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DRASTOMA; PRONERICE; TAGELA. By Dr. M. Drattdt. 
plusioides. 
arema. 
argenta. 
sura. 
jocasta. 
dardania. 
disjuncta. 
cymantis. 
C. plusioides Fldr. resembles the preceding species; forewing light red-brown, much lighter in the distal 
half of the inner margin, the absent transverse lines are replaced by a yellowish spot before the middle below 
the cell, bordered on both sides by erect silvery scales; the silvery white subterminal band is threefold in the 
upper half, the 3 parts being divided and terminating into the margin on the 3 lower veins. Hindwing brownish- 
grey. Colombia to Brazil. 
C. arema Schs. (143 a) is somewhat smaller than plusioides , but very similarly marked. Forewing vio- 
lettish brown, reddish in the costal-marginal area, with a lilac tint at the inner margin, veins 2—4 speckled 
grey and black, with a yellowish silvery antemedian spot below the cell, parted by dark and distally bordered 
by erect brown scales; a dark brown spot at the cell-end, a silvery stripe extends from this spot to the yellowish- 
brown subterminal area as in plusioides. Hindwing whitish at the base. Costa Rica to Guiana. 
C. argenta Schs. is a much larger species. The violettish brown forewing shows lighter veins in the 
median area; an olive brownish antemedian line bordered with silvery crosses the cell, a fine silvery dent 
extends to the base; a silvery line distally along vein 6 as far as the white submarginal line which is bordered 
with yellow in the upper half; this colouring is strongly widened apically, oblique yellow streaks extend from 
the lower half to the margin. Hindwing brown. Expanse of wings: 43 mm. French Guiana. 
C. sura Schs. is the smallest species of all. with brown forewings which are tinged reddish-yellow towards 
the costal margin, more lilac towards the inner margin; the cell and a shadow behind it are darker brown, a 
broad whitish subbasal area is divided by a greenish-yellow line; a white transverse streak is in the cell, a 
silvery white line behind it extends to the broad white submarginal band which is traversed by a grey and 
yellowish line and narrows down below the centre to a white line. Hindwing violettish-brown. Expanse of 
wings: 26 mm. Brazil. 
C. jocasta Schs. (143 a) almost looks like a species of Pseudantiora with light olive grey forewings 
transversely watered with white, an indistinct double red-brown basal transverse line and a red-brown and 
black longitudinal line from the basal third of the costal margin through the cell between 5 and 6 to the distal 
margin ; a red-brown spot is belov the median vein at the place from where the lower branch arises, another 
quadrangular subapical spot at the costal margin. Hindwing brownish-grey. Brazil. 
2. Genus: Drastoma Schs. 
The only representative of this genus is a large, quite uncommonly coloured lepidopteron with long 
narrow forewings and a slight angle at the distal margin between the upper radial branches; vein 5 of forewing 
arises from the upper cell-angle, 6 arises before the end of the accessory cell; the two lower subcostal branches 
on a joint stalk. Hindwing as in Calledema. 
Type of the genus: D. dardania Drc. 
D. dardania Drc. (143 b). This unmistakable, most conspicuous insect is dark cerise in the costal- 
marginal part of the forewing, yellowish below it; described from Honduras and Costa Rica, occurring as far 
as Colombia. 
3. Genus: Pronerice Schs. 
Palpi especially long in the first and second joints, $ antennae pectinated. Forewing similarly long 
and narrow as in Drastoma, but the costal margin much more convex; the stalk of the two lower subcostal 
branches is much longer than in Drastoma, accessory cell very long and narrow, 6 and 7 arise from its end. 
All the branches on the relatively large hind wing arise without a stalk. Only two species. 
Type of genus: P. disjuncta Dogn. 
P. disjuncta Dogn. (143 b). Forewing yellowish-grey, traversed by a black longitudinal line on the 
border between the upper and middle thirds, this line being slightly shaded above and bordered with whitish 
below, and showing a roundish convexity downward at the cell-end-. Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador. 
P. cymantis Schs. is much smaller than disjuncta, the brown fore wing shaded with blackish and strewn 
with grey except the distal margin, with a black cellular dot and a velvety black cross-vein: a postmedian 
row of black vein-dots, the veins before and behind them dusted with light brown; black marginal dots between 
the veins, fringe black, spotted brown on the ends of the veins. Hindwing dark brown, almost black distally. 
Expanse of wings: 38 mm. Guiana. 
4. Genus: Tagela Schs. 
Palpi more erect than in Pronerice , antennae tuftedly ciliated; forewing broader, with a straight costal 
margin; vein 6 arises before the end of the accessory cell, the two lowest subcostal branches not stalked. Veins 
6 and 7 of hindwing on a short stalk. Three species have been described so far. 
