respondents. 
aurea. 
irinitatis. 
lichenea. 
cat ora]a. 
frauenfeldi. 
meter ythra. 
psittacea. 
aedemon. 
expetxia. 
subhyalina. 
246 MELAGRAMMA; AGROTISIA; POLIONYCTA. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
N. respondens WJcr. (= ochraceata Wkr.) (35 i). This beautiful species has bright emerald-green 
forewings more or less strewn with white, strewn with black in a very variable extent, with black crenulate 
transverse lines, and large maculae which are surrounded by black. Hindwing orange-red, with a blackish- 
brown apical spot and a broad subterminal band. Mexico to Brazil. In the form aurea Schs., from Venezuela, 
the forewing is irrorated with blackish-brown in the hindmarginal half of the median area, and the hindwing 
lacks the subterminal band, only the large apical spot being present. — The form trinitatis Strd. (= ab. 1. Hrnps.) 
forms a transition by the subterminal band of the hindwing being shortened; on the forewing the black markings 
are extinct, except the costal-marginal part. Trinidad. 
N. lichenea limps, is similar, the white forewing is irrorated with a yellowish green, below the discal 
fold from the anterior transverse line to the undulate line and before the latter as far as the costal margin dark 
brown, strewn with grey; the black markings are similar to the preceding, but the ring-macula is absent and 
the reniform macula is larger. Hindwing golden yellow with a very large blackish-brown apical spot and white, 
towards the apex brown-speckled fringes. Venezuela. 
N. catocala Hmps. Forewing yellowish-green, in some places irrorated with light brown, with double 
black transverse lines, on the posterior line as in the preceding on the discal fold with a black streak to the 
margin; all the 3 maculae present and incompletely surrounded with black; before the whitish undulate line 
there are blackish-brown spots, and one above the upper median branch behind them. Hindwing light yellow, 
in the basal half irrorated with brown, with a black distally angled median line and a black subterminal band 
which despatches 2 black rays to the margin. Expanse of wings: 44 mm. Brazil. 
N. frauenfeldi Fldr. is on the forewing in a similar way emerald-green and marked with black as respon¬ 
dens (35 i). distinguished by a large blackish-brown apical spot from which a similar band extends to the 
postmedian line and from there oblicpiely to right above the anal angle. The hinclwing is deep coppery-red, in 
the basal half irrorated with brown, with a broad faded subterminal band behind which the centre of the margin 
is somewhat dusted with whitish. Expanse of wings: 52 mm. Guiana, Brazil. 
N. meterythra Hmps. (35 k) is smaller than the preceding and differs in the whole forewing being 
intensely irrorated with blackish-brown, only the undulate line and a marginal spot in the centre behind it 
being of a pure green. The $ is in some places irrorated with a brownish white. Sa. Lucia; Guadeloupe. 
N. psittacea Schs. (35 k) is a smaller slender species, on the emerald-green forewing marked similarly 
as the others, but easily separated by the plain greyish-brown hindwing. Mexico, Panama, Guiana. 
N. aedemon Dyar (35 k) is likewise a small species with green forewings, mixed with black, with 
the same markings, double dentate transverse lines, the posterior line above filled up with white, below distally 
bordered with white; a submarginal row of almost confluent black spots, the blackened marginal area in the 
middle interrupted by green. Hindwing black, at the anal angle and on the fringe green. British Guiana. 
43. Genus: flelagraiiima Hmps. 
Separated from the preceding genus by the smooth frons, a much longer last palpal joint, and quite 
tuftless abdomen. But one small species. 
M. expetita Wkr. (35 k). The white forewing is strewn with black and dark brown, the most intensely 
in the apical half of the costal margin, with thin black transverse lines, a black dot in the centre of the cell, 
and a bent discal streak; the apex is parted by a faded dark patch, the whitish undulate line is proximally 
defined by a blackish-brownish band. Hindwing yellowish-brown, at the margin darker. Brazil and Argentina 
44. Genus: Agrotisia Hmps. 
From the closely allied genus Neophaenis only discernible by the tuftless abdomen. Only 1 species: 
A. subhyalina Hmps. (35 k) is a larger species with a yellowish-brown, in the disc semi-transparent 
forewing, with blackish single dentate transverse lines, a dot forming the ring-macula, and a faded dark moon- 
spot forming the reniform macula; in the somewhat darkened marginal area a dentate undulate line is feebly 
discernible. Hindwing transparent white with brownish veins and margin. Peru, Argentina. 
45. Genus: I*oIio*i,yeta Hmps. 
Distinguished from Melagramma by still longer palpi and a small tuft on the base of the abdomen; 
the smoothly scaled thorax is tuftless as in Melagramma. But one species: 
