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DASYLOPHIA. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
punta- lunular line behind them. Hindwing whitish, brownish at the margin, quite brownish-grey in the — f. punta- 
gorda. g 0 rda Sloss is a smaller form with more sharply contrasting black markings on a very light whitish-grey ground. 
saturata. From Florida. -—■ f. saturata Barnes is a rare western race from Colorado (Denver), with a light reddish-yellow 
ground-colour, somewhat grey only at the inner margin, and without the black basal ray. Hind wing yellowish- 
white with slightly smoked veins. The typical form is dristributed from Maine and Massachusetts to Florida 
and Texas. — The larva is straw-coloured before the last moult, then flesh-coloured with a raised black knob 
on the 8th segment, a fine black dorsal line and 3 fine black lateral lines; with its claspers raised, it sits on 
different Papilionaceae such as Indigo, Clover, moreover on Lespedeza capitata, Baptisia tinctoria, and other 
plants, and makes a web between leaves and earth. 
thyati- D. thyatiroides Wkr. (= interna Pack., tripartita Whr. ) (146 b) is more brownish than the preceding 
raid' s. s p ec ( eSj -with a contrastingly light median area and a darkened base defined by an anterior transverse line which 
is absent in anguina. Hindwing light greyish-brown. Its range seems to be confined to Maine, New Hampshire 
and New York. The larva is reported to live on Cary a. 
guarana. D. guarana Schs. (146 b) is allied to thyatiroides by the light median area, but the basal area is light, 
too; the ground-colour is almost yellowish white, strewn with black, without the black basal ray, with a more 
or less distinct median line which is distinctly double especially below the cell and extends very obliquely 
towards the base; postmedian line slightly bent, broad, light, parted by dark, forming an inward angle in the 
submedian area and spotted thickly black behind it, the subanal area behind it almost white; the distal area 
is otherwise very dark blackish-grey with rather inconspicuous light and dark undulate-linear sagittae and 2 
larger black spots above the white anal angular spot; hindwing whitish-grey, smoky at the margin. Mexico 
to Brazil. 
basitincta. D. basitinqta Dogn. (= nigrescens Schs.) is allied to guarana ; distinguished by somewhat darker brownish- 
grey forewings with an entirely blackened basal area which encloses two black basal rays in and below the cell, 
lighter brownish behind it with a black median line, and a whitish subcellular brightening behind it; the triangular 
black subterminal shadow is very broad at the costal margin, ending pointed on the lower median branch; 
otherwise like guarana. Expanse of wings: 43—47 mm. Mexico, Costa Rica. 
goraxa, D. goraxa Schs. (146 b) differs from basitincta in the basal area not being entirely blackened, only below 
the base there is a distally rounded black spot which narrows down basad obliquely to the inner-marginal vein; 
the veins behind the centre are distinctly striated black; the triangular subcostal shadow grow r s narrower already 
on the lowest radial branch, widening again a little below it. Hindwing whitish with brownish veins as in the 
preceding species. Expanse of wings: 38 mm. Mexico. 
colimata. D. colimata Dycir (146 b), from the same affinity of the 3 preceding species, is more greyish-white in the 
ground-colour, yellowish at the costal margin, with a brownish tint in the cell and in the costal half of the 
marginal area; with brown internerval streaks; the black basal ray is absent; a fine black dot is in the lower 
cell-angle; the triangular dark subterminal shadow is feeble, brownish-grey, and terminates on the lowest radial 
branch, 2 jet-black spots are below it; the posterior transverse line is fine double, feebly angled submedianly, 
without the black dot of guarana behind it. Hindwing light brownish-grey, broadly darkened at the margin. 
Mexico. 
placida. D. placida Schs. is likewise very similar to guarana, but the male has plain antennae, while guarana has 
pectinated ones. Ground-colour of forewing light brown, feebly strewn with lilac grey, grey in the distal half 
of the inner margin with black-strewn veins and dark basal rays; a darker median shadow extends very obliquely 
to the inner margin and has here a fine red-brown shadow before it; a larger velvety black spot is in the lower 
cell-angle; red-brown dusting above the anal angle behind the double postmedian shadow, the black spots are 
here as in the preceding species. Hindwing whitish, brownish on the veins and margin. Expanse of wings: 
40 mm. Costa Rica. 
ligea. D. ligea Dogn. Fore wing greyish-brown as far as the postmedian line which has the same shape as in 
colimata, with olive internerval stripes, blackish-brown behind it, mixed with olive, the black veins striped 
white on both sides, otherwise marked as the preceding species, but without basal rays and black anal spots. 
Hindwing blackish, lighter towards the base. Expanse of wings: 43 mm. Argentina. 
robusta. D. robusta Jones (146 b). Forewing light brown, dusted darker, the anterior double transverse line more 
distinct than in the preceding species, otherwise of the same course, with a long black ray below the median 
vein, a still longer brown longitudinal streak above it, a fine black dot behind it in the lower cell-angle; inner 
margin darkened brown as far as the postmedian line which has the same shape as in guarana, with the same 
black anal spots behind it. Hindwing brownish ochreous, darker at the margin. Brazil. 
lupia. D. lupia Drc. (146 c) is smaller and lighter than the preceding species with the same, but very fine 
markings as guarana, a quadrangular brownish spot in the distal cell-end, with a black basal ray or without it, 
and black filling may be below it before the anterior transverse line, as in goraxa', the small subterminal black 
