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ANISODES. By L. B. Prout. 
liosceles. 
resignata. 
argyromyces. 
germaini. 
liposema. 
castraria. 
melitia. 
obliquaria. 
abruptaria. 
lunule”. Similar forms occur chiefly in liosceles (Fonte Boa, both sexes, an intermediate $ from E. Bolivia 
and probably another from La Oroya), but see also germaini. 
A. liosceles sp. n. (? praec. form.) (14 k). Expanse 30—38 mm Hindleg of without hair-tufts. Palpus 
in with 3rd joint a little longer than in resignata (in the $$ of both about as long as 2nd joint). In colour 
and markings sometimes almost indistinguishable from resignata , though the smallest forms (Fonte Boa) have 
the median line as slender as in germaini, or more so; angle of antemedian line of hindwing scarcely ever so 
extremely acute as in resignata, though not nearly so obtuse as in insigniata and germaini; on the forewing 
the median line curves and thickens close to the costa so as almost to meet the subcostal angle of the post¬ 
median; the dark line which bounds the white subterminal spots proximally seems on the whole more frag¬ 
mentary; cell-spot of hindwing moderate to small, without the tripartite form shown in typical insigniata. 
Distributed. “British Guiana” (see above), Fonte Boa, Popayan, Peruvian Amazons, S E. Peru, E. Bolivia, Sao 
Paulo; a rather large, rather pale pair from Blumenau, Santa Catharina, possibly represents a separable race. 
A. resignata sp. n. (14 k). On an average somewhat larger than liosceles, apparently less variable. 
Hindfemur of clothed with coarse hair, proximal half of hindtibia with long hair, the spur perhaps shorter 
than in liosceles; other distinctions are noticed under that species. The irroration is on the whole rather dense 
and regular, the dark markings, perhaps slightly more reddish or less fuscous-mixed; the subterminal line, 
particularly on the underside, tends to be less interrupted than in liosceles, notably on a considerable anterior 
part of the fore- and a shorter anterior part of the hindwing. N. Venezuela: San Esteban and district, 15 
3 $$, type in Mus. Tring; also 1 from Fonte Boa and 1 £ from Cuzco. 
A. argyromyces sp. n. Possibly a form of resignata (14 k), as the leg-structure is similar; the 3rd joint of 
the palpus is perhaps slightly longer in proportion, but the distinction is at best very slight. Expanse 42 mm, 
thus noticeably larger; at first sight much more recalling insigniata, as the silver mark on the hindwing is large 
and tripartite, its longitudinal lobe, however, definitely shorter and not reaching, nor even approaching, the 
postmedian line; median shade broader than in resignata (in insigniata narrower), reaching costa as near the 
postmedian as in resignata , subterminal about as well formed as in this; the antemedian of the hindwing also 
favours resignata , not insigniata, that of the forewing is perhaps a little more curved in front of the median 
vein than in resignata. Muzo, Colombia, 400—800 m (A. H. Fassl), a <$ in my collection. 
A. germaini sp. n. Expanse 33—34 mm. Colour much warmer than in most of the group (a little 
brighter than ochraceous-buff). $ palpus and leg-structure about as in resignata; median line more slender, 
slightly less oblique, reaching costa of forewing further from postmedian; subterminal spots less white. Hind¬ 
wing with cell-mark shaped nearly as in argyromyces or more of a “hammer-head” (one of the transverse lobes 
tapering more than the other); antemedian at least as weakly angled as in insigniata. Matto Grosso (P. Ger¬ 
main), type o, together with — ab. liposema nov., corresponding to the aberration of insigniata of the same name, 
1 Both are in the British Museum. 
A. castraria Schaus (14 k), from Castro (Parana) and Rio Madeira, is yellower, with an outer dark 
longitudinal line; hindwing with a slightly stronger tooth at the 3rd radial than in the insigniata group (sens, 
str.), the antemedian line curved, not angled, the cell-mark more mallet-head shaped; further distinctions are 
not difficult to find. hindleg much as in resignata. The pupa is very like that of a butterfly, the dorsal sur¬ 
face rising gradually from the head to a “hump” at the 1st abdominal; whitish brown, the whitish wing-cases 
marked with 4 subterminal blackish dots. 
G. Hindtibia of $ much shortened spurs wanting or vestigial. 
A. meiitia Brace (14 k). Recognizable by its shape and the oblique streak from near the base of the 
abdominal margin of the hindwing to midtermen of the forewing. Terminal joint of palpus not extreme. Hind- 
femur of o tufted, tibia! spur wanting, a tiny button-like prominence indicating perhaps a relic of it. Guate¬ 
mala, founded on the $. This is the most weakly marked form in the group (or superspecies); oblique shade 
narrow and not intense, on the hindwing looking to the naked eye single (in the other forms double or triple), 
the terminal mark between the radials very faint, the shading on both sides of the broad subterminal of the 
hindwing quite weak, almost evenly developed throughout. There occur also, however, in Central America 
(Honduras and Costa Rica) and in Colombia and Venezuela, forms which are scarcely, if at all, distinguishable 
from the following, which may therefore be a separate species, or (perhaps more likely) Druce's originals may 
represent a rare aberration or very localised form. — - obliquaria Schaus, described from S. E. Brazil, has the 
oblique shade broader, on the hindwing forming two approximated lines, the coloration more variegated, con¬ 
spicuous distal maculation between the radials developed in red-brown and pale grey. One <$ before me (from 
Corcovado) has this terminal maculation of the hindwing more extended, nearly as in — abruptaria Warr. 
(15 a). This form, which I have hitherto considered synonymous with obliquaria, must, I suppose, be disting- 
