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TEPILIA. By Dr. W. Schaus. 
lucernaria. 
maculosis- 
sima. 
maculosa. 
cuprea. 
minor. 
crossed by antemedial, medial and postmedial wavy lines; termen light buff; a terminal dark line. Expanse: 
48 mm. Surinam. This species is unknown to me and is wrongly identified in collections. Described from figure 
in Cramer. 
P. lucernaria Wkr. (74 i). $. Head and collar vinaceous fawn. Thorax army brown. Abdomen above 
fawn colour, becoming paler towards anal segment. Forewing vinaceous fawn suffused with drab except on 
costa; basal, antemedial. medial and postmedial darker lines, the antemedial and medial outbent, incurved 
below cell, and more so below vein 2, the postmedial well beyond the two black spots on discocellular, slightly 
outcurved below costa, then vertical and lunular; a fine outer whitish line partly edged with black, followed 
by semihyaline spots, those above vein 5 narrower and outbent towards apex, those between 5 and 3 larger; 
termen fawn colour. Hindwing mostly fawn colour; double antemedial and a medial dark lines; the postmedial 
like outer line of forewing, followed by two semihyaline spots between veins 3 and 5. Colombia; Guatemala. 
P. maculosissima Dogn. (74 i). <§. Palpi and thorax army brown. Head, collar and abdomen vinaceous 
fawn. Forewing vinaceous fawn; base vinaceous brown limited by the pale outwardly dark edged antemedial 
line which is outcurved to vein 2, then incurved and approaching medial line on inner margin; medial line inangled 
on subcostal, outcurved and touching postmedial at veins 4—2, then incurved; two black points on discocellular; 
postmedial incurved below costa, and deeply outcurved beyond discocellular to which it is much closer than 
in lucernaria Walk, and maculosa Dogn. ; outer line whitish partly dark edged, outcurved at costa, then vertical, 
followed by hazel spots (not semihyaline) diverging above vein 5 to apex, the spots from veins 2—5 larger, 
all outwardly edged by a fuscous black line; termen vinaceous brown. Hindwing with faint hazel spots beyond 
postmedial line between veins 2 and 5. French Guiana. Intermediate between P. lucernaria Wkr. and P. 
maculosa Dogn. 
P. maculosa Dogn. (74 i). <$. Fore wing differs from P. lucernaria Wkr. in having the discal mark linear, 
the spots beyond outer line less hyaline, except the three apical spots, and outwardly bordered by a fuscous 
black line. On the hindwing there are no traces of spots beyond the outer line. Head and thorax drab. 
Abdomen above cinnamon drab, with pale segmental lines. Forewing light drab; base largely cinnamon drab 
limited by a light drab strongly outcurved line, incurved below vein 2 and outwardly edged with cinnamon 
drab; a broad postmedial fascia, outcurved, broadest at costa, its outer edge wavy and with black spots or 
a line on discocellular; a more remote fine whitish outer line, outcurved from costa then almost vertical to 
inner margin; termen broadly light vinaceous drab with semihyaline spots close to outer line, but not reaching 
inner margin. Hindwing with broad cinnamon drab medial fascia ; a fine postmedial hair brown line outwardly 
edged with whitish; terminal space broadly cinnamon drab suffused with purplish. There is considerable 
variation in the size of the hyaline spots on forewing. French Guiana. 
P. cuprea Kaye. (75 a). <$. Body and wings benzo brown with a silky gloss. Forewing: a fine, pale, 
antemedial line well outcurved from costa to above submedian then vertical; a similar outer line, outcurved 
below costa, slightly sinuous below vein 5; a small reddish brown spot on discocellular; a small yellowish spot 
near termen above vein 6. Hindwing: base of costa whitish; two pale lines on inner margin; a faint medial 
line, and a better defined postmedial line, slightly darker with pale edge on outer side. There is great variability 
in position and curve of lines, especially on underside, where the postmedial line either precedes, follows 
closely, or is remote from discocellular. Expanse: 35—60 mm. Trinidad, West Indies; Guianas; Costa Rica; 
Guatemala. 
P. minor Schs. (75 a). <$. Head and abdomen cinnamon drab, the latter dorsally suffused with benzo 
brown. Thorax benzo brown. Fore wing mostly benzo brown with light greyish olive irrorations on inner side 
of antemedial line, on costa and between postmedial and subterminal lines; lines fuscous; antemedial and post- 
medial lines outcurved below costa, vertical below cell; postmedial lunular slightly outcurved at costa then 
vertical; a fuscous point on discocellular followed by a lunule from costa conjoined with medial line below 
it; costal edge tawny; a fuscous subterminal line outangled on vein 8, then incurved to termen at vein 3 
followed by a tawny line between veins 6 and 8. Hindwing benzo brown, the outer half suffused with greyish; 
dark medial and postmedial lines. In some specimens the body and wings are fawn colour instead of benzo 
brown. Expanse: 29 mm, $ 39 mm. Trinidad, Paraguay. 
18. Genus: Tepilia Wkr. 
<$. Palpi upturned reaching middle of frons, thickly but smoothly scaled, slightly fringed in front. 
Antennae bipectinated to tips. Legs almost smoothly scaled; hind tibiae with 2 pairs of spurs. Forewing: costal 
margin straight, apex produced; veins 2, 3 and 4 equally apart; 4 from angle; 5 from above angle; 6 from 
