DIRPHIA. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
delta. 
oridocea. 
trisignata. 
pulchricor¬ 
nis. 
schreiteri. 
spuniosa. 
flora. 
ayuruoca. 
epiolina. 
766 
D. delta Foett. (= <$ aphrodite Schs.) (115 d) is very similar to lombardi, the median area is narrower, 
the light basal portion outside irregularly bordered, the subterminal line is absent except a triangular dark 
costal-marginal spot, the discal Y almost entirely lacks the proximal branch, and the upper one ends more 
rounded. Hindwing of $ without the discal spot and postmedian line; in the $ they are present. South- 
Eastern Brazil. 
B. oridocea Schs. (115 d). Forewing with a dark oblique basal inner marginal area, the light pinkish- 
grey basal spot therefore ends pointedly below; in the dark brown median area with a creamy longitudinal spot 
on the median vein, and at the cell-end a large irregular spot outside with a long appendage ending taperingly 
and cutting the pinkish-brown postmedian line, the spot itself filled with a brown linear marking: occasionally 
there are small white dots above and below the appendage which may also be separated from the discal spot 
itself; marginal area as in pulchricornis . The P is much lighter brown. Peru; Bolivia; Brazil (Espiritu Santo). 
D. trisignata Fldr. (= irregularis Foett.) (115 d) is somewhat similar to oridocea, darker brown, the 
pink basal area at the costal margin longer than at the inner margin; at the cell-end a glossy silvery creamy- 
white renimacular spot centrally marked brown, with 1 or 2 dots behind it; subterminal area scarcely lighter, 
the subterminal line very indistinct. Hindwing brown, basally pink. Brazil. Larva, according to a figure by 
F. Schade-Villarica, above yellowish-green, beneath more bluish-green with a pink lateral stripe, scanty 
firtree-like short spines and on the 2nd and 3rd rings 2 much longer straight porrect spines each, on the last 
ring 2 turned hindward. 
D. pulchricornis Wkr. (= pomona Fldr.) (116 a) is very similar to trisignata, of a duller colouring, the 
basal spot does not end so pointedly at the inner margin, the median area is bordered more in a parallel way, 
behind the discal spot the dots are absent ; hindwing lighter pinkish-brown with a distinct lighter submarginal 
line. Mexico to Venezuela. 
D. schreiteri Schs. (116 a). Palpi, chest and legs red, head olive brown; thorax and abdomen black, 
basal segment red, the following ring-indentations without scales, anus orange, ventrum whitish, -with olive 
hair, laterally spotted and dotted white. Fore wing with a blackish-brown basal stripe, behind it a large white 
triangular spot; median area sandy brown, slightly strewn, at the costal and inner margins whitish; cell end 
blackish-brown, with a short white streak on the median vein and a large white reniform spot at the end between 
vein 3 and the subcosta, centred yellow, strewn with black scales, and with a white branch on vein 5; marginal 
third somewhat lighter than the median area with a whitish postmedian spot from the costal margin to 6, and 
a white line between 3 and the inner margin; a broad subterminal whitish band incurved from the costal margin 
to 5, excurved to the margin on 3 and at the anal angle. Hindwing scantily scaled, basal and marginal areas 
suffused with sandy brownish, the marginal area strewn with white, at the cross-vein a spot bordered with 
white, and red hair at the base of the inner margin. Tucuman, Argentina. 
D. spumosa Vuillot was not before me. Fore wing brownish ashy-grey, spots and markings yellowish- 
white; at the base a hook-shaped spot extending along the costal margin, then turning narrowed back to the 
inner margin, and cutting a long white spot at the lower edge of the cell: at the cell end a large triangular white 
spot; a subterminal whitish brightening from the apex, very sinuate, then narrowed to the inner margin, 
traversed by brown veins; hindwing light chocolate, scantily scaled, at the inner margin with light red hair. 
Metathorax and patagia with long grey hair; thorax brown, posteriorly garnet-red. Abdomen above brown, 
beneath red-brown, on each side 2 white dots on each ring. Expanse of wings: 80 mm. Brazil, Sa. Catharina. 
D. flora Schs. is near 'pulchricornis, more pinkish brown, the large irregular yellowish-white discal spot 
is erect, not oblique as in pulchricornis , it exhibits in the centre an irregular brown spot parted by a. white line; 
distal area lighter brown with a grey subterminal shadow and behind it pink shading before the marginal area 
which is brown between the apex and vein 2. Hindwing brownish, at the margin narrowly pink. Expanse of 
wings: $ 69, $ 89 mm. Costa Rica. 
D. ayuruoca Foett. (116 a), described according to a is of a lighter yellowish-brown ground colour, 
the oblique dark basal inner marginal spot is absent, the basal spot is greyish-white and below the cell it shows 
a long narrow appendage; behind the discal renimacular spot there are single yellowish-white dots and a 
longitudinal streak on vein 5; postmedian line parallel to the margin and to the subterminal line behind it, 
the latter projects, dusted with greyish-white, towards the margin between 2 and 4. Hindwing lighter and 
greyer with a feeble discal spot and a straight subterminal line. Abdomen black, with narrow reddish-yellow 
rings, with rusty brown anal hair. Southern Brazil. 
D. epiolina Fldr. (116 a) connects ayuruoca with picturata. Fore wing on the olive yellow ground densely 
strewn with black hair-scales, marking very similar to that of picturata, basal spot not reddish but light 
yellowish-grey, the discal macula much larger and more complicated, all the veins of the median area abun¬ 
dantly spotted yellowish-white; the marginal markings almost as in picturata, but more yellowish-white, and 
before them with a bluish subterminal band. Hindwing more smoke-brown, at the inner margin with cinnamon- 
brown hair; abdomen as in picturata. A most variable species, from Venezuela to Southern Brazil (Sa. Catharina; 
C.ci/Sci' Branca). 
