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XANTHOPHAEINA. By l)r. A. Seitz. 
below the apex of the forewing. Although the numerous, very closely allied forms of this group are probably 
only partly distinct species, they are still enumerated separately here, since they have since been kept separate 
in the catalogues. 
1. Colouring unicolorously yellow. 
striata. P. striata Dgn. (55 i). Of a bright dark yellow, forewing with a white longitudinal stripe above the 
upper cell-wall and above the base of the proximal margin; veins of the forewing black except the transverse 
vein, abdominal dorsum with a black saddle-spot. From Colombia to Bolivia, in some places common. Not rare. 
nervosa. P. nervosa Fldr. (55 i) is very much like striata, but the veins of the forewing finer black, and on the 
dorsum of the abdomen no black saddle-spot. Colombia to Bolivia and Peru. Not rare. 
2. Forewing violettish-grey with dar k b ands; h e a d a b o v e w bite. 
affinis. P. affinis Rothsch. (55 i), from Popayan and Merida in Venezuela, has (in the $) cpiite unicolorously 
palmcri. dark brown hindwings. Abdomen orange with a dark dorsal spot on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd ring. — palmeri Rothsch. 
is larger and the has the whole hindwing almost as far as the fringes diaphanous white, much farther than 
the $ of the typical affinis. San Antonio in West Colombia. 
drucei. P. drucei Rothsch. (= josephina Schs.) (55 i). The dark dorsal spot on the abdomen extends as 
far as the 5th ring and is continued in minute spots to the end of the abdomen. Mexico, Colombia. 
iodea. P. iodea H.-Schaff. (56 a) is very similar to drucei, abdomen above in the $ quite black except the 
margins. Hindwing quite blackish-brown, only the inner-marginal area yellowish. Jamaica, Mexico to Guiana. 
rosenbergi. P. rosenbergi Rothsch. (55k) is the smallest species; hindwing only at the base white, abdomen 
with yellow lateral spots, otherwise the abdomen blackish-brown. Ecuador. 
peruviana. P. peruviana Rothsch. (55 k). Abdomen with a black belt (rings 2 and 3) being extended yet on the 
middle of the dorsum of ring 4, the posterior half of the abdomen again yellow, with narrow dark segmental 
margins; hindwings (in the g) whitish diaphanous, apex and inner-marginal area brown. Border of the forewing 
straight, not indented. Peru. 
albiceps. p. albiceps Wkr. (= inermis Schs.). Forewing less banded than in the species enumerated so far; 
abdomen as far as ring 3 dark brown, then yellow with a blackish apex, dark segmental margins and a blackish- 
Ineiana. brown dorsal spot on ring 3. Panama to Brazil. •— In luciana Strand from Sa. Lucia, the head is above yellow 
instead of white. 
ducasa. P. ducasa Schs. {= palmeri Rothsch. <$ nee $) (55 k) has the abdomen above cpiite blackish-brown 
except the broad golden yellow belt at the base and narrow, small, yellow transverse bands at the end of the 
abdomen. Hindwing entirely whitish hyaline except the brown apical part and dark dusting on the border 
and inner-marginal area. Venezuela. 
saduca. P. saduca Drc. is almost exactly like albiceps, but with a broad orange belt at the base of the abdomen, 
like iodea, but the latter is without the dark wings in the posterior half of the abdomen. Costa Rica to Bolivia. 
punctata. p. punctata Rothsch. (= albiceps Hmps. nec Wkr.) (55 k) is one of the smallest forms with very 
dark, broadly banded forewings, the abdomen orange-yellow as far as the apex, with but narrow black segmental 
margins. Described from Surinam; the figured specimen, however, from Mexico. 
74. Genus: Xaiithoplfiaeiiia Hmps. 
This genus is based upon the $ of a species entirely unknown to me. The type is in the Oxford Museum 
and another example is in Felder’s collection in the Tring Museum. According to Hampson, the species has 
a strong proboscis, palpi of medium length the terminal joint not stunted, doubly-combed antennae with 
the teeth widened at the ends, a broad, densely haired thorax and rather broad, normally shaped wings. The 
1st subcostal vein rises shortly before the upper cell-angle, out of which rises the footstalk common to the 2nd 
to 5th, from the same spot as the upper radial. The two other radials proceed from the lower cell-angle; 
close before the latter the upper median vein branches off. Hindwing with all the veins, the discocellulars being 
angled. 
levls. X. levis Drc. 58 mm; head, thorax and the‘basal part of the abdomen dark brown with a violet 
reflection. On the hindwing in the discal area a V-shaped spot is placed in such a way that the ends of 
the sides are situate below the costa at the beginning and end of the discal area, whereas the lower apex of 
the V is situate above the middle of the proximal margin. The proximal side of the Vis much broader, particularly 
in its lower part, than the distal one. Posterior half of abdomen orange, the 4th segment above black, the others 
with a black dorsal dot. Beneath the abdomen is black with rows of yellow punctiform spots. Popayan in 
Colombia; beneath Felder’s specimen it only says: ,,Brazil“. 
