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PAECTES. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
circular is. 
curvilinea. 
viridescens. 
/ lobelia. 
pygmaca. 
dcclinata. 
acutangula. 
brosioloidcs. 
fusees ecus. 
coloured. Beyond the antemedian there is a golden green spot on inner margin. In cell and at end thereof 
there are white dots, the discal one of which has a black dot above and below. The double postmedian is of 
the same arch-like shape as in oculatrix, intertilled with greenish, posteriorly a brown arched streak, then a 
white spot with a greenish one below just above the anal angle. Subterminal is only indicated, double, apically 
a white spot. Hindwings blackish brown. Peru (San Domingo). 
P. eircularis H.-S. exceedingly closely resembles the preceding, but the forewings are more violaceous 
grey, with dark brown and olive-yellow interspersions. The inner marginal half of the basal area and a streak 
below the costa almost to the margin are violaceous reddish. Antemedian double, obliquely from where vein 2 
arises to the inner margin, the outer part bolder, black. The black postmedian line similarly arched to that of 
the preceding species. The grey subterminal very indistinct, posteriorly a white spot admixed with yellow 
and with a small blackish spot therein. Hindwings black-brown, somewhat admixed with grey. Wing expanse: 
26 mm. British Guiana and Surinam. 
P. curvilinea Schs. (55 e). Body dark brown, admixed with grey. The grey forewings suffused with 
brown with a paler somewhat reddish coloured area obliquely from the base through the cell to the whitish 
apical spot. The double antemedian line is very indistinct, simple below the submedian fold, black and dent¬ 
ate on vein 1 and almost to the base, whitish above. Both stigmata faintly reddish with brown surrounds. 
Postmedian in a similar arch-like shape to the preceding species, below vein 2 double. Above and below vein 6 
black streaks. Hindwings whitish, dusted with brown, darker at margin. Costa Rica (Juan Vinas). 
P. viridescens Jones. Body reddish brown, admixed with dark brown, olive-green and white. Fore¬ 
wings greenish white, suffused at base with olive-green. The undulate antemedian line is double, posteriorly 
a delicate dark central shade that is angulated inwards on vein 1. The double postmedian is partially inter¬ 
tilled with green and with green suffusion round about it. Subapically a triangular mark; subterminal obsolete. 
Orbicular and reniform stigmata white with greenish admixture, the latter with outer black edge. Fringes 
pale brown with grey-brown checks. Hindwings pale grey-brown. Basal area more yellowish, the veins darker. 
Wing expanse: 28 mm. Alto da Serra, Santos. 
P. f labeSla Grt. (55 e) is a smaller and insignificant species. Forewings grey, dusted with dark brown. 
The black antemedian is double, the outer part heavier, acutely angulated inwards on vein 1, wdth a white 
spot below the cell. Orbicular stigma is a pale spot; reniform a small grey lunule. Postmedian line also double, 
obtusely angulated on vein 6, then incurved. The pale grey subterminal is excurved in the centre with black 
streaks above and below vein 6 and a grey apical spot above. Hindwings glossy coppery dark brown with 
short black and white striations at inner margin. United States of America (Kansas). 
P. pygmaea Hbn. ( = abrostolella Wkr ., praepilata Grt.) is very similar to flabella, but the forewings are 
much paler grey-brown, the stigmata purer white with brown surrounds. Reniform stigma has a brown central 
streak. The postmedian as in preceding species. Hindwings are also much paler brownish. Wing expanse: 
24—28 mm. United States (Mississippi, Texas, New Mexico). The larva is apple green with 15— 18 irregular 
yellow spots on each segment, the spiracles are orange in a brilliant yellow lateral line. It feeds on Liquidambar 
ptyraciflua. 
P. declinata Grt. (55 e). Forewings grey, suffused with violaceous, especially in costal and marginal 
regions with the exception of the apex. Markings of the fasciae as in the preceding species. Stigmata grey 
with brown surrounds. The double postmedian acutely angulated on vein 6, beyond which are the 2 customary 
black streaks to the margin. The subterminal is quite indistinct, the apical marginal area is suffused with 
bluish white. Marginal veins blackened extending into the fringes. Hindwings whitish, veins and margin 
tinged with brown. From Colorado and California to Mexico. 
P. acutangula Hmys. (55 e) closely resembles declinata. but is immediately recognisable by the much 
darker brown hindwings. The markings are almost identical, the double transverse lines are interfilled Avith 
purer white, also the stigmata are white with brown surrounds. Reniform stigma has a fuscous central streak. 
The AA’ing is more distinctly intersected by an oblique whitish streak from apex to centre of inner margin. The 
indistinct subterminal is whitish, irregularly dentate; the 2 black streaks above and below \ r ein 6 are finer 
than in declinata. It has a black dot in the white apex. Fringes checked with white. Bahama Islands (Nassau). 
P. abrostoloides Gn. ( — producta Wkr.) (55 e) differs from the preceding by the complete absence of 
the arched whitish oblique band from apex to centre of inner margin. Forewings grey, regularly dusted w ith 
brown. A yellow-white spot above the dentation of the antemedian line on vein 1. There are 3 black subapical 
streaks distally of the subterminal. Fringes checked with blackish. Hindwings black-brown, somewhat paler 
towards the base betAA-een the veins. In $ the yellowish white spot before the antemedian is absent. Canada 
and the United States. 
P. fuscescens Wkr. (= abrostoloides Drc.) (55 f). In this and the folloAving species, the postmedian is 
obtusely angulated instead of acutely on vein 6. The grey forewings are uniformly suffused with brown, the 
double antemedian is only faintly dentated imvards on vein 1. All the other markings as in the preceding 
species, but instead of 2 or 3 black streaks beloAV the apex, there is only one black spot beloAV vein 7. The 
