PERICONTA. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
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0. carneola Sm. Forewing purple grey with a reddish tint, in the central area blackish-brown whereby cameola. 
it is separated from all the others; the fine transverse lines are grey, maculae surrounded by grey, the reniform 
macula in the centre strangulated, the marginal area irrorated with brown. Hindwing greyish-brown with 
a yellowish tint. Expanse of wings: 25 mm. New Mexico. 
0. cinereola (= atomaria Wkr.) (42 f) is larger than the preceding species, feebly strewn with brown, cinereola. 
in the central area and at the distal margin irrorated with red-brown; the fine transverse lines are white, the 
posterior double line filled up with white, the maculae surrounded with white, the reniform macula 8-shaped; 
the whitish undulate line is proximally shaded with brown. Hindwing light red-brown. Canada to Texas. 
— Larva green with white longitudinal lines. 
0. altura Barnes (42 f) has dark golden brown forewings strewn with a lighter colour, with light altura. 
transverse lines, the anterior line slightly bent extending obliquely proximad, the posterior line more distinct, 
without maculae. Hindwing brownish-grey, distally darker. Texas. 
0. sexta B. 6s McD. (42 g) is very similar to altura, but separated by a different course of the transverse sexta. 
lines, the anterior line being indistinct, white, between the costal margin and the median obliquely turned 
distally, from there obliquely proximad and parallel to the posterior line which only below the costal margin 
extends for a short distance distally and from there proximad to the centre of the hind-margin; ground-colour 
deep olive brown, strewn with white, without maculae. Hindwing smoky brown with lighter fringes. Texas. 
0. moreno Barnes (42 g) is much lighter olive brown than the preceding species, with fine dark transverse moreno. 
lines being on the averted sides bordered with white, the anterior line almost straight; maculae marked by 
small light indistinct spots; the light undulate line is in the centre excurved. Hindwing light brown. Arizona. 
0. plutnbea Dyar (42 g). Forewing purple brown, irrorated with dark brown as far as behind the cell, plumbea. 
behind it lighter with a leaden violet shine; the hardly visible transverse lines are somewhat lighter scaled, 
only the twice excurved undulate line is more distinct. Hinclwing dark grey. Mexico. 
0. tacna Barnes (42 g) has reddish-brown forewings strewn with white, with fine double transverse tacna. 
lines filled up with white, the posterior line distally with dark vein dots; the maculae are finely surrounded 
with white, the reniform macula is strangulated and on the median prolonged as far as the ring-macula. Hindwing 
light brown. Texas. 
0. pulvilinea Schs. (42 g). Forewing greyish-brown with a silk lustre, at the costal margin and at pulvilinea. 
the transverse lines irrorated with lilac, the latter lines very fine lilac-white, behind the distal line another 
lilac line, the maculae streak-shaped. Hindwing brownish-grey with white fringes. Mexico, Costa Rica. 
0. justifia Dyar (42 g) is allied to pulvilinea, but larger and greyer; purple grey with a bronze justitia. 
gloss, strewn with white, with white dusty transverse lines, the maculae likewise surrounded by white, the 
reniform macula on the median incurved. Hindwing brownish-grey. Mexico. 
0. lilacina Drc. is on the forewing red-brown with a coppery gloss, particularly in the postmedian lilacina. 
area irrorated with a violettisli grey, with violet faded transverse lines, the maculae surrounded by violet, the 
reniform macula strangulated; the violet undulate line is proximally shaded with brown. Hindwing greyish- 
brown. Panama. 
0. cymographa Hmps. (= lilacina Drc. part.) (42 h) resembles lilacina, but it is somewhat smaller, cymogra- 
the transverse lines are more distinctly red-brown, on the averted sides bordered with white, the reniform macula P^ ia ° 
not strangulated, elliptical, with a whitish spot behind it; the whitish undulate line is proximally shaded with 
red-brown. Mexico. 
0. pulverulenta Schs. is allied with cymographa, the forewing is violettish-brown, densely strewn pulverulen- 
with lilac, the veins in the central area and behind it striped dark brown with brown transverse lines, the ia ‘ 
anterior line almost straight, the maculae edged with brown lines, the reniform macula large; the undulate 
line is very distinctly composed of a brown nebulous stripe which is dentate, with small lilac spots between 
the veins. Hindwing blackish-brown. Expanse of wings: 30 mm. Costa Rica. — The form gamura Schs. (42 h) gamura. 
is much darker purple brown with white irroration and a silky lustre; the transverse lines and the very large 
maculae are marked with brown; the marginal area is darkened. Guatemala. 
122. Genus: JPericoiita Dyar. 
In the general characters it resembles the preceding genus, but the frons exhibits a conical projection 
with a vertical keel in the centre. The anterior tibiae are short and squat, unarmed, the tarsi likewise very 
short with long claws. Abdomen tuftless. But one species: 
P. obliqua Dyar (42 h). Forewing dark purple brown with a very intense bronze gloss, with a still obliqua. 
darker subterminal band, with faint lighter transverse lines and just as feebly marked maculae, and a light 
oblique patch from the apex. Hindwing dark grey. Mexico (Tehuacan), taken in September. 
