iurbida. 
riachuela. 
notodon¬ 
toides. 
attenuata. 
cor ana. 
alaia. 
purpu- 
rascens. 
916 ELYMIOTIS. Bv Dr. M. Drattdt. 
that of the preceding genus, but vein 5 arises much nearer at 6; the cell of the hindwing despatches all its 
branches without a stalk. Only two species are known. 
Type of the genus: P. iurbida Mschlr. 
P. turbida Mschlr. (= apicenotata Dogn., castaneobrunnea Rothsch.) (144 e) has yellowish-brown 
forewings densely strewn and dusted with red-brown, with indistinct double transverse lines and a greenish 
spot before the anterior one below the cell; a double reniform-macular streak at the cell-end is closed above, a 
large dark red-brown subterminal crescentifrom spot near the costal margin encloses black longitudinal striae, 
a small light reddish-yellow subapical spot at the costal margin is bordered with deep velvety brown distally. 
Hindwing dark brown. Guiana. 
P. riachuela Jones (144 e) is much smaller than turbida , brown, with double darker transverse lines 
filled with ochre, the posterior line quite indistinct, the upper distal half of the median area strongly darkened 
in a triangular shape, enclosing 2 yellowish-white triangular spots which are similarly shaped as in the very 
well-known Didugua leona (146 a), but somewhat larger. Hindwing brown with lighter fringe. Brazil. Bolivia. 
19. Genus : Elymiotis Wkr. 
Structure very similar to that of the preceding genus, but with shorter antennae and also shorter palpi. 
Neuration almost the same, but vein 5 arises somewhat deeper, but above the centre of the cross-vein. 
Type of the genus: E. notodontoides Wkr. 
E. notodontoides Wkr. ( = sericea Wkr., phaleroides Wkr.) is similar to the two next species, but con¬ 
siderably larger; fore wing somewhat more brownish, without the intense transverse speckling, the double dentate 
transverse lines are more distinct; the black transverse streak below the cell is absent, but there is more blackish 
shading in the median area; a plain reniform macula in a somewhat lighter ring is in the cell-end, followed by 
dark longitudinal lines between the darkened veins; the silvery white longitudinal streak is absent. Hindwing 
greyish-brown. Brazil. 
E. attenuata Wkr. (= ancora Fldr.) (144 e) is a very common, widely distributed species with greyish- 
brown forewings with darker transverse speckling, indistinct double dentate transverse lines which begin more 
distinctly and very obliquely at the costal margin; a very characteristic jet-black transverse streak below the 
cell is slightly interrupted by the submedian fold and bordered on both sides by erect, partly lighter scales; 
one black dot in a somewhat lighter ring at each cell-angle, some fine blackish-brown longitudinal lines behind 
it, the lowest being interrupted in the middle by a silvery white longitudinal streak which bifurcates a little 
distally. Hindwing grevish-brown. Mexico to the Amazons. 
E. corama Schs. (144 f). This species is found in the collections partly as longara Stoll which, according 
to the figure and description, has pectinated antennae, or as attenuata Wkr., or ancora Fldr., both of which are 
smaller species. Forewing silvery greyish-brown, the markings blackish-brown; transverse lines double, the 
anterior one angled on the median vein, where it is defined inwards, with erect velvety black scales as far as 
vein 1; a velvety black spot in the lower cell-angle, a smaller one above it farther outside; median vein and 
vein 4 shaded with dark above, with whitish beneath; a small triangular white postmedian spot between 4 and 5 ; 
marginal area between 4 and 6 brownish-grey, veins 5 and 6 and the space between them, as well as above and 
below them striped black; a black undulate-dentate line before the margin. Hindwing brown, lighter towards 
the base with white fringe and a small double anal spot. The $ is more monotonously greyish-brown with less 
prominent marking. Expanse of wings: 48—54 mm. Mexico to French Guiana. 
E. alata Ere. ( 144 f) is differently coloured and marked; smaller and lighter coloured, especially the 
inner-marginal area is lighter, more yellowish, less marked, all the transverse markings finer, the black ante-median 
streak below the cell distinctly double; a distinct whitish patch before that streak to the base; the light forked 
longitudinal streak in the lowest longitudinal line before the margin is not white, but contrasts only slightly 
with the yellowish ground-colour, another similar streak is above it. Hindwing greyish-brown with light 
yellowish fringe. Distal margin of forewing less strongly notched. Honduras, Panama. 
E. purpurascens Btlr. (144 f) is very similar to attenuata, but decidedly darker and more red-brown on 
the whole, the black antemedian streak below the base is much less prominent, the fine longitudinal linear 
marking in the subterminal area is less pronounced owing to a dark brown shadowy blotch above it; the lower 
one of the two discal dots is much thicker, spot-shaped and in a distinct lighter ring, the posterior transverse 
line is more distinct, more spotted, especially strong at the costal margin. Hindwing darker brown. From 
Panama to the Amazons. 
plechelm. E. plechelm Schs. is somewhat similar to purpurascens, from which it differs in the absence of the white 
forked longitudinal streak; the ground-colour is more cinnamon reddish grey, but much lighter, Isabel-coloured 
