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PARATRACHEA; EUPLEXIA; VIRIDEMAS; SPEOCROPIA. By Dr. M. Dkaudt. 
laches. 
iriplaga. 
bencsimilis. 
exotica. 
brillians. 
galena. 
niinuta. 
scriptura. 
6. Genus: I*aratracliea Hmps. 
Distinguished from Trachea by the thorax being clad with hairs and hairlike scales; all the rest-., also 
the parted tufts, the same. But one American species: 
P. laches Drc. (31 i). This beautiful large insect, with violet wings interspersed with brown and green, 
is unmistakable; below the cell before the antemedian line a large, quadrangular, blackish-brown spot, bordered 
with olive-yellow, a similar triangular spot is between the maculae, a third oblong spot behind the hindmarginal 
half of the postmedian line. Hindwing yellowish red-brown. Panama, Colombia, Peru. 
7. Genius: Kuplexia Stph. 
Separated from Trachea by loose tufts on the prothorax and metathorax which are covered with scales; 
the abdomen exhibits a row of tufts, of which that on the 3rd ring is particularly large; the last rings exhibit 
lateral liair-tufts. Beside numerous eastern species (cf. Vol. XI, p. 134 to 149), America has also three closely 
allied representatives. 
E. triplaga Wkr. (= roseola Fldr.) (31 i). Forewing red-brown, tinted with purple, in the central area 
darker, bordered by the threefold anterior transverse line; the reniform macula is whitish, centred brown; 
behind it the wing is yellowish, hued with pink, towards the margin in the centre irrorated with grey, at the 
costal margin brown; the margin is purple behind the dark brown undulate line. Hindwing whitish, at the 
margin brownish. Mexico. Panama, Venezuela. 
E. benesimilis McD. (- lucipara auct.) (31 i) is the American representative of the palearctic luci- 
para (Vol. Ill, pi. 43 i) and was hitherto taken to be identical with it, but, as Tams lias proved, the genitals 
are different, and there are also differences in the exterior; the colouring is somewhat dimmer, the distal bordering 
of the dark central area runs more obliquely inwards to the hindmargin, and the postmedian forms a more 
pointed angle distally between the lower radial branches. Canada down as far as New York. -— I cannot decide 
whether exotica Strcl. means the same; but if this be the case, this name would take the precedence. 
E. brillians B. & McD. (31 k) is very closely allied to the preceding, but of much brighter and 
variegated colours, the central area dark bronce-green contrasting with the yellowish basal and postmedian 
areas which are hued with pink, with a conspicuous triangular light subapical spot which is absent in benesimilis. 
Described from Arizona. 
8. Genus: Vlrhlemas Sm. 
Proboscis stunted; frons with an erect, blade-shaped horny protuberance extending straight to the 
end of the rough hairing; palpi very short and feeble; $ antennae feebly serrate with ciliary tufts, in the $ 
plain; thorax covered with scales and hair-scales, on the metathorax more densely gathered together like a 
tuft; abdomen tufted, the tuft on the 3rd ring being larger than the others. Only 2 small species: 
V. galena Sm. Forewing ash-grey, irrorated with green, particularly in the basal area, here with a 
black transverse line; the anterior transverse line is single, black, almost straight, the posterior line interruptedly 
dentate, behind it submedianly a large greenish-white spot; the interrupted whitish undulate line is proximally 
shaded with black; the large grey maculae are all 3 surrounded with black. Hindwing grey. Arizona. 
V. minuta B. <4- McD. (31 i) is likewise green in the basal area, in the central area greyish-white, 
behind it on the greyish-white ground irrorated with green, with black transverse lines, small maculae surrounded 
by black, and a black subapical spot at the costal margin; the undulate line is an irregular dark shadow. Hind¬ 
wing smoke-coloured grey. Described from Texas. 
9. Genus: Speocropla Hmps. 
Proboscis developed; the palpi exhibit a long terminal joint, the frons a small conical projection with 
a wall-like raised margin and a horny plate below it. The thorax is clad with scales, in front and behind it 
exhibits loose tufts, like the first abdominal rings do. Tibiae long-haired. A small number of tropical species, 
all from America, being particularly distributed in the West Indies. 
S. scriptura Wkr. (= transversalis Wkr.) (31 k). Forewing light reddish-brown, strewn with a darker 
colour, with double crenulate transverse lines, united by a black stripe on the submedian fold; the light maculae 
are surrounded with black; veins of the marginal area dark, between them with 3 black internerval streaks 
cutting the light undulate line. Hindwing red-brown. Haiti; Dominica. 
