CROCOMELA. By Dr. M. Hering. 
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1. Wings mostly with a more or less intense blue lustre, hindwing without yellow marking. In the $ the yellow 
marking is generally sonewhat broader than in the £. Body black, often with a blue lustre, rarely with yellow colourings. 
C. colorata Wkr. Wings black, at the bases with a blue lustre, the yellow spot in the almost ovi¬ 
form, 5 to 6 mm broad at most, in the $ posteriorly expanded, 6 to 7 mm broad. Length of forewing 
16 to 20 mm. Colombia. 
C. abadesa Dgn. (65 h) is similar to colorata, but smaller, forewing 16 to 17 mm long, the yellow 
band in the $ 4, in the $ 5 mm broad at most, somewhat darker yellow. Colombia. 
C. regia Warr. Forewing and hindwing more extensively blue than in the preceding, the black mar¬ 
gin of the hindwing only about 2 mm broad, the blue colour of the forewing being paler, extending near to the 
band; otherwise like C. colorata. Ecuador. 
C. imperialis Drc. resembles abadesa (65 h), but the yellow band is at the costa very narrow, 3 mm 
broad ($), maximum 5 mm. The blue lustre strongly developed in a similar way as in regia. (Was not 
at hand.) Ecuador, Chiguinda. 
C. unifasciata Drc. (tf = rubiplaga Warr.). Forewing brownish-black, with an orange-red, large (ma¬ 
ximum 6 to 8 mm) discal spot. The area from the base to the discal spot is pale grey. (Was not at hand.) 
Ecuador. 
In the following species the yellow band is broadest at the costa, whence it narrows down. 
C. inca Schs. (65 g). Base dark blue, band 7 to 8 mm broad ($), length of forewing 18 mm. Hind¬ 
wing in the $ almost black, only at the anal margin blue traces. Chanchamayo, Peru. 
C. maxima Drc. (65 g, h). Forewing 19 (<$) to 26 (§) mm long, the yellow band relatively narrower, 
at the costa 5 (<$) or 7 ($) mm broad; base of wings not with an intense lustre, but dull greyish violet, 
Bolivia. 
C. minima sp. n. (65 h) is similar to maxima, the yellow band here also extends almost to the margin, 
but it is smaller, length of forewing 16 ($) to 19 ($) mm, band 4 (d 1 ) to 5 ($) mm at the costa, bases' 
of wings with a dark blue lustre. Bolivia. types in the Berlin Museum. 
C. conscita Drc. (= volitans Warr.). Forewing black, scarcely lustrous blue, with a large yellow 
spot which at the costa is strongly extended towards the base; the costa itself remains finely black. The 
bordering of the yellow spot extends from % of the costa hardly bent almost to the end of the 1st cubitus 
and bends round before the 2nd towards the base, from there it extends convex as far as shortly behind the 
rise of the axillaris, the foremost part of this convex bow being situate shortly behind the rise of the 2nd 
cubitus, not touching the cell and finally with the last part about on the axillaris to the base of the wing. 
Hindwing black, in the <$ anteriorly lighter with a brown scent-spot surrounded by ochreous. Peru, Chan¬ 
chamayo. 
C. praelata Warr. is similar to conscita, the distal edge of the yellow spot arises nearer the apex, ex¬ 
tending to the end of the 3rd median, where it bends in a right angle to the end of the 2nd cubitus. (The 
species was not at hand.) Peru, like the preceding. 
C. flammifera Warr. ($). Wings blackish-purple, with a reddish-orange spot of a similar shape as 
in the preceding, its distal edge arising from about % of the costa and likewise running to the end of the 3rd 
median, whence it extends close at the margin to the 2nd cubitus. From there it likewise goes with a convexity 
to the base, which, however, touches the posterior margin of the cell. Expanse of wings: 50 mm. South- 
East Peru, Limbani, in November. (Was not at hand.) 
C. orthocraspeda sp. n. (65 g) is quite similar to flammifera, the distal edge of the orange spot extends 
almost straight to shortly before the end of the 2nd cubitus, not being angularly bent at the 3rd median, 
extending about from the centre of the 1st cubitus along it and then along the posterior margin of the cell 
to the base. South East Peru, like the preceding, in March. $ type in the Tring Museum. It is not impos¬ 
sible that this species is the $ of the preceding or another generation of them. But as the species of 
Crocomela often fly together, this question cannot be decided yet. 
C. trigonata Warr. ($) is separated from conscita Drc. and flammifera Warr. by the much broader 
orange area of the forewing; its distal edge extends from % of the costa to the distal margin, before which it 
bends round on the 1st cubitus and goes to the axillaris, from where it extends, roughly bordered and nar¬ 
rowing down, to the base of the wing. (Was not at hand.) Peru, Huanuco. 
2. Also the hindwing with light markings. 
C. intensa Wkr. ($ = marginata Warr., vitellina H .-Schdff.) (65 i). Deep yellow wings, with broad, 
black distal margins, forewing from the base broadly black, this border being then narrowed; about from 
the centre of the costa the broad black margin begins, occupying the apical third and extending bent to 
about 4 / 5 of the hind margin. Hindwings at the costa without a black border, in the $ the anterior half 
of the wing is pale, not scaled, with an oblong brown scent-spot. Venezuela. 
colorata. 
abadesa. 
regia. 
imperialis. 
unifasciata. 
inca. 
maxima. 
minima. 
consciia. 
praelata. 
flammifera. 
orthocraspe¬ 
da. 
trigonata. 
intensa. 
