognin mentions a probable $, in poor condition, from Popayan and 
the United States National Museum has a rather large $ from Rio Grande do Sul. As the terminal line is oc¬ 
casionally very weak in aberrations of pacificaria, I have wondered whether tutala may be an extreme deve¬ 
lopment of the same. 
R. Integra Warr. (= imitans Warr.) (3 e) is like remota but with the face red. Mexico to Paraguay 
and S.E. Brazil (loc. typ.), but apparently wanting in the Guiana-Amazon subregion. — ab. versiplaga Dogn. 
has a single dark dorsal spot, occupying the first 3 abdominal tergites; 2 $$ from Colombia. 
R. rectilinea Warr., from Cuba, is perhaps an island development of the preceding. Terminal line (and 
antemedian?) wanting, otherwise very similar. I have seen a poor £ from Dominica which looks intermediate. 
R. carbina Druce (5 a). Also similar to remota in the green face and direct postmedian line, but rather 
larger, with sharply blackish, sometimes enlarged, cell-dots and a tendency for the line to break into vein- 
dots. Mexico. The few examples known to me suggest that it is variable. 
R. consimilis Warr. (3 f). Similar to carbina, the hindwing slightly more angled, the white postmedian dots 
edged proximally by brown ones and in well-marked specimens connected by fine but rather profound white 
lunules, thus appearing more dentate than that of carbina. La Oroya, Carabaya. Also known from Bolivia. 
R. disjunda Warr. (3 f). A link in shape and aspect towards the three following. Eorewing with costa 
somewhat arched; hindwing rounded or scarcely bent, fairly broad. Pace dark purple-brown. Abdomen generally 
with a large purple-brown blotch at base and a smaller one posteriorly, as in some forms of erina ab. bipunctata. 
Vein-dots nearly as in consimilis, but the postmedian of the forewing anteriorly oblique in the direction of 
the apex, the first 2 or 3 dots somewhat strengthened. No terminal line. Fringes green proximally. Tucuman 
(loc. typ.), Paraguay and S.E. Brazil. — - unipunctata Prout seems to be merely an aberration, possibly a race; 
anterior spots of the postmedian obsolescent, abdominal spots wanting. Rio Grande do Sul, 1 q . 
