83 H 
ANURAPTERYX. By M. Gaede. 
beckeri. 
yephyra. 
brueckneri. 
interlineata. 
meticulosa. 
flavidorsata 
insolita. 
ribbei. 
crenulata. 
6. Genus: Anurapteryx Hmps. 
Separated from Lonchotura by the shape of the wings. The margin on the hindwing is slightly undulated 
in the typical species. Type: beckeri Drc. 
A. beckeri Drc. (138 d). Forewing reddish-brown with a darker median band. Its edges are undulated; 
the interior one extends from the costal margin obliquely outwards to the base of vein 3, then vertically to the 
inner margin; the exterior one below vein 6 obliquely distad, then vertically on. The brightening behind the 
median band at the costal margin is feebler than it is figured by Deuce. The dark submarginal line is indistinct, 
the black undulated marginal line distinct. Hind wing orange; blackish-brown at the inner margin as far as the 
cell and the indistinct median line. The margin is narrow and indistinctly dark. 40—45 mm. Mexico, Guatemala. 
A. gephyra M. Her. (138 d). Forewing as in beckeri, but the light spot at the costal margin whiter. Sub¬ 
marginal and marginal lines as well as the space between them lighter. The whole basal area of the hindwing 
is dark, notchedly defined. A narrow notched yellow band behind it is somewhat angular in the middle. Beneath 
rather much like beckeri. $ 48 mm. Guatemala. 
A. brueckneri M. Her. (138 d) is somewhat smaller. On the forewing similar to a darkened beckeri. 
Hind wing smoky brown at the inner margin as far as vein 3 upwards and from the costal margin to vein 7. 
also at the distal margin; the remaining median area orange. A narrow somewhat lighter band beneath is less 
distinct on the forewing. <$ 36 mm. Guatemala. 
A. interlineata Wkr. ( = abbreviate Maass., liriope Weym. i. 1.). In spite of its size and the tail on the 
hindwing the species belongs to this place owing to the spined tibiae as Dr. M. Hekixg has proved. The under 
surface is also very similar to beckeri and differs a little in the arrangement from that being usual in Homidiana , 
so that one can probably decide accordingly, even in specimens without legs, whether it is a species of Anurap- 
teryx or not. The broad dark median band of the <$ is very concave between 4 and 2 and parted by a light 
patch at the costal margin. The yellow band on the hindwing is broad, often split at the end. The interior line 
on the $ forewing is somewhat lighter than in the <$. The double exterior line is shaped as the distal edge of the 
median band in the <$, the interior branch stronger, lighter. The yellow marginal line on the hindwing is often 
anteriorly longer than in the 44—54 mm. Central America to Ecuador, Peru. — meticulosa- $ Pfeiff. The 
light streak at the cross-vein-on the forewing does not only despatch indistinct notched lines, but it is continued 
almost to the interior line on the centre of the wing incurved to the middle of the inner margin. The light 
interior and dark exterior portion of the exterior band is not separated by a blackish line. The yellow interior 
band on the hindwing beneath is also marked above. Rio Aguaca, Western Colombia. 
A. flavidorsata Hmps. Thorax olive, tegulae and patagia with dark brown edges. Abdomen reddish- 
yellow with a dark median line. The ground-colour of the $ is olive and reddish-brown in the median and distal 
areas. The basal and interior lines probably similar to interlineata- $, with angles at veins 2 and 1. The light 
patch at the costal margin of interlineata is represented here by a white median line with an olive band behind 
it, extending along the median vein to the interior line; then obliquely outwards with a small angle at vein 1; 
enclosing a blackish-brown triangle at the costal margin as far as the median vein. The olive band is distally 
edged by a black double line which is angled inwards at vein 1. Exterior band as in the $ of interlineata, purely 
white inside, with inward points at veins 4—1. Submarginal line also white, undulated as far as vein 5, then 
as in interlineata, also with black oblique streaks. Hindwing grevish-brown with an orange-red band as in 
interlineata, but ending at the inner margin with 2 white streaks. Before this band another faded reddish- 
yellow band from behind the upper cell-angle to vein 4 near the main band and terminating at vein 2. This 
additional band is less distinct in the $, oblique, extending from 6 to 4. 50 mm. Colombia, Peru. 
A. insolita Strd. (138 d) is very similar to interlineata by the shape of the spotted median band on the 
forewing. A fine light line at the margin at vein 7. Hindwing light yellow, blackish at the inner margin as far 
as vein 4 with an interruption in the middle. Hind wing beneath with more numerous finely dentate lines than 
in interlineata, otherwise very similar to it, although the upperside of the hindwing is rather different. 42 mm. 
Exact patria not stated. 
A. ribbei Drc. (138 d). Fore wing cut out at the distal margin below the apex, in the $ also similar to 
interlineata , but less distinct. An exterior band is marked by a lighter colour. A narrow notched yellow band 
on the hindwing extends to the inner margin. A reddish-brown exterior band in the $ is as feebly curved as 
in the species of Homidiana. In the median band the rhombic spot at the costal margin and the narrow one at 
the inner margin are more prominent than in the <$, as is also the case in interlineata- $. Very dark before the 
strongly notched submarginal line. Hindwing beneath quite similar to insolita and interlineata. 38—42 mm. 
Panama. 
A. crenulata Barn. Forewing above pinkish reddish-yellow, the broad median band intensely dusted 
with grey, strangulated in the middle; notched outside, indistinctly edged inside. The basal area is paler, 
likewise dusted with grey. Lightest behind the median band and gradually turning blackish-brown towards 
the submarginal line which is composed of pale lunae edged with dark grey. Marginal area pale. The whole wing 
with dark fine notched lines. Hindwing grey at the base, defined by an irregular dark line, behind it somewhat 
more pink than on the forewing. ? mm. Arizona. — Judging from the patria, the species is presumably not 
correctly ranged here. 
