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ARDONISSA; AKDONEA; APISTOSIA. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
procris. 
viridis. 
adscitina. 
ienebrosa. 
pecid iaris. 
nigella. 
morio. 
judaphila. 
judas. 
hindwing the upper median vein anastomoses with the lower radial in the <$, while in the $ they are petioled. 
All the rest like in the preceding genus. 2 tropical species: 
P. procris Fldr. (36 d). Head, thorax and forewings metallic bluish-green; all the rest blackish-brown 
in the $, in the $ with a purple blue, on the ventral side green reflection; the hindwings are rather thinly scaled. 
Expanse of wings: 24, $ 32 mm. Colombia, Peru. 
P. viridis Drc. Body greenish black, antennae black. Wings above quite black, beneath light metallic 
bluish-green. Expanse of wings: 29 mm. Brazil. 
93. Genus: Ai’doiiissa Dogn. 
Proboscis well developed; the erect, long-haired palpi project beyond the head; $ antennae ciliated, 
not thickened; forewings rather long and narrow; the upper median vein comes from the lower cell-angle, from 
which also the two lower radial veins rise petioled; the upper one comes from below the angle; the uppermost 
subcostal vein does not anastomose with the costal. Hindwings similar as in the following, but the upper median 
vein is petioled with the lower radial. Based upon 1 species from a lofty habitat in Peru. 
A. adscitina Dogn. (36 d). Body black with a dull bluish-green reflection. Forewings above metallic 
bluish-green, at the base brighter green, peacock-blue or coppery-bronze in a variable extent, sometimes also 
in the shape of stripes as far as the margin. Hindwings bluish-black. Expanse of wings: 23 to 24 mm. Peru 
(Cuzco). 
94. Genus : Ardoitea Wkr. 
Separated from the preceding genus by shorter, roughly haired palpi not reaching the vertex, and the 
antennal shaft being thickened before the middle, in the doubly combed, in the $ set with ciliary bristles. 
On the forewing the lower median vein rises behind the middle, the upper one before the lower cell-angle, from 
which the two lower radial veins rise unpetioled; the upper radial comes from the cell-angle; the 3 lowest 
subcostal veins rise on a joint footstalk, the 2nd freely from the cell, the uppermost anastomoses with the 
costal. On the hindwing the upper median and the lower radial vein come from the lower cell-angle; the middle 
radial is absent, the upper one on a short footstalk with the subcostal. The genus contains 5 forms from the 
northern parts of South America. 
A. tenebrosa Wkr. (36 d) is a very peculiar animal. The has the antennae above provided with 
thick hair, the abdomen is roughly haired, and the anal angle of the hindwing extended to a long lobe. Forewings 
yellowish-white, with blackish-brown veins, and in the marginal area internerval stripes, blackish-brown spots 
near the base, behind the cell, towards the proximal angle, at the apex and at the margin; hindwings dia¬ 
phanous brownish-white, at the costal margin and apex more darkened. Collar and shoulder-covers spotted 
yellowish-white, anal tuft orange to carmine. In the $ the dark colour is much more extensive. Metathorax 
with an orange spot. — In the form peculiaris Drc. the hindwings are much more darkened. Expanse of wings: 
32 mm. Peru, Colombia. 
A. nigella Dogn. (36 cl) is a minute, dark brown insect with a coppery-purple reflection; the hindwing 
is but slightly produced at the anal angle, the antennae only ciliated. The exhibits on the sides of the 5th 
abdominal ring long red-brown hair-tufts. Expanse of wings: 20 mm. Ecuador. 
A. morio Wkr. (= coracina Bsd., unicolor Fldr.) (36 d) is an extremely common animal of a very 
vast range. Body and forewings are of a deep bluish-green, hindwings of a purer blue. Expanse of wings: <$ 
34 mm, $ 40 mm. From Mexico through the whole of Central America as far as Colombia and Venezuela. 
A. judaphila Schs. (36 h) is a very small species of an expanse of only 21 mm. Head dark brown; 
collar and thorax orange-red. Abdomen violettish-black. Forewings greyish-brown; costal and proximal margins 
shaded with violet, similar internerval stripes are in the marginal area; at the base an orange-red patch. Hind¬ 
wings brownish-grey. From French Guiana. 
95. Genus: Apistosia Hbn. 
Very closely allied to the preceding genus and differing in the veins almost only by the presence of an 
accessory cell; the uppermost subcostal vein terminates freely into the costal margin and does not anastomose 
with the costal. The antennae are not thickened in the middle, in the combed or ciliated. The 1st abdominal 
ring shows strong, lateral tubercles. This genus belongs to the few Lithosiinae- genera that are represented on 
the eastern and western hemispheres. Comp. Vol. II, p. 63, and Vol. X, p. 198. 
A. judas Hbn. (36 e) is orange on its head and thorax; palpi, antennae, legs, and abdomen are 
brown with a blue reflection. Forewings dull bronze-green with a feeble brownish coppery lustre, in the marginal 
area more bluish. Hindwings brown. In the $ the abdomen shows orange sublateral spots on the last ring. 
Expanse of wings: $ 46, $ 56 mm. Known from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. 
