Publ. 24. III. 1915. 
MALLODETA; PHOENICOPROCTA. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
19. Genus: MigBIotieia Btlr. 
5 species of medium size, recognizable by the abdomen being very slender at the base and provided with 
short hair-tufts on the last 4 segments. The neuration is the same as in Cosmosoma. 
M. sanguipuricta Druce (1-1 k) is a very imposing species from Ecuador. The body is black; the antennae sangui- 
are white at the tips; shoulder-covers striped carmine; collar in some specimens with white dots; forehips puneia. 
white-spotted; the femoral end, tibiae and tarsi white. The first abdominal ring shows above two white dots, 
the first and third segments subdorsal carmine spots; from the 3rd to 7th segments the abdomen is dorsally, 
laterally and sublaterally white-dotted. The hyaline forewings exhibit a broad black base and apical spot. 
On the underside the base of the wings is carmine. 
M. sortita Wkr. (= deyrollei H.-Schdfj., alcyra H.-Schaff.) (12 a) resembles the following species, sortita. 
but it has no orange spots on the abdomen and besides the dorsal white spots are absent on the first segments, 
only on the last ones there are such, the lateral ones, however, are present. The forewing exhibits at the inner 
margin two strong orange stripes. Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, Sa. Catharina). 
M. consors Wkr. (= norma H.-Schdff.) (12 a). Black with minute white spots on the vertex, shoulders consors. 
and abdomen, the spots of the two last abdominal rings are larger; the second, strangulated segment shows 
a pair of subdorsal, orange-yellow spots. Wings faintly yellowish hyaline, orange at the costal margin and 
base of the inner margin, the distal margin being narrowly black. Brazil. 
M. clavata Wkr. (12 a) has a quite unicolorously black body. The wings are hyaline, the distal margin clavata. 
narrowly black. In the subcostal area there are traces of orange-yellow colouring. Brazil. 
M. parthenii F. (= multicincta Wkr.) (12 a) has shorter palpi than the other species, with quite parthenii. 
a short terminal joint; the bears a ventral valve at the 1st segment, being absent in the other species. The 
black body, being finely white-curled and laterally red-spotted, makes the species easily recognizable; collar 
and shoulder-covers are white-bordered and red-spotted, the first abdominal ring subdorsally red-spotted; 
the ventral side is white. The wings are hyaline with black veins, margins and apical spot; the discal spot exhibits 
a metallic-blue line. Hayti. 
20. Genus: 
OCta Hmps. 
About 20 medium-sized species with frequently very black marked forewings. The abdomen is mostly 
magnificently yellow and red and besides decorated with blue metallic spots and exhibits hair-tufts at the 
last segment. The lower median vein rises on the forewings at a great distance from the cell-angle. On the 
hindwings the cell is not visible owing to the oblique course of the discocellular. 
P. chrysorrhoea Hmps. (12 a). Body black, on the forehead, vertex and collar with metallic-blue 
spots; the abdomen exhibits on the first segment above a blue spot and subdorsally orange spots, the anal 
tuft being orange; forehips white and carmine. Wings hyaline with black veins and moderately broad margins, 
a broad black apical spot of the forewings. Expanse of wings: 34 mm. Colombia (Bogota). 
P. flavipicta Hmps. differs from the preceding by its more brownish colour of the body, yellow shoulder- 
covers and similar spots on the collar, white forehips, yellow middle- and hind-hips, yellow transverse bands 
from the 2nd to the last abdominal ring and yellow, white-margined ventral valve. British Guiana. 
P. metachrysea Druce (12 a). Head, thorax and abdomen are black, forehead and shoulder-covers 
spotted in a metallic blue. The abdomen exhibits dorsal and subdorsal rows of silvery-blue spots. From the 
3rd segment there begin orange-yellow subdorsal spots increasing in width towards the last segments, in order 
to touch each other above on the penultimate segment; anal bush orange. Ventral valve and the last segment 
but one also beneath with orange spots. Forehips white. The hyaline wings exhibit rather broad black margins, 
at the base of the wings a blue spot. Described from Cayenne. 
P. vacillans Wkr. (12 a) has a black body with a carmine anal tuft, spots on the forehead, vertex, collar, 
shoulder-covers and thorax are metallic blue, dorsal and lateral spots at the abdomen are more silvery greenish- 
blue; forehips white and red. The hyaline wings exhibit broad black margins. Occurring from Venezuela to 
Bolivia. — auriflua form. nov. (12 b) may be the name of the subspecies sometimes flying among the typical 
form, in which the anal tuft is of an ochreous-yellow to orange tinge. — In another form: punicea Strand (= ab. 
1 Hmps.) beside the anal tuft also the last 3 or 4 segments are carmine. In the form: nigropeltata Strand from 
Trinidad the ventral valve is black with a white hind-margin. 
P. analis Schrottky (= nigrivalvata Dogn.) (12 b) greatly approximates the form incandescens of the 
preceding species, from which it differs by the orange-yellow colour of the 3 last abdominal segments, quite 
white forehips without any lateral red, and an entirely black ventral valve. Described from Paraguay, before 
me also from Peru (Pachitea), and reported from Argentina (Misiones). 
chrysor¬ 
rhoea. 
flavipicta. 
metachry¬ 
sea. 
vacillans. 
auriflua. 
punicea. 
nigropeltata. 
analis. 
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