METOSAMIA; TELEA; TROPAEA. By Dr. M. Braudt. 
6. Genus: Metosamia Drc. 
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Founded upon 2 Central American species which are very closely allied to the following genus Telea 
from which they merely differ in the wings being somewhat differently shaped; palpi extremely short, $ 
antennae with extraordinarily broad pectinations. In both wings 5 and 6 arise from the upper cel I-angle. The 
apex of the <$ forewing is very long, below it a long deep concavity; the same is the case with the hindwing, 
where the apex ends into a sharp point; the wing is dentate below the concavity, prolonged at 4 into a pointed 
angle. Both wings with hyaline spots. 
Type: M. godmani Drc. 
M. godmani Drc. (129 a). Above bright yellowish-red, costal margin ashy grey, the centre of the cell godmani. 
with a large white triangular spot bordered with pinkish carmine distally, with a straight similar line to the 
inner margin below the cell; a round hyaline spot bordered with yellowish-white and finely with black at the 
cell-end; subterminal line grey, outside narrowly white. Hindwing the same, without the antemedian line, the 
hyaline spot is more brightly bordered with white and exhibits another white crescent inwardly in the black 
border. The $ shows much larger hyaline spots and more broadly white-edged subterminal lines. Mexico. 
Columbiana /. n. (129 a) is much less reddish, more lemon-coloured, with more oval hyaline spots, the hindwing columbiana. 
is much less concave and dentate; apex not so far and pointedly produced; a darker median shadow of both 
wings being very faint in the nomenclatural form is distinct here, the white antemedian line is distally bordered 
with pink and also distinct on the hindwing, the subterminal line more intensely undulated, projecting on the 
veins. According to a fine couple from Western Colombia, e Coll. Hopp-C'harlottenburg. 
M. montezuma Salle is very much like T. polyphemus from which it differs in its larger size, the more montezuma. 
produced apex of the forewing and much more intensely notched wings, beside the differences of neuration: 
subterminal bands blacker, ocellus of hindwing smaller and surrounded by a distinct black ring, the interior 
light blue crescent distinctly outlined on both sides. Mexico. 
7. Genus: Telea Him. 
This genus contains but one well-known species; large and strong, with rather broad wings and a 
moderately produced, rounded apex of the forewing, below it the distal margin shows a slight concavity. Apex 
of hindwing rounded and only slightly produced. Structure of palpi, antennae etc. exactly the same as in the 
preceding genus. The stout, cylindrical larva exhibits the dorsum of each segment somewhat pyramidally 
raised and shows rows of small tubercles set with 2 bristles each. It pupates in a cocoon wrapped in leaves, 
which drops to the ground with the leaves in autumn. 
T. polyphemus Or. (= paphia L., fenestra Perry). Lighter or darker ochreous or purer light yellow polyphc- 
(= ab. flava Grt .) with a blackish antemedian line bordered with white inside and interrupted on the median, „ mus. 
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a broad grey and lilac white subterminal line and a round hyaline spot finely bordered with yellow and black 
at the cell-end. Hindwing similar, but the antemedian line is absent and the subterminal line is broader; 
ocellus very much larger, broadly surrounded by black and inside by blue. oculea Neum. (= aurelia Drc.) ocvdea. 
(129 b) (the tricuspid apex of the forewing on the figure is added by the artist!) is a form extending to the 
south as far as Mexico, larger, with a more extended apex of the forewing and a longer produced apex of the 
hindwing, with a deeper concavity below it; ocelli larger, surrounded by a diffuse black ring on the forewing, 
olivacea Clcll. is a form of a more olive brownish ground-colour. Also melanistic specimens entirely black olivacea, 
above are known, as well as albinotic specimens. The fine green larva with silvery white oblique stripes lives 
on nearly all kinds of foliage-trees and pupates in a dense cocoon. Occurring in the Northern U. S. A. in one 
generation, in the south in two. 
8. Genus: Tropaea Hbn. 
Conspicuous by the long tails of the hindwings into which the veins 1 and 4 terminate; the feeble cross¬ 
vein is almost straight in both wings. Apex of hindwing almost rectangular. Antennae of <$ bipectinate, the 
pectinations much shorter in the $. Palpi extremely short; eyes relatively large. Chest peculiarly clad with fine 
woolly hair. Abdomen of rather slim. The cylindrical pupa shows very deep articular incisions and is set 
with rows of knobbed tubercles, as in Telea. Probably only one species occurs in America, though it is very 
variable locally. 
Type: T. luna L. 
T. luna L. This common species which is everywhere well-known and frequently bred is light green luna. 
with a purple brown costal margin with which a hyaline, red-edged discal spot is coherent; distal margin 
