LYGOPHOTIA. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
richioides. 
macrostig¬ 
ma. 
butlcri. 
ignirena. 
atriclava. 
yaxcaba. 
simplicia. 
asperse. 
diana. 
castancala. 
carnea. 
funebris. 
tenuescens. 
conch idia. 
L. richioides Dyar (lli) is a large, quite pale loam-coloured species, scantily strewn with a greyish 
brown; near the base a black dot; transverse lines not dentate, the anterior line straight, the posterior line 
bent, light, on the inverted sides bordered with a darker tint; the upper maculae are large light rings, between 
them darker dusting; the submarginal line is slightly undulate. Hindwing whitish with darkened veins and 
discal spot. Mexico (Cuernavaca) in May. 
L. macrostigma limps. has dark purple red-brown forewings, in the basal and marginal areas scantily 
striated black; transverse lines double, undulate, the posterior line formed of double rows of dots on the veins; 
the maculae are large, surrounded with black, the ring-macula round, above open, with a black dot in the centre, 
the reniform macula pupilled blackish, the coniform macula marked by a black streak; the undulate line con¬ 
sists of faded small black spots and a larger one at the costal margin. Hindwing white, veins and margin brownish. 
Expanse of wings: 38 mm. South Eastern Peru. 
L. butleri Schs. (11 g) somewhat resembles pellucidalis (lid, e), but it has no yellow head. Light 
grey, in some places dusted with brown and strewn with black, transverse lines double, the posterior line pointedly 
dentate, the small maculae are pupilled in brown and surrounded with black, the coniform macula also surrounded 
with black; undulate line reddish-brown, faded, at the costal margin it forms a large triangular spot. Hindwing 
diaphanous white, at the costal margin dusted with brown like the veins of the marginal area. Mexico to Brazil. 
L. ignirena Jones has brownish-grey forewings strewn with a dark brown, with single brown transverse 
lines beginning at the costal margin with large spots; the maculae are ochreous-yellowish, surrounded with 
ferruginous brown, the coniform macula is dark red-brown, round; the undulate line is indistinct, at the proximal 
margin it approaches the postmedian line. Hindwing of a pure white. The $ is darker, more suffused with 
brown. Expanse of wings: 30 mm. From Brazil: Castro (Parana). 
L. atriclava Jones. Grey, dusted with brown and strewn with blackish-brown, with black single 
transverse lines, at the anterior line is the large, jet-black coniform macula, the posterior line being distally 
accompanied by a light line; in the centre and before the margin dark transverse shades, the former darkening 
the space between the grey maculae which are pupilled and encircled with dark. Hindwing yellowish-white, 
strewn with brownish, the most intensely at the apex. Expanse of wings: 34 mm. Castro (Parana). 
L. yaxcaba Schs. (11 g). Forewing blackish-brown, densely strewn with black, with single, dentate, 
black transverse lines, the posterior line somewhat faded; maculae not visible, only instead of the lower end 
of the reniform macula a bent black line; no undulate line. Hindwing diaphanous white with brown veins. 
Mexico (Orizaba). 
L. simplicia Morr. (= simplaria Morr.) (11 h). Greyish-white, strewn with black, with entirely 
faded transverse lines; the coniform macula is marked by parallel, short longitudinal streaks, the ring-macula 
by a short streak on the median, sometimes connected with the reniform macula which is composed of a whitish 
crescent with one black dot on each side. Hindwing diaphanous white, in the $ at the margin brownish. Texas. 
L. aspersa Btlr. (11 h). Light brown, strewn with a darker tint, without any transverse lines, the 
upper maculae surrounded with a faded darker tint; undulate line marked by a row of small yellowish and 
black sagittae, at the costal margin with a grey diffuse spot. Hindwing of a pure white. Chile., 
L. diana Btlr. (11 h) has red-brown forewings strewn with black, the base, costal area and veins 
dusted with grey; transverse lines indistinctly darker red-brown; instead of the ring-macula a small, blackish 
spot in an ochreous-yellow ring, the reniform macula is a yellowish-white crescent if or m spot. Hindwing diapha¬ 
nous white with dark marginal dots towards the costal margin. Chile. 
L. castaneata limps. Forewing purple grey, dusted with chestnut-red, the most intensely in the marginal 
area, and scantily strewn with black, the two transverse lines grey, on both sides bordered with chestnut-red, 
the posterior line dentate; in the centre of the cell there is a small round spot encircled with grey, at the end 
a minute luna. Hindwing of a pure white, with a black central dot and marginal streaks. Expanse of wings: 
34 mm. Peru (Acopampa). 
L. carnea limps. has flesh-coloured forewings dusted with grey and scantily strewn with black; 
the anterior transverse line is spotted red-brown, faded, the posterior line dentate, dark; in the centre of the 
cell is a black dot, at the end a darker discal streak. Hindwing of a pure white with a blackish central dot 
and marginal streaks, and at the apex with reddish fringes. Expanse of wings: 32 mm. Peru, Uruhuasi. 
L. funebris Schs. (11 h) is blackish-brown, strewn with whitish, with an ochreous yellowish basal 
patch on the proximal margin, a black discal crescent and a postmedian faded arcuate row of black dots on 
the veins. Hindwing yellowish-white with brownish veins and margin. Brazil. 
L. tenuescens Sm. (Ilf) has whitish forewings suffused with reddish-brown in the marginal area, 
without markings except the blackish, blurred reniform macula. Hindwing grey or brownish-grey, towards 
the base lighter. Nebraska. 
L. conchidia Btlr. (11 h). Grey, dusted with brown, with white-striped veins and double transverse 
lines, the posterior line dentate; all the three maculae are surrounded with black, the two upper ones black- 
