LYSANA. Bv Dr. M. Draudt. 
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colour, the black linear markings in it are finely edged with a brownish sand-colour, costal margin black with 
a fine double white antemedian line; a small reddish cinnamon spot at the inner margin in the dark basal part; 
distal half reddish, turning cinnamon-brown at the margin, an oblong brownish-black spot at the costal margin, 
from a black dot before it a reddish-yellow line extends to the inner margin; 3 fine indistinct postmedian lines, 
the first undulate-dentate, all of them with dark vein-dots; subterminal line whitish, edged with cinnamon- 
brown, a small dark spot behind it at the anal angle. Hindwing reddish-yellow, apex and margin suffused with 
a brownish cinnamon-colour, with a small dark anal spot. Expanse of wings: 63 mm. Brazil (Rio Purus). 
P. nystalina sp. n. (144 g). Wings shaped exactly like those of Nystalea, but according to the neuration nystalina. 
it is a Proelymiotis. Head and thorax light reddish yellowish-brown; collar light dove-coloured, abdomen 
brownish-black, creamy beneath. Forewing light dove-coloured at the base, in the distal half of the costal 
margin and in a broad transverse band through the cell-end, the rest reddish-yellow, with extraordinarily high 
pointed notches of a red-brown double antemedian line; double red-brown transverse lines before the cell-end 
border on the light grey median band, a narrow reniform macula feebly filled with yellowish, a blackish line 
above it and below it; the grey band is distally defined by a thick double red-brown line, black-white vein- 
streaks are behind it and oblique slate-coloured internerval streaks before the margin. Hindwing scantil} T 
covered with whitish scales, veins and margin smoky. 1 $ from Blumenau (Brazil), type in the Senckenberg 
Museum. 
P. lignicolor Mschlr. ( = exusta Btlr., arpia Schs.) (144 h). Colouring and marking very similar to that lignicolor. 
of certain species of Dasylophia, as which it was also described. Eorewing brown, mixed with olive yellow, 
inner margin yellowish-white, a dark brown longitudinal stripe above it extends to the margin in a double bow; 
the clay-coloured area extends between the lower radial branches to the margin, a round blackish-brown spot 
is below it near the anal angle, the margin is darkened grey in some places. Hindwing brownish-grey, darker 
at the margin with yellowish fringe. Guiana to Brazil. 
P. lavana Dogn. is very closely allied to lignicolor, the forewing is more light brown, the median area lavana. 
partly shows a reddish pink tint, grey dusting is at the cell-end and behind it, brown at the end of the median 
vein and below it; brown spots are behind the undulate line, followed by white striae which extend less high 
towards the costal margin in lignicolor. Hindwing blackish, lighter towards the base, with whitish fringe. 
Expanse of wings: 37 mm. French Guiana. 
P. xylophasioides Btlr. (144 h) is allied to the two preceding sjDecies; fore wing bone-coloured white, 
striped reddish-brown on the veins and between them, darkened somewhat greyish-brown at the inner margin, 
the characteristical dark brown longitudinal stripe above it; a contrastingly red-brown undulate linear shading 
is before the light bluish-grey margin, terminating before the anal angle, where it is replaced by a large, black 
spot which is encircled with white and yellow. Separable by much lighter, dingy white hindwings. Brazil. 
P. joanna Schs. (144 h). Forewing grey, reddish-yellow in and behind the cell, the inner margin and joanna 
distal margin light brown, with darker spots in the centre of the costal margin, at the apex and below the centre 
of the distal margin; transverse lines double, the two anterior ones indistinct, the posteiior one dark brown, 
filled with a lighter colour; the light brown hindwing is violet-brown at the distal margin, fringe yellowish. 
French Guiana. 
P. serrata Schs. Fore wing reddish-yellow in the basal half, dusted with brown at the base and margins, serrata 
with fine grey veins, grey behind them, the darkest area below the cell-end, cross-vein striped white; a fine 
reddish-brown line before the brown median line, a blackish-brown line behind it; the fine undulate blackish- 
brown posterior transverse line is followed by a reddish-yellow shadow with black and white vein-dots; the 
white undidate line is darkened above the centre by dark shading. Hindwing greyish-brown with whitish 
fringe. Expanse of wings: 42 mm. Guatemala. 
P. manacoides Schs. Forewing lilac brown. Basal area and basal half of cell white strewn with brown; 
white are besides: a basal streak above the submedian line, the anterior transverse line with a blackish-brown 
cellular spot before it, finally a short thick streak behind the cell, which is continued obliquely towards the apex 
by a fine line; a dark brown discal shadow extends to the margin; small blackish-brown internerval spots are 
before the margin. Hindwing light greyish-brown. Expanse of wings: 43 mm. Guatemala. 
P. argolarma sp. n. (144 h) has metallic brass-coloured forewings finely strewn with brown, some parts argolarma. 
being more densely strewn so that fine notched transverse lines and a narrow reniform cell-end macula are 
produced which are difficult to distinguish in the strewn ground; costal margin and subterminal area dusted 
somewhat lilac; a tear-shaped narrow silvery drop bordered with black below is behind the upper cell-angle 
along the middle radial branch: a fine blackish-brown, scalariformly notched submarginal line, a roundish, 
purely light yellow subapical spot before it at the costal margin. Wings broader than in the typical represent¬ 
atives of the genus. Hindwing brownish-grey. 1 <$ from Sao Paulo de Olivenga: type in the Senckenberg Museum. 
.xylopha- 
sioides 
mana¬ 
coides 
22 . Genus : JGysaiia Mschlr. 
Distinguished by a long hair-tuft at the base of the antenna, the long erect palpus shows a very short 
terminal joint, the front legs are very thickly haired. The broad forewing is entirely margined with a rounded 
