NOTOPLUSIA. By Dr. M. Dkatjdt. 905 
M. brioca Schs. Head and thorax white, mixed with reddish yellow, 2 small metathoracal tufts bordered 
with blackish-brown, the centre iridescently scaled. Abdomen white above, strewn with reddish-brown, white 
beneath. Forewing white, scantily strewn with reddish-brown, more profusely at the inner margin and in the 
centre of the costal margin; transverse lines brown, the anterior one double, its interior portion very feeble, 
dentate, ending at the inner margin near the posterior one which is single, a narrow reddish-brown shadow 
behind it; a brown subterminal shadow and a strongly undulated marginal line. Hindwing whitish, reddish- 
brown at the distal margin. Expanse of wings: 31 mm. Argentina. 
M. pallida Schs. Forewing whitish with an olive tint and brown dentate transverse lines, the exterior 
one more distant from the apex than from the anal angle, and a submarginal row of small internerval spots; 
a fine black-dusted lunular streak at the cell-end. Hindwing brownish-white, more brownish at the margin. 
Santiago de Cuba. 
M. blerura Schs. has whitish forewings strewn with olive green, similar to those of pallida, with a broad 
olive green antemedian band bordered with black, followed by a fine olive green line which is fused at the inner 
margin with a similar postmedian line; this is followed at the inner margin by a short black line, above which 
there are some vein-dots, a blackish shadow towards the costal margin; one black dot below the base of the 
cell, two at the cell-end. Hindwing whitish, smoky at the margin. Expanse of wings: 30 mm. Brazil. 
M. nigrifulva Dogn. is a small species, the basal third of the forewing blackish except the base and a 
submedian spot, both the spots as well as the rest of the wing are reddish olive, lighter towards the costal margin; 
the lower cellular branches are partly brownish, a black dot at the cell-end. Hindwing brownish. Expanse 
of wings: 28 mm. French Guiana. 
72. Genus: ItTotoplusia Schs. 
Two thirds of the antennae set with short hairy pectinations, the hairy palpi reach to the vertex. 
Forewing with an almost straight costal margin; vein 5 is removed up to the upper cell-angle, 6 arises from 
the centre of the areole; hindwing as in the preceding genera. A small number of partly very similar tropical species. 
Type of genus: N. clara Or. 
N. clara Cr. (149 k) is easily recognisable, very different from the other species, the brown forewin'g 
with black longitudinal stripes and a large triangular silvery white spot in the disc. Guiana, Colombia. 
N. marchiana Schs. is extremely similar to clara, discernible by the antennae being tuftedly ciliated 
in the basal halves, not shortly pectinated. The broad black subterminal line of the forewing forms internerval 
lunules, only one between 6 and 4, behind it follows a fine red-brown lunular line, interrupted on the veins. 
Hindwing whitish, brownish sand-coloured at the margins, narrowly so at the distal margin. Expanse of wings: 
40 mm. Colombia (Eastern Andes); Bolivia (Rio Songo). Genitally very different from clara. 
N. eugenia Schs. Basal part of forewing, from the first quarter of the costal margin to the centre of the 
inner margin, dark brown with velvety darker stripes, reddish-yellow behind it, lilac at the costal margin, 
strewn with brown below it, cell-end whitish, with an oval brown line; the posterior transverse line is fine, dark 
brown, shaded with brown and grey behind it, with velvety darker internerval streaks; undulate line whitish, 
widened between the veins 4 and 6. Hindwing dark grey. Expanse of wings: 27 mm. French Guiana. 
N. eunoteloides Schs. Fore wing grey, basal third excepting the inner margin dark brown, bordered by 
a darker brown line which is distally edged with white; a brown reniform macula at the cell-end, one dark brown 
spot each behind the centre at the costal margin and inner margin, the lower one larger; vein 6 black; the 
straight undulate line is black, anally twice interrupted inwards. Hindwing whitish with brownish veins and 
margin. Expanse of wings: 33 mm. Costa Rica. 
N. oyapoca Schs. (149 k) almost looks like eunoteloides and may be only a form of it; a more distinct 
dentate median line extends around the reniform macula which is distally scaled somewhat brownish; the black 
streak on the uppermost radial branch is thicker and longer and coherent with the brown costal spot; above its 
distal end there is another smaller brown spot, the median radial branch is also striped black towards the 
margin, the veins below it are strewn somewhat black; subterminal line more interrupted, not straight in its 
upper part, but undulate. Hindwing dusted brownish-grey, especially at the inner margin. French Guiana, 
Bolivia, Matto Grosso. 
N. boliviensis Schs. (149 k) is likewise similar to the preceding species, the olive grey ground slightly 
tinged with brownish postmedianly, basal area light brown with a double black subbasal line in it. followed by a 
brownish-black antemedian shadow followed by a similar line, 2 fine dentate transverse lines are in and behind 
the centre, behind the latter a short costal-marginal lunule instead of the large costal-marginal spot of the 
brioca. 
pallida. 
blerura. 
nigrifulva. 
clara. 
marchiana. 
eugenia. 
euno¬ 
teloides. 
oyapoca. 
boli¬ 
viensis. 
