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ANISODES. By L. B. Prout. 
striginota. 
polysticta. 
tolinta. 
proconcava. 
argenticris- 
iaia. 
jonaria. 
megisia. 
catharinae. 
anablemma. 
torsivena. 
dots or ridge on abdomen. In the type specimen these dots are not noticeable and the hindwing has a moderate 
black cell-spot; this latter seems chiefly a £ character, the having it generally much smaller. 
A. striginota sp. n. (14 g). Expanse 34 mm. Palpus (<$) with 3rd joint much less long than 2nd. Head 
and body concolorous with wings, the vertex and base of antenna rather strongly dark-mixed. Hindlegs and 
abdomen lost, but the thorax shows the beginning of a pale longitudinal line. Areole present. Very distinct in 
the strigiform white cell-marks; other markings faint, the post-median dots followed by a slight pale line. 
Cushi, Huanuco, 820 m (W. Hoffmanns), type in Mus. Tring. 
A. polysticta Prout (= multipunctata Warr., praeocc.) (14 g). Larger. Readily recognizable by the 
yellow colour and the addition of macular subterminal markings to the well-expressed and punctiform lines. 
Hindtibia of the <$ fringed to beyond middle. Costa Rica, Colombia and Peru, the type from Carabaya. 
A. tolinta Schaus (= itinerans Prout). Closely similar to polysticta (14g), sometimes scarcely distingui¬ 
shable except in its shorter palpus, especially in the <$ — in the with the 3rd joint y 2 the length of the 2nd 
(in polysticta %), in the $ barely longer than the 2nd (in polysticta definitely longer). The greyish cloudings, 
longitudinal and transverse, generally weaker. S. E. Brazil. 
A. proconcava Prout (14 h). Palpus in both sexes long. The whitish crests of the abdomen slight. 
Differs from argenticristata in having the <$ hindtibia densely clothed with coarse hair and the spurs rough- 
scaled, in the shape of the wings and in the presence of a well-developed areole (in the $ sometimes small). 
Mexico, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Trinidad (?) and the Upper Amazon, the typical series from San Esteban, 
Venezuela. 
A. argenticristata Warr. (14 h). Named from the rather conspicuous white crests, which, however, 
occur also in some of the related species. Somewhat like excavaria , but with the shape and venation of the <J 
normal; areole wanting. Palpus with 2nd joint rough-scaled above, 3rd joint longish. Hindleg of rj with a 
femoro-tibial tuft, the tibia otherwise smooth. S. E. Brazil. 
A. jonaria Schaus (14 h). “Allied to megista. Wings light brown, thickly irrorated with greyish scales, 
forming distinct median and subterminal shades.” Lines formed of conspicuous black dots; cell-dots white, 
rather slenderly black-ringed. Forewing beneath reddish, the cell-spot and postmedian and terminal dots 
present; hindwing luteous, costa reddish, as also a line connecting the postmedian dots. “Abdomen brown; 
a dorsal pale streak." S. E. Brazil. The paratypes before me measure 27—28 mm and incline to cinnamon 
or even more reddish; the pale dorsal ridge is not very strong. Hindleg of $ with a short pencil from femoro- 
tibial joint. S. E. Brazil. 
A. megista Druce ( 14 h). Palpus in both sexes with 3rd joint elongate. Hindleg of <$ more or less rough¬ 
haired, with strong femorotibial pencil. The white dorsal markings of the abdomen moderately strong. Areole 
wanting, at least in the q (some $$ which have not yet been definitely differentiated retain a narrow areole). 
A remarkable feature of the q venation is the extraordinarily oblicpie (almost longitudinal) 3rd discocellular 
and there is an area (partly raised) of specialized scaling in and beyond the cell. Underside weakly marked. 
Mexico to Peru, besides N. W. Venezuela and perhaps the Guianas, the type rj from Atitla-n, Guatemala. 
catharinae subsp. nov. (14 h) is much less red than the name-type, the specialized scaling and other cloudings 
of the forewing conspicuously, though more or less irregularly darkened. Santa Catharina: Jaragua do Sul 
(F. Hoffmann), type S in the Tring Museum; Timbo (Koch), paratype in the Senckenb. Museum. Also from 
Castro, in the Dukinfield Jones collection, misidentified as argenticristata. Terminal joint of palpus in both 
sexes long. Hindleg of <$ with long femoro-tibial pencil. 
A. anablemma sp. n. (14 h). Terminal joint of palpus in both sexes long. Hindleg of with long femoro- 
tibial pencil. Areole cpiite small (perhaps occasionally wanting). Forewing of with costa somewhat sinuous 
or folded, 1st radial somewhat less curved than in the two following species, submedian area (much as in them) 
expanded and specialized, 2nd median vein arising very near 1st, carving strongly to attain its longitudinal 
orientation; cell-ring very near the costal margin; distinguishable from the two following species by the shape 
(especially the lack of terminal excavation), presence of areole and other details; abdominal white spots not 
strong; punctiform postmedian rather sharp. Trinidad, Venezuela, the Guianas and probably Para, perhaps 
also E. Peru; type in the Tring Museum, from Potaro River. This species has sometimes been called caducaria 
(see above) but is certainly not redder than ordmata, nor known from anywhere near Jamaica. 
A. torsivena Warr. (14 i). Very near tharossa, but distinct in its larger size, relatively longer wings, 
more reddish tone and perhaps reduced white on the abdomen. Structure similar, but with the “excavation”, 
in the $ forewing shallower, the contortion of the 1st radial somewhat stronger. Bolivia (type), Peru, Ecuador, 
Gorgona Island and perhaps Venezuela; always singly, perhaps a number of close allies. 
