SCHALIFRONTIA; PAROTHRIA; ORTHIA; SEIROCASTNIA. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
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of the proximal margin in both sexes flows together with the costal margin through the basal area, so that 
there only remains a round, orange discal spot. From Colombia, Surinam and Brazil. 
D. ophideres spec. nov. (5f) is at once discernible from the other allies by its quite yellow hindwings ophideres. 
and abdomen. Forewing chocolate-brown, in the proximal half darker, strewn with silvery blue scales forming 
a fine longitudinal stripe above the submedian fold and crossing the cell-end as an indistinct, lighter, violettish 
lustrous longitudinal band as far as the posterior transverse stripe. Besides there are two darker cell-maculae 
to be seen, the reniform macula parted by a narrow silvery stripe. The posterior transverse line is somewhat 
lighter, undulate and on both sides bordered by a darker tint. Described according to a $ from Orosi (Costa Rica). 
8. Genus: ftchalifrontin Hmps. 
Well distinguished by the frontal cone of the shape of a trilateral pyramid, its apex ending into a 
small fork. The second palpal joint is long-haired, the terminal joint short, bare. Tibiae smoothly scaled. The 
veins vary little: on the forewing the upper radial vein rises below the upper cell-angle, on the hindwing the 
upper median vein before the lower cell-angle. The only species known hitherto has haired eyes. 
S. furcifer Hmps. (1 c) is black; the forewing exhibits in the basal part a longitudinal band, in the furcifer. 
distal part an oblique band of an orange-yellow colour. Hindwing orange with a black costal margin and border 
extending in the submeclian space with a long tooth almost to the base. Collar spotted orange, abdomen laterally 
and beneath striped. F’’om Brazil (Sa. Catharina). 
9. Genus: Parolin'!a Hmps. 
This genus contains the only American species that has no accessory cell on the forewing; here all the 
4 lower subcostal veins rise on a long footstalk; the palpi and posterior tibiae are long-haired ; the frontal projec¬ 
tion is coniform. 
P. ecuadorina Ww. (lc) greatly resembles the species of Seirocastnia from which it is separated ecuadorina. 
by the black abdomen. Described from Ecuador. 
10. Genus: Ortliia H.-Schaff. 
Similar to the preceding genus, but with shorter, broader wings; the fore wing has a small accessory 
cell, otherwise the veins are the same. The tibiae, the dorsum of the 1st abdominal ring and the short 3rd palpal 
joint are roughly haired. The antennae are strongly thickened towards the tips. Only 1 species is known. 
0. augias H.-Schaff. (= lethe Fldr., amazonica Ww.) (1 d). A large, blackish-brown species with augias. 
an oblique orange band on the somewhat bluish lustrous forewing. Anterior hips and femora laterally orange. 
-— In the form nexa Bsd. the oblique band is of a pale yellow and the costal margin beneath scaled grey. — nexa. 
Widely distributed in Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, and the Amazon District. 
11. Genus: Selrocastiiia Grt. 
Distinguished from the preceding genus by much less thickened antennae; the frontal projection is 
much smaller and is covered by hair-tufts. On the forewing the uppermost radial vein comes from the upper 
cell-angle. Otherwise all is as in Ortliia , but the wings are longer and more extended. A small number of rather 
similar, black and yellow species from Central and South America is known hitherto. 
S. amalthea Dalm. has a black forewing with a triangular basal spot and a postmedian oblique amalthea. 
band of an orange-yellow colour, the hindwing being orange with a black marginal band. Abdomen likewise 
orange with black dorsal and lateral lines and a black apex; collar in front orange, like the chest and legs. 
•— In the typical form the basal spot is small, in separata Wkr. reduced to a punctiform spot, and in lindigii Fldr. separata. 
(1 d), which is often also considered as a separate species, very large and extends from the base to behind 
the middle. Colombia, Ecuador. 
S. panamensis Hmps. (= separata Drc.) (Id) lias in the male only a narrow orange oblique band panamen- 
on the forewing; in the $ there is besides a triangular antemedian spot; from the preceding species it differs 
by the black marginal band of the hindwing extending at the proximal margin up to the base. Only known 
from Panama. 
S. volupia Drc. (Id) is exceedingly similar to panamensis, but it has a yellow palpal base and a volupia. 
black collar, whilst panamensis has quite black palpi and an anteriorly orange-yellow collar; besides the 
costal margin of the hindwing is yellow in the latter species, in volupia black. West Indies: Sa. Lucia. 
