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DELPHYRE. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
aclytioides. 
varians. 
rcducta. 
rufivenlris. 
hampsoni. 
orientalis. 
meridensis. 
p yr operas. 
pyrozona. 
dizona. 
aurantii- 
eeps. 
su/fusa. 
macella. 
lemoulti. 
subapicalis. 
atava. 
nigra. 
D. aclytioides Hmps. Blackish-brown; palpal base, forehead, sides of the forehips and transverse 
bands on the ventral side are yellow. The last abdominal rings above with metallic blue bands. Forewings 
with lighter veins and an orange spot behind the costal centre, from which a yellowish oblique band runs to 
the proximal angle. Expanse of wings: 36 mm. Cayenne. 
D. varians Hmps. (24 e) is larger than the preceding, on the body quite unicolorously blackish- 
brown, only the posterior abdominal segments blue, on the others lateral and sublateral spots. Forewings 
marked as in aclytioides , but without any lighter veins. Hindwing at the base diaphanous. The has very 
broad forewings and small hindwings, the latter with a strongly arched costal margin covering an unsealed 
patch on the under surface of the forewings. Expanse of wings: 40 mm. Amazon. •—- ab. nov. reducta (= ab. 
1. Hmps.) exhibits only a small orange spot at the upper cell-angle. 
D. rufiventris Schaus (24 d) is above brown, the liindhead and collar spotted carmine, the 5th to 7th 
abdominal rings narrowly bordered with red; the venter is all red, so are the forehips and base of the palpi. 
The hindwings are of a blackish colour with a blue lustre, in the disc semi-diaphanous. From Mexico (Misantla, 
Jalapa). -—- subsp. hampsoni Rothsch. from Peru has a clrab ground-colour, the red being more brick-red; the 
veins of the forewings are prominently darker, and some of the cell-spaces in the basal half and behind the cell 
are more thinly scaled. — f. orientalis Rothsch. from the Rio Madeira is smaller, of a more brownish-grey colour, 
and f. meridensis Rothsch. from Venezuela is distinguished by a large, yellowish-grey, reniform discal spot; 
the hindwings are not lustrous blue, and the abdomen is sooty black. 
D. pyroperas Hmps. (24 d). Head and thorax light red-brown, on the hindheacl and shoulders spotted 
carmine; palpal base and hips rosy. Abdomen above blackish-brown, the 4 last rings carmine, bordered with 
black, beneath all red. Forewings light red-brown with darker veins, cellular and sub median folds; the discal 
spot and apex faded darker. Hindwings blackish-brown, in the disc hyaline. Expanse of wings: 42 mm. Occurring 
from Brazil (Sao Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul) as far as Paraguay. 
D. pyrozona Druce is coloured black on the body above; the abdomen is yellow at the base, on 
the 4th to 6th rings of a brilliant red; the underside is rosy. Forewings blackish brown with yellowish veins; 
a spot in the cell and 4 near the apex greyish-white of varying distinctness. Hindwings hyaline with a broad 
black margin. Expanse of wings: 32 mm. Venezuela. 
D. dizona Druce (24 d) is blackish-brown on the body and wings; the first palpal joint and two spots 
on the liindhead are carmine; hips and ventral side white. The forewing shows oblique, transparent spots, one 
before the cell-end, one behind it. The hyaline hindwings exhibit a black margin. French Guiana. — Occurs 
also with an orange-yellow neck and palpal base: aurantiiceps form. nov. 
D. suffusa Lathy (24 e) looks rather like dizona above, but it is larger and easily discernible by metallic 
blue subdorsal spots on the abdomen and carmine forehips. Distributed from French Guiana as far as Santos. 
D. macella Dogn. (24 e) is a smaller species which is easily recognized by the peculiar hindwings: 
the very broad inner-marginal area being semi-diaphanous whitish with a black border and a black stripe along 
vein 1 as far as the base. The costal part is hyaline, of an intense iridescence. The brown forewings with lighter 
veins and indistinct transverse lines exhibit hyaline spots in the cell and behind it. The anterior body is brown, 
in the neck spotted orange. The abdomen is above light carmine, on the 2 first segments dorsally yellowish- 
white, the two last ones black with a rosy spot on the last ring. Venter and hips white. French Guiana. 
D. lemoulti spec. nov. (24 f). Body blackish-brown, abdomen posteriorly with a faint greenish-blue 
lustre, neck, throat, palpal base, hips and 2 spots on the metathorax light ochreous-yellow; venter somewhat 
lighter olive-grey. The dark-brown forewings are similarly marked as in macella : veins and a spotted ante- 
marginal line indistinctly lighter yellowish-grey, a minute spot in the cell, 4 similar ones behind the cell, the 
two lower ones of which are situate more towards the margin, and a blurred spot in the submedian space dia¬ 
phanous. The hindwings are hyaline in the basal part, in the marginal half blackish-brown One $ from French 
Guiana (Nouveau Chantier). Type in the Coll. Draudt. 
D. subapicalis Jones. Smoky black; palpi at the base, head and chest orange, collar tinted orange, 
shoulder-covers bordered with a light brown. Ventral side yellowish-white. Forewings smoky-blackish with 
somewhat lighter veins; near the apex there is a large white spot, extending from the costa as far as below the 
3rd radial. Hindwings black, in the disc diaphanous. Expanse of wings: 39 mm. Parana. 
D. atava Druce (24 f). A large species with dark brown forewings; the hindwings are hyaline with a 
black margin. Thorax dark brown; forehips red, as well as two spots on the hindheacl. Abdomen black, with 
subdorsal blue spots. Panama. 
D. nigra Schaus is black on the body, the hindheacl spotted blue; abdomen with yellow transverse 
bands, growing particularly conspicuous on the sides, as they are above covered by long black hairy scales. 
