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CHIONOSIA. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
hippona. 
phocnicolo- 
pha. 
procridia. 
miniola. 
peruana. 
strigivenia. 
convergens. 
pexicera. 
radicans. 
aurea. 
sesapina. 
rubripunc- 
tata. 
apicalis. 
trinitatis. 
the cell-angle, the upper radial below the ripper cell-angle; the uppermost subcostal vein approaches the costal, 
but does not anastomose with it. On the hindwing the upper median and lower radial veins are on a long 
footstalk, or they are entirely coalescent; the middle radial comes from above the cell-angle, the upper radial 
is petioled with the subcostal. The genus contains about a dozen forms distributed over Tropical America; 
most of them have only recently become known. 
P. hippona Drc. (33 c) is dark brown on the anterior body and forewings, with a purple and coppery 
reflection. Abdomen orange-red, with long orange hair-tufts on the sides of the 3rd segment, the last ring brown. 
Hindwing red with a dark brown apical spot. Expanse of wings: 20 mm. Guatemala. 
P. phoenicolopha Hmps. (32 n) is dark brown on its head and thorax with a blue reflection; abdomen 
of a lighter brown, the 3rd and 4th rings and lateral hair-tufts carmine. Forewings dark brown; hindwing 
carmine, with a dark brown marginal band. Expanse of wings: 14 mm. Ecuador. 
P. procridia Hmps. (33 e). Head and thorax blackish-brown, with a metallic green reflection; abdomen 
blackish-brown, beneath green; the lateral hair-tufts on the 3rd ring yellowish-red. Forewings blackish-brown; 
at the border and costal margin suffused with golden green. Hindwings dark brownish-grey, the anal-angular 
lobe haired reddish-yellow. Expanse of wings: 20 mm. Paraguay. 
P. miniola Hmps. (34 i). Body orange, on the abdomen above carmine. Forewings orange, with 
black vein -streaks in the basal and marginal areas, and 2 black, dentate, antemedian and postmedian lines. 
Hindwings carmine with a black marginal band. Expanse of wings: 14 mm. Amazon. — In Peru there flies 
peruana form. nov. (= ab. 1 Hmps.) in which the sharp tooth outside of the anterior transverse line is absent 
on the median. 
P. strigivenia Hmps. (33 e) resembles miniola in the marking, but the ground-colour is yellow, only 
in the discal area there is a line-shaped, carmine marking. Hindwings with a slight carmine tinge. Expanse 
of wings: 16 mm. Amazon (Ega). 
P. convergens Schs. (33 e). By its larger size it differs from the preceding. Abdomen more pink. 
Anterior body and forewings light isabel-coloured; the forewings in the basal and marginal halves on the veins 
striped black; in the middle of the proximal margin rises a black line turning round the cell-end and ending 
again at the proximal angle; it encloses a light yellow area, with a red spot in the cell-end and some red dusting 
in the submedian space. Hindwing yellow with a black apical spot. Expanse of wings: 18 mm. French Guiana. 
P. pexicera Schs. (33 e) resembles strigivenia (33 e), but it has combed antennae, the body and fore- 
wings being of an ochreous yellow with a similar marking; anterior and middle transverse lines are connected 
by a black streak; at the cell-end there is a red spot. Hindwing carmine with a black apical spot. Expanse 
of wings: 14 mm. Venezuela. 
P. radicans Hmps. (= strigillata Rothsch.) (32 m). Head and thorax yellow; abdomen likewise, 
but above with a carmine tint. Forewings bright yellow, with red stripes on the cell-fold and submedian fold, 
the marginal area suffused with reel. Basal area like in the preceding striped black, behind it a black antemedian 
line; the posterior transverse line is irregular, running from the costal margin oblicpiely to the marginal line 
on the lower radial, then returning as far as below the cell-end near the anterior line, then again bent outwards; 
marginal area in the upper half with black veins; an antemarginal curved line. Hindwings yellow, with a slight 
carmine tint. Expanse of wings: 16 mm. British Guiana. 
P. aurea Btlr. (33 f). Body orange-yellow, on the venter with black bands. Forewings golden yellow, 
with a similar bluish-black marking as the preceding, and a carmine cell-spot. Hindwing carmine, with a black 
apical spot being in the £ prolonged to a marginal line. Expanse of wings: 14 mm. Venezuela; Amazon. 
P. sesapina Btlr. (33 p) resembles aurea , and is of a paler yellow, the abdomen above tinged red. 
It differs by the very strongly dentated anterior transverse line; the red median spot is generally absent, whilst 
in — rubripunctata form. nov. (= ab. 1 Hmps.) from Bolivia it is present. Hindwings carmine with a small 
brown apical spot. Fringes brown, at the proximal angle orange. Expanse of wings: 16 mm. Brazil (Espiritu 
Santo); Bolivia. 
41. Genus: Clhioiaosm Hmps. 
Proboscis developed; palpi slender, erect, not reaching the vertex. $ antennae ciliated. Veins similar 
as in the preceding genus, but the upper radial vein is petioled with the lower subcostal veins, the 3rd subcostal 
vein being absent; the middle radial vein is mostly also removed down as far as the cell-angle. On the hindwing 
the middle radial is absent, the rest like in Prepiella. 
Ch. apicalis Z. (36 d) is white, with an olive-yellowish tinge. The forewings are traversed by darker 
olive bands, the posterior one of which makes a large bow round a black discal spot; before the apex another 
oblique brown streak and below it one at the margin. Hindwings white with a small, brownish-grey subapical 
spot. Expanse of wings: 18 mm. Rio de Janeiro. — subsp. nov. trinitatis (= subsp. 1 Hmps.) is of a purer white, 
with a slight yellow tint. Trinidad. 
