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ROLEPA. By Dr. W. Schaus. 
erica. 
marginepic- 
1a. 
nigrostriga. 
dcmerara. 
castrona. 
-fiachna. 
from apex, below vein 6 continuing as an almost straight line to vein 3; some darker brown hairs at base of 
inner 4 margin. Hindwing: double antemedial and a postmedial chestnut brown short line on inner margin; 
a fine dark discal line and a wavy postmedial line, closely followed by a more distinct sinuous line, outwardly 
paler edged; termen suffused with vinaceous rufous. Underneath the pale outer line is nearer termen. The 
3 is rather paler in colour. Expanse: 3 38 mm, 9 54 mm. Venezuela. 
R. erica sp. nov. (75 b). $. Body and wings avellaneous, the latter suffused on termen with vinaceous. 
Forewing: antemedial line fine, darker; a fine chestnut brown streak on discocellular; postmedial and following 
line much closer to cell than in previous species; subterminal line from apex paler, inbent from apex and 
vertical to vein 3, inwardly white edged between veins 6 and 8. Hindwing: dark lines on inner margin as 
in nearly all the species of Itolepa; medial and postmedial lines near together, the latter finely dentate, followed 
by a dusky subterminal shade. Hindwing below with the postmedial line straight. Expanse: 42 mm. Argentina. 
R. marginepicta Dogn. (75b). 3 • Frons light drab; vertex whitish; thorax pale purplish grey; collar 
and tips of tegulae chestnut brown; abdomen dark grey with fuscous transverse lines. Forewing hair brown, 
largely irrorated with white scales, on costa at base, along costa to antemedial line and beyond this line to 
outer line; a fuscous streak along base of inner margin; antemedial line whitish outcurved; an outcurved medial 
fuscous line; a velvety fuscous black mark on discocellular inwardly edged by an inangled white line: post- 
medial line fuscous, outcurved, well defined; outer line fine white, well outcurved from costa inwardly finely 
edged with black followed by a chestnut brown line outbent to apex at vein 6; terminal area suffused with 
reddish brown becoming greyish towards apex. Hindwing whitish suffused with drab; a hair brown streak 
on discocellular, and a similar postmedial line inangled below costa; outer line white with dark edge; terminal 
area orange cinnamon, cilia chestnut brown with white spots. Expanse: 3 44—50 mm. The Guianas. 
R. nigrostriga Sch.s. (75 b). Palpi and frons light brown, vertex pale grey. Thorax and abdomen 
drab grey. Forewing pale drab grey; antemedial and postmedial lines filled in with light drab; a faint subbasal 
line; antemedial line double, sinuous, outbent to median, then vertical to inner margin; a black line on disco¬ 
cellular; first outer line, outcurved at costa, vertical below vein 5, minutely wavy, the outer line, outangled 
below vein 6, fine, straight, slightly inbent; a broad light drab terminal shade from vein 2 to apex preceded 
above vein 6 by a white and chestnut brown line. Hindwing: the lines as on forewing, the antemedial downbent 
from costa near base, curved to inner margin below cell; a hair brown line on discocellular. On both wings 
the outer postmedial line is narrowly edged on outer side with whitish. Expanse: 42 mm. Venadio, Mexico. 
R. demerara sp. nov. (75 b). 3 • Thorax light drab, with a brown band posteriorly and the collar 
brown. Forewing pale drab grey, the lines filled in with light drab; an obliquely upbent fuscous black streak from 
base of inner margin; antemedial line hair brown, double, almost medial, the lines more widely apart on costa, 
outbent, curved below cell and again at inner margin; a chestnut brown small triangular spot on discocellular; 
postmedial line double, the first line outcurved, lunular, the second line fine, deeply outcurved beyond cell, 
then faintly incurved to inner margin; a broad terminal hair brown shade from vein 6 narrowing to tornus; 
an inangled line from apex with a fuscous brown vertical line between veins 6 and 8. Hindwing suffused with 
light cinnamon drab, the lines faint; antemedial hardly traceable, except by the two dark streaks on inner 
margin; first postmedial line very faint, the outer fine and well defined, slightly sinuous; some cinnamon drab 
shadings on terminal space. Expanse: 48 mm. British Guiana. 
R. castrona Sch.s. (75 b). $. Body and wings russet vinaceous, the lines vinaceous brown. Forewing: 
an antemedial geminate line, outbent from costa to median and vein 2, the lines meeting on inner margin; 
a small dark line on discocellular; postmedial line finely wavy, outcurved around cell followed by a more distinct 
line parallel to it and outwardly pale edged; a dark subterminal line from vein 6 to apex, inwardly pale edged. 
Hindwing with only the outer lines as on forewing. Wings below similar, without the antemedial lines on 
fore wing. Expanse: 41 mm. Castro, Parana, Brazil. 
R. fiachna .sp. nov. (75 b). 3■ Body and forewings cinnamon drab with slight purplish suffusions. 
Forewing: base and lines darker; an antemedial line defined by the darker scaling, suffusing with an outbent 
lunular blotchy shade, inbent below vein 2; postmedial outbent from costa and curved well beyond cell; outer 
line fine, dark, outwardly pale edged, less outcurved than the postmedial; a subterminal dark shade from vein 
9 to vein 3. Hindwing suffused with fawn colour except on costa; medial line hardly perceptible; postmedial 
line well marked, a continuation of outer line of forewing. Forewing below pinkish buff, the termen and hindwing 
suffused with cinnamon; faint postmedial and well defined outer line. Expanse: 3 39 mm. Manucapruru, 
Amazons. 
