SAURITINIA; SCENA. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
95 
S. bipuncta Hmps. (15 k). Very much like the preceding, but the white spots are absent on the first bipuncta. 
abdominal ring, and the hyaline spot in the cell-end is absent, too; the species is besides larger. Distributed 
from the Amazon to Argentina. 
S. melanifera Kaye from Santos, South Brazil, is a quite unicolorously sooty black, small animal, melanifera. 
Expanse of wings: 27 mm. 
S. tipulina Hbn. (= bibia Wkr.) (15 k). Beside single interspersed, small scales of metallic green tipulina. 
on the head and prothorax, it is unicolorously sooty black. The abdomen exhibits a grey dorsal stripe being 
often indistinct; wings semi-cliaphanous with black veins. On the hindwings the lower median and radial veins 
rise unpetioled, the upper median vein is present. Widely distributed from Mexico (Misantla in May) through 
Guatemala and Panama as far as Brazil (Para, Sao Paulo, Espiritu Santo, Sa. Catharina). 
S. trichopteraeformis Jorgensen. I cannot tell whether this species, having remained unknown to trichopterae 
me, may be identical with melanifera. The body is short and rather squat. Of a pure black, the wings at a formis. 
certain exposure to the light with a greenish lustre. Veins somewhat more densely scaled. Posterior hips with 
white stripes. Expanse of wings: 30 mm. Argentina (Bonpland) in November. 
S. lasiphlebia Dogn. (15 k) is smaller and of a more compact structure than tipulina, abdomen and lasiphlebia. 
wings shorter and broader, the wings are lighter transparent, of a very intense green and carmine iridescence, 
the colour is a plain, dull blackish-brown, the metallic green scales are absent, the veins of the wings are covered 
with very thick, velvety brown scales; the grey dorsal stripe on the abdomen is absent. French Guiana. 
S. diaphana Dogn. Body quite unicolorously black. Wings long and narrow, blackish hyaline, of diaphana. 
a rather intense iridescence. Veins and fringes black; costa and base of the forewing and proximal margin of 
the hindwing more densely scaled black. Expanse of wings: 26 mm. South East Peru (Carabaya). 
S. pellucida Schaus (15 k) has a velvety-black body and in the $ semi-diaphanous blackish forewings; pellucida. 
the hindwings and in the $ the apical third of the forewing lighter transparent. Brazil (Rio de Janeiro; Santos). 
43. Genus: Sauritinia Dyar. 
The only species deviates from Saurita by the presence of an accessory cell on the forewing, only the 
3 lower subcostal veins rising from a joint footstalk, whilst the 2nd subcostal vein rises from the cell itself before 
its upper corner, in order to form together with the said footstalk a long, accessory cell. 
S. dubiosa Schaus is very similarly coloured to Saxirita sanguinea (15 h), but considerably smaller, dubiosa. 
The body is black, collar, thorax and 1st abdominal ring orange-red. The wings are diaphanous smoky brownish 
with darker veins; on the forewing the costal and proximal margins, as well as a streak on the cell-fold are black. 
Expanse of wings: 21 mm. French Guiana. 
44. Genus: Scena Wkr. 
Only 2 species somewhat similar to each other, of a considerable size and with densely scaled wings. 
Thorax and abdomen are densely covered with woolly hair, the palpi erect. On the hindwings the upper median 
vein and the middle radial vein are absent. On the forewings both the upper subcostal veins rise separately 
from the cell, only the lower ones are pet.ioled. 
S. potentia Druce (15 1). The smaller one of the two species; blackish-brown with a slight, greyish-blue potentia. 
lustre. Collar, mesothorax, and the shoulder-covers being at the apex bordered with black, are orange. Antennae 
white at the tips. Mexico (Jalapa; Orizaba) and Costa Rica. 
S. styx Wkr. (— propylea Druce) (15 k). One of the largest Syntomidae. Head, collar, mesothorax and sty.v. 
the shoulder-covers being black at the apex are dark orange, on each side of the collar a peculiarly opalescent, 
amethystine spot. Antennae black with a white apex. Ends of the posterior tarsi likewise white. V ings and 
abdomen black. The wings exhibit at the bases and at the cell-ends lustrous ultramarineblue spots. Abdomen 
above, at the sides and beneath likewise with blue spots. Apparently only from Mexico (Mexico-City, Sep¬ 
tember, Jalapa). — The larva lives gregoriously on a creeper with red blossoms. 
