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OOSPILOMA. By L. B. Protjt. 
arpata. 
miccularia. 
albipunc- 
tulata. 
sarptaria. 
ruboris. 
ecuadorata. 
a stigma. 
leucostigma. 
delacruzei. 
euchlora. 
re strict a. 
Iactegutta - 
ta. 
hindleg, more reddish costal edge and broad red band on the back of the head. S. E. Peru: La Oroya, together 
with arpata ; only known to me in two 
R. arpata Schaus (= similiplaga Warr.) (4f). Antenna of $ pectinate. Hindtibia of strongly fringed 
with long hair, much as in the coerulea- group of Oospila. Borders of forewing rather variable; apical spot of 
hindwing larger than in subruta, slightly edged with yellow proximally. Described from Rio Janeiro, but the 
forms from Bolivia, Peru and Colombia have not yet been separated racially. 
R. miccularia Guen. (— imula Dogn.) (7 a). Borders, especially that of the hinclwing, more nearly uni¬ 
form in width throughout than in the similar species which follow. Guianas, Amazons, Colombia and Peru. 
Both types were from French Guiana. 
R. albipunetulata sp. n. (5 i) is intermediate in the width of the borders between miccularia and 
sarpfaria, but differs from both in that the hind wing has a minute white dot on the 2 nd discocellular and no 
trace of any red dot; the borders have less of the pink admixture than the allies and therefore appear more 
brownish, white-mixed. Thus very different in colouring from the form of sarpfaria which accompanies it in 
East Colombia. Muzo, 400—800 m (Fassl), several, including the type, which is in coll. Joicey; Upper Rio 
Negro (Fassl) a few. Also 3 <$<$, in poor condition, from Chiriqui, Panama, in Mus. Tring. 
R. sarpfaria Mdschl. (7 a). Generally easy to distinguish from miccularia by the ample expansions of the 
borders, particularly on the forewing posteriorly; rather difficult intermediates, however, sometimes occur. 
sarpfaria generally shows distinct, though very small red celldots, which in miccularia are still smaller or 
obsolete. Guianas and Amazons, the type from Surinam. — ruboris subsp. nov. (7 a) differs in its larger cell- 
dots, more reddened borders and generally in the shape of that at the hindmargin of the forewing, which does 
not reach, or only touches, the 1 st median vein, whereas in typical sarpfaria it commonly crosses it proximally 
and recedes more sharply between this prong and the terminal border. Colombia: Muzo (loc. typ.) and Upper 
Rio Negro (Fassl). The forms from Panama, E. Ecuador and Peru may be united with this race; those from 
Bolivia and Matto Grosso seem somewhat intermediate. — ecuadorata Dogn. (7 a), from Zamora, S. Ecuador, 
of which I known only one example, in bad condition, has the borders perhaps even more extended than in 
sarpfaria, the proximal projection from the posterior part of that of the forewing reaching the 3rd radial. 
R. astigma Warr. (7 a). Larger than sarpfaria, slightly deeper green, the borders somewhat different 
in shape, a little paler, more broadly white-edged proximally; no cell-dots. Carabaya (type) and E. Colombia. 
R. leucostigma Warr. (7 a). Borders rather paler still, the posterior one of the forewing shorter, pre- 
domiantly whitish; hindwing with a conspicuous white cell-dot. S. E. Peru. 
R. delacruzei Dogn. Larger than asfigma (7 a), the anterior terminal spot of the forewing small, not 
reaching the apex nor connected with the large posterior one; the large apical and small anal ones of the 
hindwing similarly, isolated. S. Ecuador. A form from Carabaya agrees completely with Dognins description 
except that it has a white cell-spot on the hindwing at least as large as that of leucostigma (7 a). Possibly 
this represents a separate race, but it may be a mere oversight that the white spot is not mentioned in the type. 
R. euchlora sp. n. (7 d). Group of miccularia but without marginal blotches, merely with double, 
slightly interrupted terminal line, the terminal one dark red, the proximal weaker, the two meeting at points 
midway between the veins, but separating to enclose yellow spots at the veins; minute red cell-dots, also on 
the hindwing indications of a white dash on 2 nd discocellular. Matto Grosso: Burity, 30 miles N. E. of Cuyaba, 
2250 feet, 1—14 July 1927 (C. L. Collenette), 1 $ in coll. Joicey. 
R. restricta Warr. (7 a). Shape slightly different, borders rudimentary, cell-dot of forewing red-brown 
or grey, of hindwing white. S. E. Peru. The type (which is the only $ known to me) has lost its antennae, but 
I have no doubt they will prove pectinate, as in the preceding group. Also known from Colombia. 
23. Genus: Oospiloma Prout. 
A small genus, ancestral to Oospila, its sole raison d’etre the retention of the proximal spurs of the 
hindtibia which (as already mentioned) have been lost in almost the whole of the present group. Palpus rather 
variable in length. Two Peruvian species, perhaps also one Costa Rican. 
0. lacteguttata Warr. (6 h). Somewhat like an overgrown P. restricta (7 a), but with no borders ex¬ 
cept the dark terminal line and the large white vein-dots. E. Peru (type) and E. Colombia. 
