bryata. 
flavi- 
fimbria. 
albi- 
fimbriata. 
resurgens. 
igualci. 
nigricornis. 
pasama. 
neodmes. 
diarita. 
nortia. 
latuta. 
vividata. 
30 RACHEOSPILA. By L. B. Prout. 
lines fine, indistinct, not crenulate; terminal line very fine, brown rather than red; fringe cream-colour. 
Ecuador: Loja. 
R. bryata Feld. (6 h). Face green. Distal margin of forewing straight, of hindwing little curved. Cell- 
dots minute, blackish; white lines crenulate, but very faint; terminal line fine, red-brown, broken into dashes; 
fringe cream-whitish. Bogota. Hindwing in the type with 1st median separate. — flavifimbria Warr., also 
from Bogota, is a rather smaller form with the distal margin of the forewing not quite so oblique, the hindwing 
slightly better rounded, with the 1st median separate or connate. Perhaps best treated as an aberration, but 
possibly a species. — albifimbriata Dogn. is probably another aberration, or perhaps a high-altitude form 
(altitude of type not recorded), rather small, with the lines (including the terminal) obsolete. 1 <$ from Bogota. 
As “agreeing with type” M. Dognin sent me a from the same district, 2800—3200 m, in which the terminal 
line is present, though extremely faint, and I have seen others identical, from the same altitude. — resurgens 
subsp. nov. is probably a local modification, rather larger (<J 30 mm, $ 34), with the red terminal line stronger, 
the hindwing slightly less straight-margined, with the 1st median connate or stalked. The white lines visible, 
rather well crenulate. Paso del Quindiu, Central Cordillera, Colombia, 3500 m, a short series collected by 
A. H. Fassl; type and allotype in coll. L. B. Proitt. A closely similar from Monte Tolima, 3100 m, in 
Mus. Tring. 
R. iguala Dogn. is a close ally of the preceding, if not, indeed, still another form. Rather smaller and 
more bluish, the terminal line developed, though slender, the hindwing with the 1st median stalked. Both 
wings with the white markings wanting. Ecuador. 
R. nigricornis Warr. is a small species (22 mm), with the pectinations very short, clavate, dark-coloured, 
the distal margin of the fore wing not so oblique as in bryata (6 h) that of the hind wing more as in mollissima 
(5 b). Rather brighter green than in those species; cell-dots black; the white lines rather faint, crenulate but 
scarcely sinuous; terminal line mixed with black, fine, interrupted at the veins; fringe light buff. Underside 
pale, rather strongly marked, the postmedian line edged with dull green proximally, the base of the costa of 
fore wing with dark suffusion. E. Peru. 
R. pasama Dogn. (3 g). Pectinations little longer than in nigricornis, but not clavate. Distal margin 
of forewing more oblique, of hindwing somewhat less convex. Cell-dots rather larger; postmedian line sharper 
and more irregular, beneath weaker, not edged with green. Abdomen with a black anterior dot. Ecuador 
(type) and Peru. 
R. neodmes Prout (3 g). A rather thinly scaled species, larger and more pointed-winged than diarita, 
the cell-dots and black abdominal spot larger. Carabaya, S.E. Peru, at 9000 feet and upward. 
R. diarita Dogn. (3 g) is generally recognizable by its small size and rather regular, slightly sinuous 
series of large white postmedian vein-dots. Abdomen with a row of white dots, the first one often in part 
blackened. Costa Rica to Bolivia, Argentina and Brazil. Described from Ecuador. 
Ro nortia Druce (3 g). Very similar to diarita. I do not know how to distinguish them definitely, though 
nortia is perhaps on an average still smaller, the black abdominal spot always developed, the white dots 
rather smaller, the cell-dots on an average larger. Central America, the type from Mexico. 
R. latuta Dogn. represents an exceedingly difficult assemblage which has not yet been satisfactorily 
analysed. Abdomen with very small white mark at the posterior end of each segment, but extremely liable 
to discoloration. Fore wing in shape quite characteristic of the present group, hindwing, on the contrary, 
with the 1st median shortly stalked and — especially in some of the forms (? species) — with the termen 
noticeably elbowed at the 3rd radial, thus more conformable to the lixaria group, particularly callirrhoe, which 
may be nearly related to these. Antemedian line on forewing straightish, on hindwing curved and much more 
proximal, postmedian slender, strongly dentate, terminal slight, reddish-brown, fringe green-yellowish, whiter 
at base, at apex of forewing more or less strongly darkened ; underside whitish green, becoming brighter green 
on anterior part of forewing. Typical latuta, only positively known from the Loja originals, is relatively large 
(26—31 mm), $ hindtibial process fairly long, cell-dots not large. Specimens from Monte Tolima and from 
Bolivia agree fairly well, though the antemedian line of the forewing is scarcely so straight; also some from 
Cushi and Huancabamba, E. Peru, except that the postmedian line is generally rather strongly expressed on 
the underside. 
R. vividata sp. n. (3 g). On an average rather smaller than latuta (24 — 28 mm), with hindwing slightly 
more bent. Hindtibial process of $ short. Colour a fuller, more vivid green; cell-dots larger; terminal line ob¬ 
solete or exceedingly faint. Underside rather well marked, approaching that of viridilinea (3h), the brighter green 
colour suffusing not only the costal region of the forewing but also other parts of its proximal area and the 
postmedian of both wings, also occasionally the apex of the hindwing. Carabaya, S.E. Peru, the typical series 
consisting of 12 d'd' from La Oroya, Rio Inambari, 3100 feet (G. Ockenden), in the Tring Museum. 
