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GADIRTHA; CASANDRIA. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
metaphaea. 
canalalis. 
rcctilinea. 
similis. 
purissima. 
ciocolatina. 
candezei. 
commixla. 
Towards the end of cell there are 2 black dots with pale surrounds. There are a few short black streaks sub- 
apically behind the whitish dentate subterminal line. Brazil (Rio de Janeiro). 
S. metaphaea Hmps. Head and thorax pale reddish white, abdomen dark brown suffused with grey. 
Forewings white admixed with pale reddish, chocolate-brown and blackish. Costal area chocolate-brown from 
antemedian line running to a point at ap>ex, also cell in median area. Transverse lines black, postmedian double 
and brown distally. Behind the antemedian a small black spot below the cell. The round stigmata whitish 
with red-brown core. A small black arched streak at end of cell. The subterminal line is double and chocolate- 
brown. Hindwings dark chocolate-brown with coppery gloss. Wing expanse: 40 mm. Described from 1 
from Jamaica. 
S. canalalis Dyar. Described from one §. Head wood-coloured, thorax paler reddish. Forewings pale 
reddish brown to the silvery postmedian line that has a rusty brown inner edge. Distally of it there is an “8” 
shaped mark filled with silvery grey between the subcostalis and vein 3. Outer area is olive-green with dark 
olive-grey marking. Distally an undulate dentate brown line extending backwards to postmedian on vein 3, 
it is edged outwardly by silvery grey. Behind it there is a black-brown line, that forms rings between veins 6 
and 4. There are 2 cinnamon-brown apical streaks. The subterminal is whitish, undulate and dentate. Hind- 
wings semi-transparent white with veins brownish in marginal area. Wing expanse: 31 mm. Campo Bello, 
Rio de Janeiro. 
S. rectilinea Dogn. (56 c). Head and thorax dark brown, admixed with grey. Abdomen grey-brown. 
Forewings grey-white, suffused with dark violaceous brown and sparsely peppered with black. The black ante¬ 
median line is straight with white inner edge. Postmedian is double, intertilled with white, with a dark shade 
posteriorly and an outer white dusted shade. Before the margin there are heavy black streaks with white inner 
edges. Hindwings whitish, fairly heavily brownish towards the margin. French Guiana. 
S. similis Drc. (56 c). Forewings brownish white, densely peppered with darker speckles. A cuneiform 
black-brown, golden green spangled mark at base of costa and a similar mark below mediana. Transverse lines 
black, partially double and intertilled with patches of golden green. The large stigmata with black surrounds 
and between them a double, heavily dentate median line. There are black streaks towards the apex behind 
the double indistinct sub terminal. Hindwings dark brown with black and white streaks on inner margin towards 
anal angle. Mexico, Costa Rica, Venezuela. 
S. purissima Dyar (56 d). This is a handsome large species, for which, on account of slight variations, 
Richards created the Genus: Boryzops. It is white with sparse dark speckles. Collar and scapulae brown. Fore¬ 
wings with a long black-brown basal cuneiform mark on costa, outlined by the antemedian, which is also inter- 
filled with brown at inner margin. Here and there yellow-green spots are interspersed. Reniform stigma with 
fine black surround. Orbicular stigma is punctiform. Postmedian line commences in a heavy black oblique 
streak, that continues in a stripe to the margin. There is a second streak above and distally thereof yellow- 
green spots. The white hindwings are dusted with brownish and with a dusky margin. Mexico. I have a form 
before me, that is completely suffused with chocolate-brown and which I denominate: — ciocolatina /. n. (56 c). 
It is from Misantla and the type is in the collection of Draudt. 
7. Genus: Cnadirtha Wkr. 
Proboscis fully developed. Palpi long and sleek, somewhat thickened at tips. <$ antennae with fascicles 
of cilia. Thorax scaly with a small tuft posteriorly, abdomen tufted. Forewings with round apex, neuration 
as in the preceding species. All indo-australian, except for a few species. 
Type: G. inexacta Wkr. 
G. candezei Drc. (56 d). The grey fore wings have a red-brown costal area and are peppered with black. 
Transverse lines very indistinct. In place of stigmata some upraised appressions of scales in centre and at end 
of cell. There are small fuscous spots before and behind the pale subterminal line. Hindwings transparent- 
yellowish white, veins, costal and marginal areas dusted with brown. Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica. 
G. conimixta Dogn. (56 d). A very dark black-brown species with pale blue-violet sheen. Basal area 
paler, the dentate transverse lines black, postmedian double with slightly paler interfilling. Orbicular and reni¬ 
form stigmata indicated by black dots with yellowish ochre ringlets. Behind the pale dentate subterminal line, 
there are sharply pointed black streaks. Hindwings white basally with very wide black-brown marginal band. 
Bolivia (Rio Songo). 
8. Genus: ( :tsandria Wkr. 
Differing from the preceding Genera by the short porrect terminal segment of palpi. Thorax scaly, no 
tufts, abdomen with small tufts on central segments. Forewings long and narrow, with smooth margin and 
a long narrow areole. Hindwings enwidened in many of the species with a flocculent- tuft of hairs between the 
upper median nervules. A large number of small, externally rather similar species. The Genus is a purely 
american one. 
