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AGYLLA. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
hampsoni. A. hampsoni Dogn. (37 e). Palpi, like in the preceding, hairy. Head and thorax steel-grey, forehead 
more brownish; antennae and anterior border of the collar yellow; abdomen above light grey, beneath yellow; 
legs yellow, at the tarsi blackened. Forewing white, in the proximal half steel-grey, the costal margin fine 
yellow. Hindwing entirely white. The under surface of the forewing in the blackish-brown with a broad 
yellow costa, hindwing white, in the costal part brownish. In the $ the underside is unicolorously greyish-white 
without the yellow costal part. Expanse of wings: 36 to 40 mm. South East Peru. 
erigone. A. erigone Schs. (37 e) differs from hampsoni by its longer size, the abdomen being beneath light 
grey, not yellow. In the there is, besides, the underside of the forewing lighter grey, along the costal margin, 
at the cell-end and below the cell reddish-yellow, whilst in the larger $ these parts are white. Expanse of wings: 
40 to 44 mm. Costa Pica. 
asm. A. asra Schs. (37 f) differs from erigone by its much smaller size, the forewings being grey, instead 
of white, with broadly white veins and a darker grey inner-marginal area. Hindwing likewise grey, at the base 
and proximal margin white, with a black spot at the costal base. Beneath similar to hampsoni. Expanse of wings: 
20 mm. Costa Rica. 
tobera. A. tobera Dogn. (37 e) is easily recognizable by the collar being orange-yellow in the anterior half. 
Head and thorax otherwise brownish-grey. Antennae, chest, legs, and palpi orange, the latter with a black 
terminal joint. Abdomen orange, towards the base brownish. Eorewings silvery white, costa orange, inner- 
marginal area brownish-grey, beneath tinted orange with a brownish-grey marginal area. Hindwings white. 
The $ is without any orange. Expanse of wings: 38 mm. Ecuador, Bolivia. 
maasseni. A. niaasseni Dogn. (— argentea Maass., umbrifera Drc.) (37 e) is much larger than tobera. Body 
white, tinted brownish-grey, palpi and forehead darker. Anal tuft yellowish. Forewings yellowish-white, inner- 
marginal area light brownish-grey; beneath orange-yellow, at the margin greyish brown. Hindwings white. 
In the $ the abdomen is darker and beneath the orange colouring is absent . Expanse of wings: 44 mm. Panama, 
Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador. 
endoloba. A. endoloba Hmps. (37 e) is distinguished by the very convex, almost lobular proximal margin. 
Body white, tinted smoky grey, abdomen somewhat lighter; antennae reddish-yellow; underside yellowish. 
Forewing white, in the proximal half smoky-grey, the costal margin reddish-yellow. Hindwings white. Under 
surface of the forewing yellowish-white with a large smoky-brown spot at the proximal angle. Expanse of 
wings: 34 mm. West Colombia (Rio Dagua). 
dognini. A. dognini Hmps. (37 e). Head and thorax smoky-grey, antennae orange; abdomen yellowish-white, 
above grey with very long anal tufts. Forewings white, in the inner-marginal area grey, the costal margin 
ochreous-yellow, towards the base blackish. Hindwings yellowish-white, with a strongly extended apex and 
below it a concave excision. Forewings beneath yellowish, more or less dusted grey, in the $ also the hindwings 
white. Expanse of wings: 48 mm. Bolivia. 
subvoluta. A. subvoluta Schs. (37 f) is very closely allied to dognini, but much smaller. The body is above more 
unicolorously grey. The grey inner-marginal area is below the submedian much darker than above it; at the 
base of the fringes there is a dark grey line. Hindwings white, at the margin, particularly at the apex tinged 
grey. Forewings beneath dark grey; hindwings like above, at the apex darker grey. Expanse of wings: 30 mm. 
French and Dutch Guiana. 
sandaejo- A. sanctaejohannis Schs. (37 f). Body above grey. Abdomen at the end darker. Forewings white, 
hanms. ^j ie ex treme proximal margin grey. Hindwings white, thickly dusted grey, particularly at the margin. A very 
small species of an expanse of wings of only 19 mm. French Guiana. 
subcinerea. A. subcinerea Schs. (37 f) is allied to the preceding, but larger. Head and thorax brownish-grey 
with whitish hair on the basal joint of the antennae; abdomen above dark grey, at the base and end lighter. 
Forewings white; costa in the <$ in the basal third finely dark grey, behind it reddish-yellow; proximal margin 
below the fold dark grey. Hindwings grey, at the base and proximal margin white. Under surface of forewings 
dark grey. In the $ the costa is white, and on the white hindwing only the apex shows a grey tinge. Expanse 
of wings: 27 to 28 mm. Costa Rica. 
poasia. A. poasia Schs. (37 f) is allied to the following species, but larger. Head and thorax smoky-grejr, 
shoulder-covers with white apices; abdomen dark grey, at the base lighter, at the end brownish. Forewing 
silvery white, with a smoky-grey proximal margin. Hindwing white, tinged yellowish. Forewings beneath 
smoky grey, with a white subcostal stripe and a white proximal margin. Hindwings white.' The $ has more 
purely white hindwings, and a lighter under surface of the forewings. Expanse of wings: 38 to 36 mm. Costa Rica. 
sericea. A. sericea Drc. (= galactina Maass., limpida Mschlr.) (37 f) is a very common and widely distributed 
species, from Mexico through the whole of Central America, Brazil, Colombia, as far as Bolivia and Peru. The 
is above white, on the body slightly tinged brownish-grey, with yellowish anal tufts; forewing with a narrowly 
blackish-grey costal margin and a slightly darker inner-marginal area, which is still darker in the $. The 
petrola. abdomen is white in the $. -— In Brazil and Bolivia there flies a form: petrola Schs. with a darker grey thorax 
and proximal margin of the forewing. Expanse of wings: 30 to 34 mm. 
endocapnia. A. endocapnia Hmps. (37 f). Head and thorax blackish-brown, antennae brown; abdomen white, 
above brownish. Forewings silvery white, at the proximal margin tinged deep blackish-brown. Hindwings 
white, under surface white, forewing in the marginal area brownish. Expanse of wings: 38 mm, $ 40 mm. Peru. 
