Publ. 23. II. 1932. 
COTTOBARA; MARTHULA. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
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P. laurena Schs. lacks the characteristical dark longitudinal stripe through the forewing which is coloured laurena. 
white, strewn with brown, and feebly shaded with greenish at the base of the costal margin, in the cell above 
the median vein and above the inner-marginal vein; inner margin and costal margin brown in the centre, 
with numerous transverse lines, the antemedian ones composed of spots, the hinder ones of double rows of 
lunae, a short double postmedian line above the inner margin, before the double postmedian line there 
is another single line, two of its lunae above the inner margin are much stronger than the others; apex dusted 
brown, containing a large black spot at the distal margin, which extends down to vein 5, smaller black spots 
below it, being strigiform at the anal angle. Hindwing light brown, darkened at the margin, whitish in the 
disc. Expanse of wings: 35 mm. French Guiana. 
P. indiscreta Dogn. has also white forewings densely strewn with brown, more purely white behind the indis- 
centre, with numerous irregular and interrupted double transverse lines, a dentate line behind the postmedian 
line, the dents of which are particularly prominent behind the cell; opposite to them there are black internerval 
spots on the yellowish-grey ground, above which black shading extends to the costal margin; a longitudinal 
row of 7 black dots in the cell, cross-vein white, above with a black streak. Hindwing white with a black 
costal margin and distal margin which narrows down analwards. Expanse of wings: 40 mm. Amazons (Sao 
Paulo de Olivenca). 
24. Genus: Cottobara Whr. 
This genus and the following genera are without the vertical tuft; the antennae are finely ciliated, 
the rising palpi densely scaled with a very small terminal joint. Neuration exactly the same as in Lysana, but 
the costal branch arises near the cell-end. Only 1 species: 
Type of genus: C. concinna Whr. 
C. concinna Whr. is a large red-brown insect intensely strewn with whitish, the inner-marginal area concinna. 
shaded with violettish-grey; the two darker brown transverse lines are crenulate, connected by a broad dark 
longitudinal shadow on the submedian fold; one round dark ring each surrounded by a lighter colour is in the 
cell and at the end, whereby a Noctuid marking is produced; the sharply notched light undulate line is shaded 
somewhat darker inside and shows dark internerval streaks behind it. Hindwing dark brownish-grey with 
lighter fringe. Expanse of wings: 56 mm. Brazil. 
25. Genus: Marthula Whr. 
Chiefly distinguished from the preceding genus by the longer abdomen with a fan-like or fishtail-like 
anal tuft in the male. The neuration differs in the vein 5 of the forewing arising from the upper cell-angle, not 
from the areole, and the veins 3 and 4 of the hindwing arising separately. Numerous similar species are known. 
Type of genus: M. quadrata Whr. 
M. quadrata Whr. (144 i) is one of the most insignificant species with brownish, darker strewn forewings quadrata. 
with 3 straight oblique lighter-edged transverse lines, the two anterior ones of which do not reach the costal 
margin, and a reniform macula at the cell-end above the median transverse line. Hindwing whitish with a narrow 
dark margin. Collar and mesothorax darker brown, contrasting with the light tegulae and head. Brazil. 
M. multifascia Whr. (= nora Schs.) (144 i). Markings similarly arranged as in quadrata, but more multi- 
gaudily coloured, forewing brown in the upper half, more lilac grey in the larger inner-marginal half, broadly 
rusty yellow or chestnut-red in the centre of the costal margin and in a spot in the centre of the distal margin. 
Hindwing white*, brownish on the veins and margin. Brazil. 
M. rufescens Schs. resembles multi fascia, but it is at once separable by the dark, brown hindwings; rufescens. 
forewing brown, dusted with lilac basally, at the inner margin, in and below the centre of the cell, and in the 
lower half of the distal margin, broadly red-brown at the costal margin, without the red marginal spot, the 
partly double transverse lines are edged with lilac, small dark internerval spots are before the margin. The 
larger $ is more monotonously dark brown, and not red-brown at the costal margin. Expanse of wings: 
35—40 mm. Costa Rica. 
M. thoreda Schs. is allied with quadrata; forewing rusty reddish-brown, broadly suffused with brown thoreda. 
at the costal margin and distal margin down to vein 3, and also at the inner margin before the lines; the latter 
are fine, light reddish grey, the antemedian line double, the inner portion in the cell interrupted by a dark 
round spot, a smaller cellular spot behind the exterior portion; the oblique reniform macula is long and narrow 
surrounded by light; small black subterminal lunules. Hindwing brown, whitish in the disc. Expanse of wings: 
37 mm. French Guiana. 
M. cynrica Sch. is similar to hirsuta, genitally different. Forewing light reddish grey in the median cynrica. 
area and at the margin downward from vein 3, the margin above it and the costal-marginal area suffused with 
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