PAECTES. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
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brown fringes are checked with blackish. Hindwings brown, paler towards the base, median nervure and 
branches around cell blackish; the white fringes are checked with black. Distiibuted from Mexico to Paraguay. 
P. delineata Gn. (55 f) completely resembles abrostoloides, but can chiefly be differentiated by the oh- delincata. 
tusely angulated postmedian line on vein 6. Canada and the United States, southwards to Alabama and west¬ 
wards to Illinois and Missouri; it also occurs in Mexico. Larva yellow-green, with 8 interrupted yellow undulate 
lines and yellow spiracles. It feeds on Jasmin. 
P. lumodes Gn. (= producta Wkr., burserae Dyar) (55 f) is again closer to acutangula by the arched lunodes. 
whitish oblique streak from apex to centre of inner margin. The postmedian however is only obtusely angulated 
on vein 6; the antemedian has an acute dentation on 1 almost to the base and with a whitish streak above it. 
In the subterminal region the usual 2 black streaks above and below vein 6 with a white apical spot distally. 
Hindwings brown, whitish towards the base, veins dusky, fringes white checked with brown. Florida, Hon¬ 
duras, Brazil (Orgel Mountains, San Paulo), Paraguay. It also occurs on the Bahama Islands, Jamaica, Cuba. 
Haiti, St. Lucia, Grenada and Trinidad. The transparent green larva has numerous small yellow punctiform 
spots and similar subdorsal and lateral lines; it feeds on Bursera gummifera. 
P. arcigera Gn. (= nana Wkr., murina Drc.) (55 f). Forewings violaceous grey, dusted with brown arcigcra. 
with a similar whitish oblique shade to preceding species. The antemedian line forms a heavy black prone 
“V” on vein 1. Instead of a reniform stigma there are 2 fuscoiis dots. Postmedian extends to the margin in 
a black longitudinal streak distally of the obtuse angle on vein 6. The whitish hindwings are dusted with brown 
in marginal area; veins blackish; fringes white, checked with brown. Mexico, Bahamas, Haiti, St. Thomas. 
P. obrotunda Gn. (55 f). In this species there is on forewings a dark grey shade from cell to inner margin obroiunda. 
behind the antemedian and before the pale oblique streak from apex to inner margin. Other markings precisely 
like those of the preceding species. Hindwings brown, whitish towards the base but with dark veins. West 
Indies and in Paraguay. 
P. nubifera Hmps. (= abrostoloides Drc. part., murina Drc. part.) (55 g). The grey forewings are suffused nubiiera. 
with fuscous with an oblique pale grey streak from apex to inner margin. Markings exactly as in the 
preceding species; distally of the postmedian there are white dots on the veins and an arched black streak 
below vein 6. Hindwings as in obrotunda. The $ has a more distinct yellowish white spot above vein 1. before 
the antemedian line. Mexico and Costa Rica. 
P. chlorophora Hmps. (55 g). A rather larger species. In the forms that now follow', the postmedian chlorophora. 
is not angulated on vein 6, but only slightly curved. Forewings fuscous with golden green basal costal spot. 
Before the antemedian a golden green band with a similar one behind the double postmedian line; distally 
a dark triangular mark on costa. Posterior to the indistinct subterminal, there are the usual black streaks 
above and below vein 6 with a pale apical spot above. Hindwings black-brown. West Colombia (San Antonio). 
P. phaeoplaga Schs. (55 g). Head and collar black-brown, thorax fuscous. Forewings red-brown acl- phaeoplaga. 
mixed with grey-white. The double transverse lines interfilled with grey-white; the antemedian without den¬ 
tation on vein 1. The 2 fuscous stigmata with blackish surrounds. Behind the postmedian a blackish brown 
indistinct streak between vein 2 and the anal angle. The black submarginal streaks are completely absent. 
Hindwings dark brown with white fringes checked with brown. French Guiana. 
P. eumieta Schs. (55 g). Forewings dark olive-brown, somewhat admixed with grey and subbasally eumicta. 
with ochreous yellowish. Both transverse lines double, the postmedian interfilled with whitish; between them 
a black central line arises behind the cell on vein 6. Both stigmata reddish brown with a pale and a black circum¬ 
scription. The grey subterminal is undulate and dentate. Hindwings dark brown with ochreous yellowish 
checked fringes. French Guiana. 
P. nyctichroma Hmps. (55 g) closely resembles the preceding, but is larger. Forewings dark fuscous, nyctichroma 
suffused with black-brown. Both transverse lines double, the inner part of the postmedian is only partially 
indicated. Above the centre of vein 5, a dark streak. Orbicular stigma is absent, reniform stigma narrow, 
grey with fuscous central streak. The pale subterminal has a brown edge on both sides and below vein 3 it 
forms 2 whitish dentations. Apex whitish with a short black streak below. Hindwings dark fuscous, somewhat 
paler at base. Panama (La Chorrera). 
P. endochlora Schs. (55 g). A very small species, recognisable by a yellowish green streak in centre of cndochlora. 
inner margin, otherwise very similarly marked to eumicta , but more heavily suffused with dark black-brown. 
Orbicular stigma indicated by a grey dot; reniform by 2 black dots with grey surrounds. The 3 lines as in 
eumicta. Hindwings black-brown, tips of fringes pure white. Described from Cayenne. 
P. haematosema Schs. (55 h). Head and thorax admixed with white. Forewings olive-brown at base, haemaiose- 
darker black-brown in median area and white in marginal region intermixed with olive-brown, even the margin ma 
itself is black-brown. The black transverse lines have white edges on averted sides. Orbicular stigma is a 
white dot; the narrow reniform is olive-brown with white surround. The white subterminal terminates at 
