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PHRICODIA. By Dr. M. Dratjdt. 
allied to arcaei that it can be scarcely separated; the apex of the forewing is somewhat more pointed, the 
transverse lines are just as little bent below the costal margin. Ground-colour browner, more irregularly 
mixed with ochreous, of the latter colour are spots especially before and behind the subterminal line; discal 
spots diminutive. Hindwing without a discal spot, more yellowish than the forewing, with 2 distantly separated 
postmedian and submarginal transverse lines. Abdomen brownish orange with black rings. Para; before me 
from Surinam. 
amalia. Ph. amalia Stoll. (117 C f) is very similar to hircia, but easily discernible by the undulate-dentate course 
of the posterior transverse line. According to the figure, the type is a small species, with a feeblv dentate 
postmedian line. A very similar specimen from Para, likewise named amalia, is before me from the Berlin 
Museum. Ground-colour light brownish ochreous, in the marginal area more violettish-grey; scheme of 
markings otherwise as in hircia , the median area scarcely darker, the subterminal line intensely marked as a 
notched line, with 2 double-pointed projections between 2 and 4, where it is outside distinctly bordered with 
whitish, before it spotted yellowish ochreous; upper marginal half darkened reddish-brown. Hindwing towards 
the margin feebly pinkish-brown with 2 separated grey postmedian nebulous bands and a faint discal spot. —- 
afflata. afflata Strd. (117 D a) certainly belongs as a subspecies to this place. It is larger, the postmedian line is stronger 
and more regularly notched, the median area broader, the upper white and lower black discal dot distinct. 
Strand’s type from Sarayacu (Ecuador) is somewhat lighter and more variegated than the figured specimens, 
from Mocoa (South Colombia), which I owe to the kindness of Mr. Niepelt. 
I!, rosacordis-group. 
rosacordis. Ph. rosacordis Wkr. (117 C f). Forewing reddish cinnamon brown with 2 broad straight blackish-grey 
antemedian and postmedian transverse stripes which are broadly bordered with light lilac pink on the inverted 
sides; behind the exterior stripe follows a straight brightening of the ground-colour, then the almost straight 
darker subterminal band which turns to the apex only above vein 7 and is outside broadly bordered with 
whitish pink again; a whitish strangulated discal streak is insignificant or absent. Hindwing at the base with 
somewhat more reddish ochreous hair, with or without a narrow blackish discal streak edged with yellowish- 
white, and 2 lilac pink subterminal bands enclosing a darker band. Abdomen black with narrow white rings, 
at the base pink, anus pinkish brown. Brazil. 
opis. Ph. opis Sells. (117 D a) is very similar to rosacordis, but the colour is a darker brown on an average, 
the transverse stripes are not straight, but both at the costal margin bent to the base, the anterior one also at 
the inner margin, whereas the posterior one turns here towards the margin; the lilac pink border may be very 
broad, or also absent altogether; the yellowish-white discal streak has almost the shape of a sand-glass, it may 
also be absent; the subterminal band inclusive of its lilac pink marginal border is likewise more curved and 
extends from the apex to vein 4 obliquely inward and projects towards the margin between 4 and 2. Brazil, 
common (Sa. Catharina; Joinville; Parana). 
colax. Ph. colax sp. n. (117 D b). Forewing of J light coffee brown, transverse lines less curved than in opis, 
scarcely bent below the costal margin, much narrower and more distinct, but scarcely darker than the ground 
and on both sides narrowly and distinctly bordered with greyish-white, not quite straight, but unnoticeably 
undulate-dentate, the interior light border-line broader than the exterior one; discal streak black, bordered 
with yellowish-white. Subterminal line similar as in opis, but more irregularly notched, between 4 and 5 more 
or less interrupted. Hindwing in the basal half pink, behind it like the forewing, slightly lined with red, the 
interior band of the hindwing inwardly bordered with greyish white, behind it at the apex a whitish spot. 
Body as in opis. The $ is of a somewhat more red-brown ground-colour. According to a couple from Rio Grande 
do Sul in the Coll. Bang-Haas. 
arpi. Ph. arpi sp. n. (117 D b) is likewise similar; fore wing broader olive brown, of the transverse lines only 
narrow violet reddish-grey lines are left, the anterior line somewhat undulate, the posterior one quite straight 
as in rosacordis-, the very narrow discal streak is black, narrowly bordered with yellowish. Of the subterminal 
line only a light lilac apical spot distally bordering on it is present, the rest quite indistinct. Hindwing at the 
base bright pink, costal margin and distal half olive brown. Abdomen as in opis. Type: 1 $ from Rio de Janeiro, 
e Coll. Arp in the Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt-on-Main. 
rubripes. Ph. rubripes (Weym. i. 1.) n. sp. (117 D b). quite dark, chocolate-brown with but one broad faded 
posterior transverse line of a blackish-grey colour, inwards hardly noticeably bordered with whitish and quite 
straight; discal spot as in opis. Hindwing at the base with a pink hue, likewise with a broad blackish-grey 
postmedian line and a very indistinct subterminal band. The $ is similarly marked, but the anterior body 
and wings are light ochreous, almost as in Aglia tau-$. Abdomen as in the other species of the group black 
with narrow white rings, at the base pink, in the $ with ochreous hair. Type: from Joinville, $ from Parana, 
both in the Berlin Museum. 
vaejans. Ph. vagaris Wkr. (117 D c) is much smaller than the preceding ones, with more pointed and narrower 
wings. Ground-colour greyish-brown, with a slight ochreous hue subterminally, slightly darker transverse 
lines, the posterior one straight and rather oblique, passing close at the yellowish-white, mostly bipartite discal 
