LEPASTA. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
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blackish-brown below and terminates with a point towards the apex before the subterminal darkening; the 
marginal area is lightest, pink inside, olive brownish outside. Hindwing brownish-grey, darker towards the 
margin. Mexico to Brazil. — f. majorma Dogn. (= gigantea Rothsch.) is a much larger race (the $ has an ex- majorina. 
panse of almost 5 cm) from Ecuador and Colombia, in which the black subterminal line is more dentate and 
3 white costal-marginal striae are very conspicuous in the distal third. 
L. brabilla Dogn. (144 k) is allied with bractea; forewing greyish ochre, with a pink subcostal and sub- brabUla. 
median tinge, 3 yellowish-white longitudinal stripes, the thickest being below vein 5 as far as half its length, 
the two other thinner ones below the median vein and between its lower branches; black strewing is condensed 
into internerval stripes as far as the regularly dentate subterminal line; a white lunule is at the lower cell-end, 
the apex is parted by a whitish patch. Hindwing blackish. French Guiana. 
L. oniaiensis Schs. is greenish olive on the fore wing, dark grey at the inner margin, with traces of omaiensis. 
pinkish-white median and postmedian transverse lines, connected by a broad pink blotch along vein 5; black 
internerval sti’eaks behind them, condensed towards the costal margin into a black shadow; distal margin broad 
grey with a black undulate-dentate subterminal line which is shaded with dark olive inwards. Hindwing 
greyish-brown, darker distally. British Guiana. 
L. viridis Schs. has bright moss-green forewings with a broad dark grey stripe at the base of the costa viridis. 
and 4 white costal-marginal dots behind the centre; a dark grey shadowy stripe begins narrow near the apex 
at the costal margin, extends curved and much broader to vein 2, where it is connected with the centre of the 
cell by a dark green and grey spot, with whitish dusting above it; distal margin dark green, spotted grey. Hind¬ 
wing violettish-brown, lighter towards the base. Expanse of wings: 33 mm. French Guiana. 
L. marcella Schs. has reddish-yellow forewings dusted with grey and strewn with brown, a blackish- marcella. 
brown shadowy stripe is angled on the median vein and grows more distinct towards the inner margin; a white 
longitudinal stripe at the cell-end forms a long crescent behind it, a broad brown shadow is behind it, its upper 
half is dusted with white distally. Hindwing blackish-brown, more thinly scaled at the inner margin. Expanse 
of wings: 34 mm. Costa Rica. 
L. pittieri Schs. is very similar to marcella, but smaller, of a brighter colouring and with white fringe pittieri. 
on the hindwing. The whitish ground of the forewing is thickly strewn with brownish and olive grey, with a 
dark spot below the base of the cell, distally bordered by a white line, a costal spot behind it extends down to 
the median vein; anterior transverse line white, partly edged with yellowish, more thickly towards the inner 
margin; a large olive grey spot in the lower cell-end is bordered with blackish-brown, a white line above it; 
behind it follows a broad dark, distally white-edged shadow in the apical half to the apex, an interrupted line 
at the margin is dotted white at the ends of the veins. Hindwing whitish greyish-brown with white fringe. Ex¬ 
panse of wings: 27 mm. Venezuela. 
L. bran da Schs. Anterior body white mixed with brown, abdomen wood-coloured brown. Forewing branda. 
somewhat similar to that of marcella and pittieri, costal margin brown, base of cell and inner margin as far as 
vein 2 white strewn with olive brown; a short thick black streak before the centre above vein 1; a purely 
white line in the distal half of the cell is bent down below vein 5, then bent up to 7 and descends again as far 
as 6 to the subterminal line, an olive brown shadow above it and below it, reaching the margin at vein 3; the 
black subterminal line is undulate-dentate; the marginal cellular areas above 5 and 7 are white, strewn with 
olive. Hindwing brownish-grey. Expanse of wings: 30 mm. Amazons (Sao Paulo de Oliveira). 
L. lanassa Drc. ( = parvipuncta Dogn.) (144 k) is a differently coloured and marked type with somewhat lanassa. 
narrower forewings of an olive green ground-colour strewn with violet-brown, the most densely so in a triangular 
postmedian area which is bordered above along the discal fold by a yellowish stripe which is expanded distally 
into a small triangular silvery white spot; above it follows a yellowish-ochreous splinter-spot to the margin, 
traversing the black dentate subterminal line. Hindwing brownish-grey, lighter towards the base. Panama 
to Brazil. 
L. mixta Mschlr. (= calophasioides Kaye ) (144 k). Forewing red-brown mixed with darker brown, mixta. 
lightest at the base, darkest towards the cell-end, a whitish lunule behind it; a dark brown postmedian trans¬ 
verse band is brightened distally and exhibits 2 or 3 undulate transverse lines subterminally; inner margin brown 
except base. Hindwing brown. Trinidad, Guiana; West Colombia. 
L. maonica Schs. is allied with mixta, but much darker. Forewing red-brown with black veins edged maonica. 
with dark violet on each side, violettish-grey at the distal margin, with a velvety black dentate line inter¬ 
rupted by the veins; a dark shadowy stripe before it extends along the inner margin to the base; a short 
white streak above the distal half of the inner margin; the lower third of the distal margin is dusted with 
yellowish-green. Hindwing dark brown with yellowish fringe. Expanse of wings: 39 mm. Guiana. 
L. lignistriata Schs. (145 f) is a very inconspicuous species with grey forewings strewn with brown, with ligni- 
a darker costal margin and darker internerval streaks; a grey and black small spot is at the base of the costa. 
