HYLESIA. By Dr. M. Drattdt. 
annulatcc 
ochrifex. 
rufipes. 
scale x. 
gigantex. 
polyploca. 
acuta. 
hamata. 
to: 
margin, between them with a large discal shadow-like spot; subterminal line as in praeda. Hindwing greyer 
with 2 darker postmedian nebulous lines and discal spot. Abdomen ochreous brown. Peru. Amazons (before 
me from Itaituba e Coll. Stgr.). 
Ho annulata Schs. Thorax and abdomen above black, beneath golden ochreous. Fore wing brownish- 
grey with blackish-brown transverse lines, the interior one inwards, particularly at the costal margin, bordered 
with light reddish-brown, interrupted below the cell, in the cell outside with a light brown spot, behind it with 
a large blackish-brown discal ring filled with light brown; exterior transverse line fine, dark brown, apex 
blackened, subterminal line an irregular brownish shadow, the margin behind it darker and strewn with olive 
brown. Hindwing olive grey, cell and inner margin blackish-brown, with a dark postmedian line, subterminal 
shadow and discal ring. Expanse of wings: 56 mm. Costa Rica. 
H„ ochrifex Dyar is allied to annulata, smaller, at once discernible by the ochreous abdomen with its 
brownish bands. Apex of forewing hardly falcate as in annulata ; discal ring smaller, finer and less shaded, 
the dark area at the base less black, more intensely light-spotted, the distal line less curved. Expanse of wings: 
44—48 mm. Carabaya (Peru). 
H. rufipes Schs. Thorax blackish-brown, with lilac hair, abdomen above black, laterally, beneath and 
at the end red, with rosy-red feet. Wings lilac pink, with fine olive brown veins and similar transverse lines, 
the interior one almost straight, inwardly shaded with blackish brown, the posterior line a dark shadow with 
a line which is distantly separated from the posterior line, but confluent with it on vein 4; at the cross-vein 
a dark brown more or less ring-shaped shadow; subterminal shadow of the usual shape with distal projections 
between 2 and 4. Hindwing at the inner margin brownish with a feeble discal spot, a dark postmedian line 
and subterminal shadow. Expanse of wings: 41 mm. Costa Rica. 
H, scalex n. sp. (112 f). Allied to ochrifex, lilac brown, basally and in the median area darker purple 
brown with lighter spots, the base of the inner margin as well as the basal area of the hindwing with ochreous 
hair; antemedian line almost covered by the dark basal area, the discal ring, too; posterior transverse line 
feebly curved S-like, double, the interior portion distinctly dark brown, the exterior part somewhat lighter, 
distally faded, between these parts fine dark veins, looking like the rungs of a ladder; marginal area very light, 
subterminal line sharply and pointedly notched on 5, 6 and 7. Hindwing as in index, the interior postmedian 
line more angular. Abdomen ochreous, with brown bands. The $ is monotonously grey with a slight lilac tint. 
3 type from the Rio Songo (Bei lin Museum), $ co-type from Villavicencio (Colombia), Coll. Hopp-Charlottenburg, 
$ type from Pto. Alegre, Rio Pachitea, in the Berlin Museum. 
H. gigantex sp. n. (114 f). Very large, apex of the wing produced, distal margin oblique. Sooty 
brownish, antemedian line rather indistinct, of the same shape as in scalex, far produced in the cell, nearing 
the discal spot and almost parallel to it, receding on the median vein as far as the origin of 2, and once more 
obtusely distally angled on the submedian fold; discal spot large, hazy black; the dark, distally light-edged 
postmedian line parallel to the margin, forming fine distal toothlets on the veins; subterminal band defined 
by the lighter marginal area, forming pointed dents on 6 and 7, and above it terminating with the most pointed 
and darkest dent into the apex, projecting rounded between 2 and 4. Hindwing with a very feeble discal streak, 
postmedian and subterminal lines, the latter line very near to the margin. Abdomen with rusty brown hair. 
Type 1 $ from Bella Vista (W. Colombia) in the Coll. W. Niepelt. 
H. polyploca sp. n. (112 f) has narrower wings than gigantex-, light grey, finely dusted with white, at 
the costal margin broad white, with brownish-grey transverse lines and a distinct discal ring; anterior transverse 
line below the costal margin at first inwardly angled, on the subcostal vein pointedly outwardly angled, below 
the cell inwardly broken off, then obliquely outward to the centre of the inner margin, inwardly bordered with 
a lighter colour, the exterior line somewhat distally produced on the veins, with a feeble darker shadowy line 
before it, which bends down subcostally as a broad distinct nebulous stripe and extends vertically to the costal 
margin, behind it with the darker subterminal shadow of the usual shape; the darkened apex is parted by a 
white oblique patch. Hindwing very light pinkish-grey, at the margin brownish-grey, sharply defined by the 
subterminal shadow, before it with a very feeble postmedian shadow. Thorax grey intermixed with long white 
hairs, base of abdomen, abdomen above black, laterally narrowly rusty yellow, ventrum light greyish-brown. 
Type: 1 S from Brazil, exact habitat not mentioned, in the Berlin Museum; 1 $ co-type with broader wings, 
more shaded, from Passa Quatro (Southern Brazil) in the Coll. Hopp-Charlottenburg. 
c) acuta-growp with a falcate apex of the forewing and a dark brown oblique basal band at the inner 
margin. 
H. acuta Drc. (112 f) is monotonously lighter or darker pinkish-brown, with hardly any markings 
excepting the smoky blackish apex, traces of the postmedian shadow and the oblique basal band which is 
deep brownish-black like the thorax. Abdomen golden ochreous. The larger $ is paler, with a broad brownish 
postmedian nebulous band and discal spot, feebly marked also on the hindwing. Mexico. 
H. hamata Schs. (112 g) is extremely similar to acuta , darker purple brown with faint traces of a 
postmedian line before the nebulous stripe and a very indistinct small discal spot. Abdomen less bright 
ochreous, more sooty brownish, anus reddish ochreous. Guatemala: Costa Rica. 
