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NEPHELISTIS. By Dr. M. Dkaudt. 
congenital is. 
sabatta. 
clauda. 
schedogym- 
nopis. 
furva. 
perfurva. 
spadix. 
caviura. 
18. Genus: (Sfephelistis limps. 
Proboscis fully developed, the erect palpi reach to the vertex; frons like in the preceding genus with 
a slight upward projection with a horny plate below it. The thorax is predominantly covered with scales, in 
front and behind with loose tufts, a similar one resting on the first abdominal ring. Anterior tarsi not armed, 
tibiae with long hair. Quite a number of chiefly tropical species. 
N. congenitalis Hmps. (= vellerea Drc. nec Schs.) (18 b) has brown forewings suffused with purple 
grey, with indistinct transverse lines marked by greyish-white scales; the discal area is tinted dark olive-brown 
from the subcosta to the inner-marginal vein, in which the maculae are surrounded by scanty white scales; 
behind the postmedian line a somewhat lighter area; the undulate line is composed of small brown spots strewn 
with white scales in the shape of small, feeble crescentiform spots. Hindwing blackish-brownish with a slight 
coppery reflection, towards the base lighter. Antennae long-combed. Mexico to Guatemala. 
N. sabatta Dyar is very similar, only half as large, the darker discal area and the dark spots of the 
undulate line with a bronze tint, the transverse lines somewhat lighter with a slight purple tint, rather straight; 
the large maculae filled up with dark purple grey, in lighter rings, below confluent, the ring-macula oblique. 
Marginal area dark purple, in it the broad bronze-coloured brown undulate line which forms a projection on 
the upper median branch. Hindwing dull brownish-grey, veins, margin and discal spot blackish-brownish. 
Expanse of wings: 27 mm. Mexico (Zacualpan) in September. 
N. clauda Schs. (= vellerea Drc. nec Schs.) (18 b). Forewing dark brown, strewn with purple grey 
and whitish, the blackish-brown discal area ends above the inner-marginal vein as a roundish spot; maculae 
very indistinct, surrounded with grey; undulate line scantily strewn with white on a darker ground. Hind¬ 
wing blackish-brownish. The $ antennae exhibit very short combs. Mexico. 
N. schedogymnopis Dyar is apparently allied to clauda, still smaller, dark purple brownish, in the 
discal area darker, the fine, light-strewn transverse lines enclosing it converge towards the proximal margin 
the distal line being very much curved inwards at the costal margin; the oblique maculae are surrounded with 
a light colour and approach each other below at the median; the veins are somewhat lighter than the ground, 
and so is the irregular undulate line. Hindwing blackish, towards the base lighter with a round dark central 
dot. Expanse of wings: 25 mm. Mexico (Zacualpan), in November. 
N. furva Schs. (18 b). The light ferruginous brownish ground-colour is dusted with chestnut-red, 
in the costal-marginal area more purple blackish-brownish; of the same colour is the band before the anterior 
and behind the posterior transverse line as well as the filling of the maculae which are surrounded with white; 
the posterior transverse line is chestnut-brown, distally bordered with white, very oblique in its course, straight; 
undulate line very indistinctly whitish, the veins in the marginal area striped dark. Hindwing yellowish-white, 
veins and marginal area darkened by a reddish brown. Mexico. 
N. perfurva Dyar (18 c) has red-brown forewings with a bronze lustre, postmedianly brightened up 
by lilac-whitish, forming a flat U in the central half of the costal margin and at the cell-end; collar bordered 
with a lilac white; anterior transverse line indistinctly double, between the very oblique posterior transverse 
line and the undulate line which terminates into the apex and being white in the lower half and distally bordered 
with black, there is a broad blackish band ending pointedly towards the apex; no maculae. Hindwing semi- 
diaphanous whitish, veins and margin feebly brownish. Antennae with longer combs than in furva. From Mexico. 
N. spadix sp. nov. (18 c) is of a bright ferruginous red with a slight bronze reflection, head and 
collar reddish-yellow; the basal area scaled somewhat purple brown, the median blackish like the lower end 
of the reniform macula, surrounded by single light scales, the ring-macula being absent; the anterior double 
transverse line as in perfurva, the posterior line chestnut-red, distally bordered with lilac-white, running as 
in furva , behind it analwards somewhat dusted with blackish; the undulate line consists of lilac-whitish arcuate 
lines in the lower half, above indistinctly darker, terminating into the apex; fringes purple-blackish. Hindwing 
semi-diaphanous white, marginal line composed of purple-brownish lunular streaks. Costal margin, veins, and 
fringes with a copper-reddish reflection. Antennae with short double combs. From Costa Rica (Volcano of 
Irazu). 
N. camura sp. n. (18 c) is not unlike perfurva, but more than twice its size, particularly the $. 
Forewing purple-brownish, strewn with blackish particularly in the costal part of the discal area; the anterior 
transverse line is single, blackish, on the median flawed almost in an acute angle; no maculae; the posterior 
transverse line is feebly bent, almost parallel to the distal margin, double, the two lines being separated very 
far, filled up with violettish-reddish which colour expands towards the apex as far as into the apex; the transverse 
line itself is at the costal margin much more bent towards the base; undulate line proximally shaded with purple 
black, behind it the marginal area is light purple grey, behind it a distinct black marginal line; fringes at the 
base light violettish-reddish, parted by a blackish line. Hindwing whitish, at the margin smoky with a fine 
dark postdiscal line. Antennae tuftedly ciliated. Colombia (Mt. Tolima), taken by Eassl. 
N. orbicularis Zerny (18 c) has light purple grey forewings dusted with chestnut-red, the median 
and its branches finely lead-coloured black; transverse lines double, the posterior line very feebly undulate, 
orbicularis. 
