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HALISIDOTA. By Dr. A. Seitz. 
however, also from the Rio Songo (Bolivia), only differs by the dark red dorsum of the abdomen. 
fanamo. H. tanamo Schs. (58 i). One of the few sjiecies of this genus with a red abdominal dorsum. Through 
the broad forewing extends a median transverse row of 4 or 5 large rings; behind it an oblique nebulous stripe 
and in the distal area fragments of faded ring-markings. Hindwings dirty white with yellow margins. Cuba. 
batesi. H. batesi Rothsch. (58 i), unknown to me, is very variegated, body and forewings orange-yellow, 
thoracic dorsum dotted black and marked dark red, forewing finely striated dark and with numerous brown, 
somewhat irregular spots, which are concentrated behind the cell-end and in the marginal third to larger brown 
spots enclosing again a submarginal row of white cuneiform spots. Hindwing rosy-red with a broad yellow border 
and a bone-white proximal part. From Teffe (Ega) on the Amazon. 
ohvia. H. obvia Dgn. (58 i), from Guiana, is similar, but less variegated, with a dark violettish-brown abdomen, 
and the hindwings overshadowed with blackish. Fore wing golden yellow, strewn with brown atoms which 
are concentrated to a post-median band, a series of submarginal spots, a cell-end spot and a longitudinal streak 
from the costa behind the base as far as beyond the anal angle. Guiana. 
turrialba. H. turrialba Schs. (58 k). Larger, otherwise like ohvia, the abdomen above dark brown and the hind¬ 
wing brown, only in the cell and behind it yellow. Forewing golden yellow' with orange-red spots at the costal 
and proximal margins and chains of brown crescents. From the apex to the proximal margin near the base a 
thick, dark brown, partly expanded dentate line through the wing, almost parallel to the costal margin. Described 
according to a <$ in the National Museum at Washington, from Costa Rica. 
nubUosus. H. nubilosus Rothsch. (58 k). Scheme of markings rather similar as in turrialba, but the ground- 
colour is a dull white, the hindwings bone-coloured, the abdomen yolk-coloured; the undulate lines in the forewing 
enclose manifold white, cuneiform spots. Peru. 
brunnei- H. brunneitincta Hmps. (59 a). Forewings dull whitish, shaded with grey, brown and yellowish, 
tmrtci. w pq w hitish, somewhat irregular embedments; recognizable by the thoracic markings, the red abdomen spotted 
black, and the middle of the hindwing being traversed by a band of large white spots; also below the costal 
margin and before the border the hindwing shows white spots. From Rio de Janeiro; certainly rare in the 
immediate surroundings of the town. 
rusca. H. rusca Schs. (58 k). Likewise from South Brazil, with brick-red thoracic dorsum and forewings 
on which numerous, scattered, dark brown atoms, leaving some places free, form then lighter red spots, as they 
do in the submedian space, in the posterior part of the cell, in the distal third and at the border and proximal 
margin. Hindwing at the margins likewise brick-red, the interior of the wing dull diaphanous whitish. Abdomen 
dark greyish-brown, on the dorsum black transverse spots. 
pseudoma- H. pseudomaculata Rothsch. (58 k). Like the preceding from South Brazil, the forewings whitish-grey, 
culata. along the costal and distal margins as well as right through the disc before and behind the middle extend sulphu¬ 
reous macular rows, at the costal margin separated by brown costal spots; brown transverse bands near the 
base and before the middle. Head and thorax orange, abdomen lighter yellow than the hindwings. 
ronda. H. ronda Jones (59a). This species also originates from South Brazil (Castro); forewings yellowish- 
grey, finely strewn dark, with 6 or 7 transverse chains of rather equally large, white, ellipsoidal spots beginning 
at the costal margin with a large rhombic spot. Hindwings dull white, abdomen orange. 
macnlata. H. maculata Harr. (59 a). This butterfly, variable both as larva and imago, inhabits the United 
States of North America. The typical form is almost unicolorously golden yellow, with orange ring-chains 
across the forewings and pale-yellow hindwings. In the apical costal area of the forewing some small spots 
agassizii. are encircled with brown instead of dark yellow. — agassizii Pack. (= californica Wkr., salicis Bsd.) (59 a) 
differs entirely by the spaces between the macular chains being filled up with red-brown in the whole costal- 
g> (it If era. and proximal-marginal areas; from the Western States. — guttifera H.-Schdff. (= fulvoflava Wkr.) (59 a) 
shows the whole ground of the forewing brown and the yellow macular chains in the disc interrupted in such 
a way that the light yellow spots are complete only at the costal and proximal margins. Nova Scotia. — In 
angutitera . angulifera Wkr. (= alni Echo.) from the North West States the imago being more intensely dusted with brown 
deviates less than the larva which shows black instead of white pencils at- the anterior and posterior parts. — 
eureka, eureka Dyar from California is entirely dusted with brown, so that the marking becomes quite indistinct 
again, particularly the forewings are brown at the costal and proximal margins, between more yellowish-brown. 
te.ranci. — texana Rothsch. from Texas is similar, but smaller and paler, the markings of the forewings still duller. — 
Larva black, densely covered with lemon-coloured hair which are longer at the sides. On the dorsum of the 
5th to 12th rings there are 8 paired tufts of black hair, on the 4th to 10th rings there are also lateral black hair. 
In typical larvae the 0 Halisidota-'peneAte at the anterior end of the larva are purely white, like the long pencils 
