sarcosoma■ 
sancfula. 
andro- 
macha. 
rubra. 
carnicauda. 
innotata. 
anal is. 
aner. 
auriflua. 
fulvicauda. 
stvpata. 
eburneifera. 
114 A ETUI! I A. By Dr. M. DrauM. 
66. Genus: Aetlirla Hbn. 
It contains species mostly copying the genus Dinia. The black abdomen, often with a blue lustre and 
white spots, shows a large red anal tuft, but the last segments are laterally not provided with hair-tufts. The 
extremely extensive cell of the hindwing, the transverse vein of which disappears in the marginal band, makes 
it approach the preceding genera; all the veins rise separately. The abdominal strangulation is slight. 
A. sarcosoma Btlr. (= laudamia Druce) (18 g) differs from all the species by the abdomen being entirely 
carmine except the 1st ring, with minute white dorsal spots and black segmental lines. Anal tuft in the middle 
black; the 3 first segments and the last one are white beneath. Spots on the forehead, collar, shoulders, shoulder- 
covers, thorax and legs are white; collar with opalescent blue spots. Wings hyaline with black veins, broad 
margins and discoidal spots. Expanse of wings: 32 mm. Colombia. 
A. sanctula Dogn. (18 g) has a quite black body with a blue lustre above. The last abdominal rings 
are scarlet above, the anal tuft ochreous-yellow. Wings hyaline, with black margins and veins, and very large, 
square discal spots. Expanse of wings: 35 mm. Brazil (Santos). 
A. andromacha F. (= sanguiflua Hbn.-G. nec Wkr., finalis Wkr., pennata Moschl.) (18 g, as andro- 
mache ) differs from the allied species by the orange colour of the two last abdominal segments. Above, the 
abdomen is unicolorously black, without any blue spots. The underside of the palpi, spots on the shoulders, 
forehips, as well as the ventral side of the two first abdominal rings are white in the <$. -— The form rubra form, 
nov. (= ab. 1. Hmps.) (18 g) has the two last abdominal rings carmine; it lies before me from Bolivia; the 
species is besides found in Venezuela, Surinam and Para. 
A. carnicauda Btlr. (= sanguiflua Wkr.) (18 h) has a black body with a metallic blue small spot, the 
anal tuft is of a bright carmine; distinguishable from aner by its entirely black underside, palpi and shoulders. 
— From Trinidad, Venezuela, Brazil (Para, Sa. Catharina, Santos). 
A. innotata Schaus, which remained unknown to me, according to the short, insufficient description, 
seems to belong here. Body black with a carmine anal tuft. Wings hyaline, with black veins and black margins; 
the distal margin broader black, particularly at the apex and proximal angle. Transverse vein broadly black. 
Hindwing very broadly bordered with black. Expanse of wings: 38 mm. Brazil (Petropolis). 
A. analis Schaus, described from Peru, is likewise unknown to me in nature; antennae black, combed 
and thickly scaled above the middle third. Body black, with blue scales on the collar, shoulder-covers and 
femora. Abdomen black, the 3 last rings orange-red. Wings hyaline with black veins and margins. The distal 
margin of the forewings inside dentate; transverse vein broadly black; at the base of the proximal margin 
some violet hairs. Hindwings with a broad, black distal margin. Expanse of wings: 29 mm. 
A. aner Hnvps. (carnicauda Hmps.) (18 h) is a smaller species, which is well characterized by the 
extensive white colouring of the underside: palpi, sides of forehead, basal joint of the antennae, fore- and hindhips, 
the 3 first abdominal segments and sublateral spots on the others, as well as a ventral spot at the anal tuft are 
white, as well as spots on the shoulders; on the upperside the abdomen shows metallic blue dorsal spots, the 
anal tuft is carmine; in auriflua form. nov. it turns ochreous-yellow. — Described from Venezuela, the yellow 
form is before me from French Guiana. 
A. fulvicauda Btlr. (18 g) differs from the similar species by the black, posteriorly blue-banded abdomen, 
the extreme anal tuft of which is yellow; the 3 first rings and the last ones are white beneath; fore- and hindhips 
white like the anterior side of the palpi and of the collar. Expanse of wings: 28 mm. Brazil (Sao Paulo). 
A. stipata Wkr. (18 h) differs from the species known by its ochreous-yellow underside with carmine 
lateral spots and black middle spots on the abdomen; the blackish-brown, blue-lustrous abdomen exhibits 
a series of dorsal yellowish spots. Anterior body blackish-brown with white dots. Wings hyaline with black 
margins and veins, a white dot at the base of the costa on the forewing, the proximal margin being striped 
yellow. Expanse of wings: 34 mm. Amazon (Para). 
A. eburneifera Fldr. (18 h). The body is black; white are: the anterior side of the palpi, the basal 
joint of the antennae, throat, hips and stripes at the front femora. The collar, shoulder-covers and metathorax 
are spotted blue, the 3 first abdominal rings above blue; the first 4 rings exhibit dorsal double rows of dots 
and lateral carmine spots, the other rings on the dorsum and sides one white row of dots each. Underneath, 
from the 2nd to 4th rings there are triangular white spots, on each of the next two segments 2 spots. Wings 
hyaline with black veins and margins, the base being black with a blue spot. Expanse of wings: 38 mm. Amazon. 
