HARPYIA. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
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yellow scales. Hindwing of white with a black inner-angular dot, brownish-grey in the 9, the fringe speckled 
black. Expanse of wings: 31—33 mm. Castro (Parana). 
C. rivera Schs. (148 d) is extremely similar to argynnis, but larger and with a thick black pupil in the rivera. 
inner-marginal ring. The 9 has quite black hindwings with grey fringe. The abdomen beneath exhibits a series 
of black dots, the ventrum of argynnis is all white. Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, Castro, Parana). 
C. splendesis Jones is still larger than rivera, similarly marked as argynnis, separable by the single splendens. 
black post-median line which is very broad at the inner margin and confluent at the apex with a black costal- 
marginal spot, a yellow line follows behind it and is widened like a spot at the inner margin between 4 and 6 
and subapically; fringe white with black internerval spots. Hindwing of 9 brown, darkened at the margin. 
Abdomen silvery grey, with blackish-brown bands. Expanse of wings: 48 mm. Castro (Parana). 
C. brafteata sp. n. (148 d) is much slimmer than the allies, with a longer and much more oblique distal bratteaia. 
margin; forewing silvery white, with two fine antemedian transverse lines submedianly connected like a Y, 
and a double postmedian line the dents of which between 2 and 4 are connected with the same dents of the 
subterminal line, forming a threefold line; the yellow spots show a golden gloss, the spot at the inner margin 
confluent from two; other golden yellow spots are behind the postmedian line, subapically and between 4 
and 6; the ends of the veins are traversed by black, hindwing white, slightly black-spottecl only at the anal 
angle. West Colombia (Rio Micay), type in the Coll. Niepelt; East Colombia (Rio Negro). 
C. lar-cea Schs. (148 d) represents another type of marking similar to that of the allies of the palaearctic lancea. 
vinula. Forewing dull white, not silvery, with brown markings, the marginal area showing the strongly notched 
lines of vinula, as well as its long internerval wedges, while the black-pupilled ring-spot of bratteata is before 
the centre at the inner margin. Hindwing smoky black at the inner margin, anal angle and apex. Guiana, 
Colombia. 
C. duGfiummenia Dyar (148d) is a small species showing resemblances to the species of Harpyii; fore- duonum- 
wing densely strewn black, so that all the markings are covered except the double postmedian line which is 
filled with whitish and removed far towards the margin; its distal portion is thicker black except the part 
between 2 and 4; thick black internerval dots on the margin. Hindwing scantily scaled, grey with whitish 
fringe spotted black between the veins. Mexico (Tehuacan). 
C. dandon Drc. (148 d, e) forms quite a different group. Forewing glossy silky white, tinged with dandon. 
brownish olive in the cell and behind it as well as submedianly, with thick velvety black spots at the costal 
and inner margins, partly connected by fine brown dentate lines. Hindwing white with a black anal-angular 
streak. Mexico to Brazil. The 9 is much larger and has brown hindwings. — grandis Schs. (148 e) is a larger, grandis. 
more robust form with very thick black spots and internerval marginal dots. Brazil. 
C. bikasta sp. n. (Maass. i. 1.) (148 e). This very peculiar insect may be best inserted here, although bikasta. 
7 and 8 of the forewing arise without a stalk from the apex of the areole; it may also belong to the genus 
Eucerura (p. 950). White, presumably darkened somewhat brownish by age; antemedian and marginal areas 
broad black, both defined towards the white median area and the white basal area by fine black double lines; 
a black discal streak at the cell-end. Fringe grey, traversed by black. Hindwing white with a black marginal 
line, the fringe towards the anal angle traversed by blackish; veins blackened in the apical part. According to 1 
from Chile in the Berlin Museum (Coll. Maassen). 
55. Genus: Harpyia Ochs. 
We append here this most closely allied genus which is also biologically very similar. It differs from 
the preceding genus only in the entire disappearance of the areole which is often very small also in Centra; 
thereby the origin of vein 6 is removed to the upper cell-angle or to a short stalk close behind it. The larvae 
exhibit the same shape as the other “pussmoth-larvae” and also the same habits. 
Type of genus: H. bicuspis Borkh. from Europe. 
H. borealis Boisd. (148 e) is very similar to the palaearctic bicuspis with its white forewings which are borealis. 
somewhat smoky in the 9> with a black, centrally strangulated median band the edges of which are scaled 
ochreous; rows of black dots are before and behind it, and a black subapical spot may be continued to the 
anal angle as a more or less complete band. Hindwing with a black central dot and marginal dots. Metathorax 
with steel-blue scales. - Larva green with a deep red-brown neck-spot and saddle-spot on the dorsum; these 
spots are contiguous and very broad without a distinct border between them and the green colour. It lives 
on wild cherry, also on poplar and willow. The species occurs in the Atlantic States. 
