DELPHYRE. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
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P. zeus Schaus (24 e). Head and thorax blackish-brown with an orange-yellow neck; forehips white; zcus. 
on the metathorax an orange dot. Abdomen black with blue subdorsal spots and single orange ring-indentations. 
The 3rd and 4th rings are underneath banded white, the 2 next ones sublaterally spotted. Forewings blackish- 
brown with lighter veins, dull olive-yellow dentate lines before the middle and before the margin with very 
long, sharp teeth; in the middle of the cell there is a triangular, at the cell-end a square, olive-grey spot; behind 
the cell 2 similar ones above and below the 1st radial. Hinclwings diaphanous white with black veins and a 
deep bluish-black, broad border. The inner-marginal hair-tufts are ochreous-yellow. Expanse of wings: 54 mm. 
Venezuela. 
P. elongata Schaus. Anterior body brown, shoulder-covers striped orange; a reddish olive-yellow elongala. 
stripe extends from the base of the antennae to the shoulders. Abdomen orange, with black bands, the last 
ring all black; the first 4 rings exhibit above a broad, brown dorsal band narrowed on the others to an interrupted 
dorsal line; underside white. Forewings light grey; costa, apex and proximal margin dark brownish-grey, the 
veins light reddish-brown. In the middle, in and below the cell there is a large, round, dark brownish-grey 
spot bordered with whitish-grey; at the cell-end there is a similar, irregular spot; a similar line extends from 
the subcosta towards the 1st median vein and borders on the darker apex. Before the margin a dentate line 
above the middle radial; in the marginal area between the veins there are darker streaks being bordered with 
an isabel-colour below R 2 . Hinclwings hyaline, veins and margins black. Expanse of wings: 43 mm. Brazil 
(Rio de Janeiro). 
143. Genus: Delpliyre Wkr. 
Rather large, mostly dark coloured species. Cell of the hindwing very long, the lower median vein 
rises from below the cell-angle sending forth the upper median vein and the middle radial, whereas the upper 
radial is absent. A costal vein may occasionally be present, though only traceably so. 
D. hebes Wkr. (tristis Schaus). Pale fawn-coloured; hinclwings blackish with a light brick-coloured hebes. 
costal margin; the species is rather small. Described from Honduras. 
D. brunnea Druce (24 c) is dark red-brown on the body and forewings; palpi in front and chest grey, brunnea. 
The forewings show traces of darker, undulate, transverse lines before and behind the middle and a discal luna. 
Hinclwings blackish-brown, in the disc hyaline. Expanse of wings: 30 mm. Brazil (Espiritu Santo). 
D. rubricincta Hmps. (24c) has whitish, in some places brownish forewings, with black spots; the rubricincta. 
hinclwings, being hyaline in the disc, are bordered with black. Anterior body greyish-brown; spotted black, 
hindheacl with 2 orange spots. Abdomen above blackish-brown, curled carmine, venter Avith whitish bands. 
Panama. 
D. minuta Moschl. (24 d). Head and thorax grey, spotted black, the neck and abdomen above carmine, minuta. 
underneath white; the last ring black. Forewings grey, quite similarly arranged as in the preceding, spotted 
black. Hinclwings hyaline with black veins and margins. Expanse of wings: 26 mm. Venezuela; Surinam. — 
Subsp. nov. extensa (= subsp. I. Hmps.) from Bolivia (Rio Songo) has much more extensively black-spotted cxtensa. 
forewings. 
D. maculosa Hmps. (24 c). Head grey, palpi, antennae and a spot on the vertex are black, the hindhead maculosa. 
orange. Thorax black, collar and shoulcler-covers grey. Legs grey and black with yellow hips. The abdomen 
is yellow, on the first 4 rings with large, coherent, black dorsal spots, and on the 2 next ones with smaller ones; 
the 2 last rings are black with a grey anal tuft. Forewings greyish-brown with black spots arranged similarly 
as in rubricincta. Hinclwings brownish-black, at the base whitish. Expanse of wings: 40 mm. Amazon (Para). 
, D. roseiceps Dogn. (24 c) has whitish wings, slightly tinged brownish at the margins, with slightly roseiceps. 
broAAmish veins and numerous black spots; head and thorax pale grey, spotted black, the neck and base of the 
collar rosy-carmine. Abdomen carmine with a black lateral line and black anal apex, on the dorsum of the 
two first segments yellowish; underneath, inclusive of the hips, pale rosy. French Guiana. 
D. pusilla Btlr. (? dares Cr.) (24 d) looks very much like roseiceps on the wings, but it is considerably pusilla. 
smaller and its abdomen is above entirely blackish-brown, only beneath rosy. The neck shoAA r s two carmine 
spots. Anal hairing in the white. — In flavivetlfris form. nov. (24 cl) the ventral side as well as the spots on flaviventris. 
the neck are yellow. Distributed from Guiana to the Amazon. 
D. discalis Druce is on the body above unicolorously black, the collar spotted red at the base, discalis. 
underneath white. Forewings blackish diaphanous, the veins, a large spot at the cell-end, the apex, distal and 
proximal margin black; hinclwings hyaline, broadly bordered with black. Expanse of wings: 40 mm. Venezuela. 
D. albiventus Druce (24 e) is easily recognizable by the brown forewings with a white, transparent albivcntus. 
oblique spot at the cell-end; fringes at the apex white. The brown hindwings are semi-diaphanous whitish towards 
the proximal margin. The abdomen, being above blue, is white on the ventral side. Brazil (Amazon; Minas 
Geraes; Rio de Janeiro). 
