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TACHUDA. By Dr. M. Dratjdt. 
4 white striae at the distal third of the costal margin, a series of black dots before the margin. Hindwing 
reddish-brown, lighter towards the base. Rio de Janeiro. 
conspicua. L. coiispicua Btlr. (145f) has dark olive brown forewings with a broad reddish-white costal-marginal 
stripe which is strewn with dark brown upwards and bordered with white below, the marking is similar as in 
the well-known grammodes, but the centre of the wing shows only two broad yellowish-white longitudinal 
stripes which are bordered with black and almost connected by a small oblique white spot at the cell-end; the 
lighter reddish-brown marginal area, beginning from vein 4. is alternately traversed by white and black lines. 
Hindwing brownish-grey. Brazil. 
concordens. L. concordens Dyar is very similar to conspicua , but it has longer wings and less oblique markings, 
quite pink in the subcostal area, the white band below it is broken; the submarginal band is also pink, white 
colour is only traceable at the margin, it extends along the submedian fold inwards and meets the basal band 
obliquely, not rectangularly, and is separated from it by a fine line of the ground-colour. Mexico (Chiapas), 
Costa Rica. 
magni- L. magnistriata Dogn. resembles concordens, but the oblique striae of the fore wing are still finer and 
striata. ] on g er ; fore wing olive brown, subcostally pink with a white streak at the base of the costal margin; 4 brown 
parallel lines before the margin are separated by pink dusting, the third, counted from the distal margin, is 
bordered with white inside. Hindwing brownish, base and fringe lighter. Expanse of wings: 40 mm. From the 
Rio Songo (Bolivia). 
grammodes. L. grammodes Fldr. (145 f) shows the same type of marking as the preceding species, forewing olive 
brown with a broad reddish-white subcostal stripe strewn with dark towards the costal margin and bordered 
by a yellowish-white line below, which extends slightly widened to the base of the inner margin and shows a 
slight indentation behind the cell; a yellowish-white streak at the base of the costal margin; 3 broad yellowish- 
white wedges in the centre of the wing are bordered with black, the lowest along the submedian fold is striped 
reddish-brown; an oblique white lunule behind the cell-end; subterminal area reddish violet-brown with a 
yellowish-white, distally black line. Hindwing greyish-brown. Brazil. 
argen- L, argentilinea Drc. is allied with grammodes ; fore wing dark brown with a broad pink costal-marginal 
tilinea. band, bordered below by a silvery line; the submarginal line extends from the anal angle still farther along the 
fold to the base; the 3 light wedges are silvery stripes, another yellow line is before the margin. Hindwing light 
brown. South-Eastern Peru. 
maltha. L. maltha Sells. (145 f) is quite dissimilar to the other species, with olive grey forewings, brown at the 
costal margin, with a white spot at the base of the costal margin, an olive brown cell with a white spot in it 
and one behind it, distally bordered by a yellowish posterior transverse line; the dark cellular colour forms a 
dent along vem 2 downwards distally to the postmedian line, where there are two small dark spots; inner margin 
more greyish-white with a dark triangular spot before the centre and a whitish triangular spot behind it; distal 
margin dusted with lilac grey, with a dentate black submarginal line. Hindwing red-brown, darker at the 
margin. Guiana, Colombia. 
33. Genus: Taclmclii Schs. 
Distinguished by still longer, narrower forewings which are just as broad behind the base as at the distal 
margin; base of inner margin hairy; veins 3 and 4 arise distinctly separated, 5 close above the upper cell-angle 
from the short areole. Hindwing as in Lepasta and the preceding genera. Antennae tuftedly ciliated, palpi 
erect with a short terminal joint. The spurs of the hind tibiae are very long, the legs hairy. Half a dozen of 
species are known, partly difficult to separate. 
Type of genus: T. albosigma Drc. 
albosigma. T. albosigma Drc. (145 f) has violettish-brown forewings strewn with blackish, with 3 green spots in 
the median area subcostally, below the median vein and at the inner margin, a lilac whitish area in the distal 
half of the cell, and numerous mostly double undulate black transverse lines behind it; a black streak dotted 
white above and below is at the cell-end, a thick yellowish-white dot at the apex. Hindwing brownish-grey 
with white fringe. Mexico to Brazil. 
discrcta. T. discreta Schs. (145 g) is similar to albosigma, but without the green admixture, of a more greyish- 
brown ground-colour, with a double cell-end streak which is dotted white above and below; behind the post- 
median black vein-dots follows a dark brown line, then 2 dark brown transverse shadows; lilac dusting before 
the submarginal spots. Sometimes a larger purely light grey area is in the centre of the inner margin. Hind wing 
dark brown with light fringe. Guiana, Brazil, Trinidad, West Indies. 
nefanda. T. nefanda sp. n. (145 f) is very similar to albosigma, but it has still narrower and apically more pointed 
forewings without the variegated lilac admixture in the median area; all the three green spots of the median 
area are present, but darker and narrower; a fourth elongate spot of green dusting is at the base of the costal 
