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wings exhibit a black apical spot; costa of the forewings yellow; the inner-marginal part of the hindwings 
exhibits a black, lobular appendage. Ecuador. 
G. peratea Dogii. (11 h) resembles lyrcea, but it is much larger. The body is orange-yellow as in 
lyrcea. The terminal joint of the palpus and the antennae are black; anterior half of the collar black; shoulder- 
covers at the base black-spotted and clistally broadly margined by black. The orange-yellow abdomen is above 
metallic grCenish-blue, beneath black-curled. The 3 last segments are in single specimens quite black and blue, 
among 6 specimens before me, however, only in one of them. The wings are hyaline, the apex black only 
between the 5th and 3rd subcostal veins; the proximal margin of the hindwing broadly black, at the proximal 
angle with long yellowish hair. Only from Colombia, where it is apparently not rare. 
G. pluniosa Rothsch. Body orange, on the thorax a black discal spot; the abdomen shows a series 
of black, dorsal bands. Antennae strongly combed, brown. Wings yellowish hyaline, base and costal margin 
orange, distal margin grey-brown. Length of forewings: 17 mm. Colombia (Canon del Tolima), in December. 
The species has remained unknown to me, it seems to resemble Poec. vespoides (14 i). 
G. latimarginata Hmps. (11 h) looks exteriorly exactly like an Autochloris. The body is black; thoracic 
Sides and hips white-spotted; shoulder-covers orange-striped. First abdominal ring with a yellowish-white 
band being parted by a black dorsal spot; the other rings are blue-spotted on the sides of the dorsum, with 
orange-yellow segmental lines between, the last rings are also above provided with orange-red transverse bands 
increasing in width towards the anal end. The wings faintly yellowish hyaline, as in Autochloris with broad 
distal margins. Colombia (Bogota). 
G. taos Hmps. (11 h). The body is black; the forehead, vertex, collar, metathorax and legs are spotted 
in a metallic blue; shoulder-covers orange-striped. Abdomen with subdorsal, metallic-blue spots and narrow 
orange-red transverse bands which grow somewhat broader above, resembling spots; on the ventral side sub¬ 
lateral blue macular series. The hyaline forewings are of a yellowish tinge towards the base, with a metallic-blue 
basal spot; a black apical spot. Colombia. — From Argentina a subspecies has been described: -— f. jujuyensis 
Jorgensen in which the yellow colouring is increased, as for instance the basal half of the palpi, the face between 
and below the antennae, the posterior margin of the eyes and pronotum, tibiae and tarsi, as well as the whole 
underside of the thorax and abdomen are ochreous-yellow; the sublateral blue spots are absent. 
G. doncasteri Rothsch. (11 i) has an orange body, the third palpal joint is black, antennae black, on 
the head at the base of the antennae black spots, the base of the collar black, shoulder-covers and thorax black- 
striped. The abdomen is black-curled, on the 3 last segments subdorsal, metallic-blue spots. Wings hyaline 
with black fringes and apical spot; costa at the base yellowish, the basal half of the proximal margin broadly 
black with a yellow stripe; at the proximal margin of the hindwing a black, hairy, lobular appendage. Venezuela. 
G. jordani Zerny (= baroni Rothsch. [praeocc.], ottonis Rothsch.) (11 i). Head black, on the forehead 
an orange spot; vertex and collar metallic-blue, black-bordered; shoulder-covers orange, distally black; thorax 
black. First abdominal ring reddish-yellow with a large spot, otherwise the abdomen is metallic steel-blue, 
with deep orange-red segmental indentations, which colour is expanded to a spot on the dorsum of each segment. 
Hips orange; femora black and metallic blue; tibiae orange, at the base metallic-blue, tarsi at the basal half 
orange, at the apex black. Antennae black. Wings faintly yellowish hyaline with black, narrow borders and 
a small apical spot. Ecuador; Peru. 
G. gemmifera Wkr. (15 a) is a very conspicuous, large species; head and thorax are black, with metallic- 
blue spots and on the shoulder-covers with orange stripes, thorax and legs orange-haired. The black abdomen, 
being orange-haired at the base, shows subclorsal rows of very large, crescentiform, metallic-green, transverse 
spots. The wings are yellow hyaline with black veins and margins, the discal spot and a spot at the base of 
the forewing being metallic-blue. Expanse of wings: 54 mm. Venezuela. 
G. boettgeri Rothsch. (11 i) is a small, insignificant species with a unicolorously greenish-olive body, 
only the thorax being orange; antennae black, legs blackish olive. The wings are faintly yellowish hyaline, 
the base of the forewing and the inner-marginal area of the hindwing olive; the proximal half of the hindwing 
is covered with thick, long hairs. Peru (Huancabamba). 
G. plagiata Rothsch. Body black; legs, underside and antennae more brownish; thorax and a large 
spot in the basal half of the abdomen both above and beneath pale reddish-yellow. Wings reddish-yellow 
transparent with black veins and margins. Expanse of wings: 25 mm. Peru (Carabaya), in April. 
G. ockendeni Rothsch. (11 i) is a small species from Peru with a black body. The abdomen shows 
on the second and third segment carmine lateral spots, on the same rings sublateral white spots; the last segment 
is beneath spotted carmine. The legs are black, the forehips and tibiae carmine. The hyaline wings show a 
broad black basal part and black margins. 
peratea. 
pluniosa. 
latimargina¬ 
ta. 
taos. 
jujuyensis. 
doncasteri. 
jordani. 
gemmifera. 
boettgeri. 
plagiata. 
ockendeni. 
