RACHEOSPILA. By L. B. Protit. 
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median. Distinguishable from all forms of expulsata (4 e) by the absence of white terminal line. — trujilloi subsp. trujilloi. 
nov. is rather larger ($ 24—28 mm), all the reddish markings enlarged, particularly the terminal ones between 
the radials, which form a solid projecting blotch often reaching almost 2 mm, as in rather extreme mega.stigma. 
Mexico: Jalapa (Trujillo) and Orizaba, the type and paratype $$ recorded by Druce as “ ? jucunda Feld .” 
R. magnaria Bastelb. (5 f). Near trujilloi but still larger, the projection from the terminal line equally magnaria. 
well developed, also noticeable on the hindwing; cell-dots small. Jalapa, only the type $ known; if it proves 
a giant form of atrapes, the name of trujilloi must sink to it. 
R. expulsata Walk. (= intensa. Warr.) (4 e) has a white terminal line outside the dull purple border, expulsata. 
cut by purple dots at the veins and followed by a slender purple line at base of fringe. Amazons (loc. typ.), 
Guianas, Venezuela, Colombia to Bolivia, Espiritu Santo. — atrapoides subsp. nov. (4 e) with the border of alrapoides. 
the forewing forming a small but well-marked projection in the middle, seems to be a constant local race in 
Central America and perhaps Florida, but occasional aberrations from other localities, especially Colombia, 
are closely similar. Type from Jalapa-, Mexico, in Mus. Tring. 
R. tenuimargo Warr. (4 f). Borders much narrower than in expulsata, somewhat more reddish, the tenuimargo. 
interrupted white terminal line much slighter (sometimes scarcely noticeable), more violet-tinged, the red 
line at base of fringe feeble; fringes, on the other hand, definitely spotted with red opposite the veins. Venezuela 
and British Guiana to Parana, the type from the Organ Mountains. — lineimargo form. nov. (= sigillaria auctt., lineimargo. 
nec Guen.) (4 h) is a dimorph, or perhaps species, with the reddish border reduced to a mere line, not even 
expanded at the tornus, the violet-white markings and reddish fringe-line lost; fringe pure white, mixed with 
red distally and slenderly marked with red opposite the veins. Found in most localities with tenuimargo , also 
in Central America, the West Indies and Bolivia. Type $ from Sao Paulo in coll. Tring Mus. 
R. pulchrifimbria Warr. (4 h). On an average smaller than lineimargo , brighter green, the red costal pulchri- 
line complete, marked with white dashes at the commencement of the lines, the white marginal spots broader, fimbria. 
encroaching strongly on to the wings; lines and cell-dots almost or entirely obsolete. $ palpus with 3rd joint 
about as long as 2nd (in the preceding species scarcely over %); $ hindtibia, as in tenuimargo, with terminal 
process as long as 1st tarsal joint; hindwing with costal anastomosing more decidedly with subcostal, almost 
as in Synchlora. Common in the Guianas, also known from Honduras, Gorgona Island (off Colombia), Colombia, 
Venezuela, the Amazon, Ecuador, Peru and even Sao Paulo. 
R. superaddita Prout (4 e). Structurally close to pulchrifimbria. Abdomen with the dorsal ornamentation super- 
not (as in that) continuing to the anal extremity. Wings less strongly rounded, the hindwing appreciably bent uddita. 
at the 3rd radial. Red costal line without white dashes; cell-dots and white lines well visible; terminal white 
spots less broad, with only a narrow part placed on the wing. Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia (loc. typ.), Vene¬ 
zuela, Trinidad, the Guianas, the Amazon, Ecuador, Bolivia and Matto Grosso. 
R. rufilineata Warr. (= undulosa Kaye) (4 h) has the zigzag white lines and almost the hindwing rufilineata. 
venation of a Synchlora, to which genus it could easily be transferred; but has retained the dark cell-dots and 
generally (though slenderly) the red terminal line of Racheospila, the white fringe weakly red-spotted. Hind- 
tibial process of <$ moderate. Palpus of $ with 3rd joint almost as long as 2nd. Very widely distributed, common¬ 
est in the Guianas. — albimargo form, nov., apparently constituting a local race at Muzo, Colombia, has the albimargo. 
terminal line white instead of red; the red-bordered abdominal spots distinguish it from concinnaria. 
R. concinnaria Schaus is a further link towards Synchlora and differs from albimargo in having the con- 
white crests continuous, forming a long dorsal ridge. Costa Rica, in effect a Synchlora with dark cell-dot. cinnaria. 
R. cupedinaria Grote ( = louisa Hulst, cupidenaria Dyar) (5 f). Size of pulchrifimbria (4 h). Brighter, more cupe- 
yellowish green with redder margins, recalling Eucrostes in colouring. Cell-dots red, less minute than in pulchri- dinaria. 
fimbria; borders shaped somewhat as in expulsata, the costal with very slight projections at the beginning of 
the (scarcely discernible) lines. Abdomen above red, with only one or two white spots. Hindtibia of $ without 
terminal process. Florida (type), the Bahamas, Porto Rico, St. Thomas and St. Kitts. 
R. ephippiaria Mdschl. (4 f) agrees in structure with herbaria, of which I should have supposed it a race ephip- 
but that I have seen a $ from Jamaica (unfortunately much wasted) which appears close to the Cuban forms. P mria - 
Face deep red. Further distinguished by the strong red subcostal and terminal lines and red-marked fringes. 
Jamaica. 
R. herbaria seems to embrace a number of races from the West Indies and Florida; at least they have 
not been differentiated in structure. Hindtibia of $ (always?) with slight hair-pencil, but without terminal 
process. Anastomosis of costal of hindwing often almost as strong as in Synchlora; the forms in which nearly 
all the red markings are obsolete thus provide transitions between the two genera. — hulstiana Dyar is said hulstiana. 
to differ from the name-type in having the costal edge of forewing narrowly underlined with red, the fringes 
partly reddened, thus intermediate towards ephippiaria. Florida. Larva green, granulated with white; head 
