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HALISIDOTA. By Dr. A, Seitz. 
falacra. 
a pice punc¬ 
tata. 
con iota. 
tonga. 
cuneipunc- 
ta. 
angulata. 
epinephctc. 
pseudoman- 
da. 
dallipa. 
flu cor via. 
perdentata. 
a Ibipcnn is. 
terranea. 
slipulaia. 
In typical hadrhs the forewings are by far more traversed by transverse nebulous stripes than in the form falacra 
Dgn. (57 k) figured by us, where they are almost unicolorously yellowish-brown, finely dusted with blackish. 
Whilst bactris is described from Surinam, falacra. originates from Colombia and is distributed as far as Bolivia 
and Peru. - apicepunctafa Schs. (58 a) looks very differently, but it still seems to me to belong to this species. 
Here the forewing has, beside the dot at the lower cell-angle, another one in and before the apex, and the hindwing 
an antemarginal band of greyish-brown nebulous spots, tapering off from the anal angle towards the apex 
and withdrawing from the border, not reaching, however, the apex. — The larva of bactris is black and black- 
haired, with yellowish-red feet, the pencil at the anterior and posterior ends golden yellow directed in front 
resp. behind, as in most of the Halisidota. It lives on Bactris acanthocarpus and changes from a grey cocoon 
into a brown pupa *). 
H. coniota Hupps. (58 a) is a large species with an entirely grey body tinged orange only at the head 
and prothorax. Forewing dull bone-yellow irrorated with fine brown atoms and small dark punctiform spots 
along the costal margin and border, as well as at the lower cell-angle. Hindwings grey, in some parts tinted 
yellowish-red. Guiana to South Brazil, Bolivia and Ecuador. 
H. longa Grt. (58 a) replaces coniota in the north and seems mostly or exclusively to come from Florida 
(Jacksonville, February; Enterprise). Here the marking is very dull, more distinct are only a streak through 
the small dark spot at the lower cell-angle and some small preapical spots. Hindwings diaphanous yellowish- 
white. 
H. cuneipuncta Rothsch. (58 a). Body and wings unicolorously pale ochreous-yellow, the forewing 
with quite faintly darker markings consisting of a feeble shade at the forkings of the median, some striae at 
the costa, small antemarginal sagittiform spots and small marginal rings. Mexico. 
H. angulata Rothsch. (58 a). Whilst the $ greatly resembles cuneipuncta, the shows bright colours, 
particularly a red tinge at the thorax and a blackish-brown tinge at the end of the abdomen. Forewing with 
a dark brown costal stripe, a brown longitudinal ray in the submedian space, a blackish bow behind the cell- 
end and a curved brown antemarginal line. Peru. 
H. epinephete Hmps. (= nebulosa Rothsch.) (58 a) is dull ochreous-yellow, the forewing with very 
numerous rows of yellowish-red rings and undulate lines. A small, postmedian, somewhat curved, little pro¬ 
minent nebulous band. Hindwings diaphanous bone-colourecl. Rio, through the Amazon District as far as 
Ecuador and Peru. 
H. pseudomanda Rothsch. (58b) is similar, but the fore wing scarcely shows traces of the dark trans¬ 
verse band, but a brighter brown costal margin and more densely arranged undulate lines. Guiana, Peru. 
H. dallipa Jones (58 b). Almost quite unicolorously bone-wliite, only the prothorax and neck finely 
tinged purple. Forewing strewn with scanty, small, black scales; an antemarginal row of extremely delicate, 
tiny dots. From the Brazilian state of Parana. 
H. flavorufa Rothsch. (58 b). Body yellow, brightly tinged pink. Hindwings pale yellow, irrorated 
with many red-brown atoms, which are concentrated behind the lower cell-angle round a white guttiform spot 
and form likewise behind the cell a brown, white-pupilled diffuse spot and a similar one above the proximal 
margin. Guiana and Ecuador. 
H. perdentata Schs. (58 b). Greyish ochreous-yellow, the forewing in its apical part very much darkened 
its marking consists of two rows of brown hook-shaped spots and of an antemarginal row of small dark rings? 
Mexico; the species is apparently rare or of a small range. 
H. albipennis Hmps. (58 b). This conspicuous species is easily discernible by the bone-white wings 
and the orange abdominal dorsum. Forewing with very delicate, small dots being more distinct only at the 
costal margin, and with parts of a postmedian undulate line. Bahama Islands. 
H. terranea Rothsch. (58 b) cannot be confounded with any other species. Beside the brown marking 
of the forewing, the large spot in the cell, the smaller one at the cell-end, and the hook-shaped spot in the sub¬ 
median space, the species is characterized by the hindwings being broadly margined with brown and by 
the abdomen being dark brown above. Thorax marked brown. Amazon. 
H. stipulata Rothsch. (58 b). In this larger species the abdomen is black only in its basal half, the 
posterior half and the thorax being yellow. Forewing yelloiv intermixed with white cuneiform spots and hooks, 
the most conspicuous one of which is situate behind the cell in a violettish-brown cloud. Hindwing with a grey 
inner-marginal area and small dark cuneiform spots at the apex. Guiana. Peru and Bolivia. 
*) A remarkable fact is t-lrat the description of the larva almost exactly resembles the figure of the larva of 
Automolis rutilus, so that a mistake — probably of the larva of A. rutilus. — is not out of the question; the latter is 
figured on a twig of Psidium, 
