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OOSPILA. By L. B. Prout. 
nasuta. 0. nasuta Warr. (7 f), from Trinidad, has the blotch at hind angle of forewing smaller than in any of 
the preceding but with a characteristic “nose” projecting inward at the branches of the median. 
depressa. 0. depressa Warr. (7 f) differs from semiviridis (7 f) in the more pinkish and differently shaped spots, the 
posterior one of the forewing shorter (commencing behind the end of the cell), etc. Costa Rica. 
circumsig- 0. circumsignata Front (7 f). Somewhat less densely and less roughly scaled than the albicoma- group, 
nafa - the terminal patches more reddish, more broadly connected along the margin. Ponte Boa. 
rvbescens. 0. rubescens Warr. (7 f). Very similar to circumsignata. Rather smaller; the green ground-colour of the 
forewing does not, as in circumsignata, project along the costa nearly to the apex; central projections of the 
ground-colour also differently shaped. French Guiana and Surinam. 
rvptlmacu- 0. ruptiniacula Warr. (7 e). Borders more variegated than in any of the albicoma- group, the anterior 
la - blotch of the hindwing constricted by a projection of the green ground-colour in cellule 6 . Described from 
aliphera. Paramba, W. Ecuador; known also from S. E. Peru and the Upper Amazon. —^ aliphera Dogn., founded on a $ 
from Rio Songo, Bolivia, must, according to the description, be extremely close to ruptimacula, perhaps of a 
more yellowish green; if the omission of any mention of the two white cell-spots of the hindwing is accidental 
eurthnacu- it may even be a synonym. — curtimacula subsp. nov. (7 b) has the terminal markings rather shorter and (except 
la - the apical of the forewing) darker-mixed, hindwing with only one white cell-dot, that on the 3rd discocellular 
remaining green. Gorgona Island, Colombia, 200 feet, October and November 1924, at light (C. L. Colle- 
hette, “St. George” expedition), 3 $<3 1 $ in Mus. Brit. The measure about 37 mm, the $ 50 mm. 
hmicincta. 0. lunicincta Warr. (6 i), formerly placed in Racheolopha, cannot remain there, as the 1 st subcostal of 
the fore wing arises from the cell. Its actual affinities, however, remain uncertain. In the unique type (a d 1 ) the 
palpus is short and if this proves to be the case in the $ also it should probably be transferred to Auophylla, 
in the vicinity of basiplaga ( 6 g). 1 st median of forewing from angle of cell, of hindwing shortly stalked. Terminal 
markings paler and less extended than in ruptimacula. Sapucay, Paraguay. 
callicula. 0. callicula Druce has hitherto been placed in Oospila, with which the maculation associates it; 
but if the $ form described below is correctly placed with it, it must probably be transferred to Progonodes. 
Terminal markings smaller than in depressa, but on the hindwing narrowly connected; cell-spot of forewing 
and basal markings characteristic; hindwing with 2 white cell-spots, as in ruptimacula, but both rather large. 
stenobathra. Founded on a $ Rom Chiriqui, in the Statjdinger collection. stenobathra subsp. nov. (7 g) lacks the basal 
patch of the forewing and has that of the hindwing extremely small, but has a vinaceous streak on the wing- 
tegula. Bolivia: Mutum, 20 miles W. of Porto Suarez, 1500 feet, 7—14 November 1927 (type <$). Matto Grosso: 
Urucum, 15 miles S. of Corumba, 650 feet, 26 April 1927, a smaller but quite similar <§. Both are in the Joicey 
orchardae. collection; obtained by Mr. C. L. Collenette. — orchardae subsp. (? sp.) nov. $ expanse 44 mm. Palpus 
slender, only about as long as diameter of eye. Paler green, the spots also somewhat paler; proximal patch 
of forewing commencing at almost 2 mm distant from base, its distal edge more sinuate; that of the hindwing 
slightly angled outward to base of 2 nd median; apical and tornal spots of hindwing only very slenderly connected 
at distal margin. Maranhao, N. E. Brazil (Miss Orchard), type in Mus. Tring. This can hardly be the $ 
to stenobathra. 
obeliscata. 0. obeliscata Warr. (7 e). A striking species, also of doubtful location, perhaps an Auophylla, as ori¬ 
ginally described, the $ palpus being somewhat intermediate. hindtibia strongly fringed, as in the first 
group of Oospila. French Guiana (loc. typ.), Amazons and Carabaya. 
Camilla. 0. Camilla Sckaus (7 f). This species and those which follow have less regularly shaped wings than 
typical Oospila, the hindwing more or less prominent at the 1 st and 3rd radials, sometimes markedly excised 
between. These have been considered a separate genus (Drucia Warr.), but they differ greatly inter se and 
are connected with the round-winged species through plurimaculata and delphinata. O. Camilla is distinguish¬ 
able from the other similarly shaped species by the extremely broad reddish borders. Costa Rica: Sixola, only 
the type $ known. 
quinque- 0. quinquemaculata Warr. is unknown to me, but must be very near circumdata striolata, but the 
maculata. terminal markings are flesh-coloured distally, densely striated with fuscous proximally, those at the anal angle 
“rounded”, the apical one on the hindwing smaller, not crossing the 3rd radial. Maroni River, 1 
circumdata. 0. circumdata Warr. (7 g) has the marginal markings in the typical form uniform clear reddish, in- 
striolata. dining to carrot-red. S. E. Peru. — striolata Front has the markings duller, much more variegated, the green 
of the ground-colour being here striated and clouded with purple-grey. Codajas, Upper Amazon. 
continuata. 0. continuata Warr. (7 g). Considerably smaller than circumdata, the markings darker, connected by 
a narrow terminal band. French Guiana (loc. tvp.) and Fonte Boa. 
