SGELOLOPHIA. By L. B. Prout. 
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C. melanthes sp. n. Much smaller than quinquelineata (22 mm), the wings differently shaped. Forewing 
with termen more oblique, hindwing with costa relatively shorter, termen less convex. Structure similar, the 
tuft on the hindwing beneath more mixed with black. Both wings with the black cell-mark standing out dis¬ 
tinctly (somewhat raised), long-oval, with a few metallic scales, hindwing above with the proximal patch in¬ 
tensely black, somewhat enlarged. Other markings apparently much as in quinquelineata but with less (if any) 
dark cloudings. Maranhao (Miss Orchard), a $ in the Tring Museum, very worn, but easily to be recognized. 
33.;Genus: Scelolophia Hulst. 
A good preliminary revision of this genus, under the synonym of Calyptocome Warr., Avas published 
by Dyar in 1913 and not much advance has yet been made upon it; it is therefore largely followed here. His 
subdivisions are not absolutely clean-cut, but have been found extremely serviceable. As the secondary sexual 
characters are manifestly subgeneric or sectional only, and were so recognized by Dyar, no definition has yet 
been found which will rigidly separate the genus from the 3 preceding, but the small size of the species and 
their scheme of markings generally show their position; only a few outliers have been added at the head. Most 
of the G<3 have tufts and flaps on the abdomen and those of the typical section have a dense patch of specialized 
scaling on the hindwing beneath, placed behind the base of the cell, analogous to the hair-tuft in the base of 
the cell in Crypsityla , which could easily be sunk as another section. $ hindtibia (as in Crypsityla?) sometimes 
with only one of the proximal spurs present. 
A. G hindwing without area of raised scales. 
S. (?) laevitaria Him.-Gey. (— floridata Pack.) (15 g). Position quite uncertain, but hardly a Scelo¬ 
lophia. Wings narrower, $ hindleg short and weak; $ hindtibia with 4 spurs, the outer of each pair V 2 or y 3 
the length of inner. Easily known by the ill-defined rosy bands, approximately parallel with the termen. Texas, 
Florida, Bermuda and perhaps California. The type of laevitaria was said to have come from Georgia. 
S. uniformata Warr. Only known from the 3 s , which is certainly very close to subroseata, probably a 
broad-winged aberration of the same, but I should like to see better Trinidad material before sinking it. 
S. subroseata Guen. (= circumducta Warr., inornata Warr.) (15 g). The most (if not the only) Scopula- 
like Scelolophia , distinguishable by the double areole and the (short) stalking of the 2nd subcostal of the hind¬ 
wing. Antenna of the <$ with the fascicles of cilia long; hindtibia moderately long, fqiiiy slender, but with 
well-developed hair-pencil. Forewing beneath somewhat suffused with vinous or rosy grey. Venezuela (War¬ 
ren’s types), Cayenne (Guenee's type), the Amazons and Bolivia; I cannot even see any racial difference in 
a few from Mexico and Honduras. 
S. penumbrata Warr., founded on a $ from Dominica, probably belongs here. Hindtibia with 3 spurs; 
2nd subcostal of the forewing from the cell, that of the hindwing just stalked. Rather smaller than average 
subroseata, more ochreous-tinged. the forewing beneath less rosy; lines less sinuous, terminal less interrupted, 
with some vinaceous suffusion, which extends as a very narrow terminal band on the forewing. 
S. damaria Schaus (15 g). Variable both in size (18—24 mm) and markings. The G, though among 
the simpler in structure, shows ochreous hair-scaling anteriorly near the base of the hindwing beneath; $ hind¬ 
tibia with 3 spurs. The two dark median shades at times consolidate into a band; still more distinctive are 
the midterminal and tornal dark spots of the foreAving. Described from Sao Paulo, but extends into Parana 
and Paraguay. 
S. roseoliva Warr. (15 g). Dyar had not seen the type of this species, but was correct in assuming it 
to be near his carnearia ■ It differs from phorcaria, which inhabits some of the same islands, in that the costa 
of the foreAving returns to a rosy colour at the costal edge (more broadly on proximal part) and in lacking the 
specialization of the C hindwing and one proximal spur from the $ hindtibia. St. Vincent. Known also from 
Grenada and perhaps Tobago to Dominica. — carnearia Dyar, from Jamaica, is at most a subspecies, perhaps 
a synonym; the only specimen before me is rather small and of a more definite and uniform flesh-pink. 
S. desmogramma Dyar (15 h). Darker than roseoliva , more purple. Lines fragmentary especially through 
the centre of the wing. Trinidad and Venezuela to Para and Pernambuco; type from French Guiana. I am 
inclined to think that this, rather than the species so determined by Dyar, may be the true turbata Walk.; 
unfortunately it was based on a $, and the given locality (Brazil, coll. Saunders) is worthless, as it might have 
referred to an Amazonian species from Bates or the southern one noticed below. 
S. rivularia Dyar. On an average rather smaller than desmogramma, not quite so dark purplish, the 
lines broad, coarsely wavy, continuous, not dark-edged; an ochreous subcostal streak. Underside whitish, 
melanthes. 
laevitaria. 
uniformata. 
subroseata. 
penumbrata. 
damaria. 
roseoliva. 
carnearia. 
desmogram¬ 
ma. 
rivularia. 
