DISPHRAGIS. By Dr. M. Drattdt. 
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at the cell-end, with a whitish brightening behind it; the velvety black postmedian line is bent inwards to the 
cell, reaching neither the costal margin nor the inner margin, followed behind it by a broad brown black-strewn 
shadow; the grey distal margin is parted by a brown line, marginal line black. Hindwing white with a dark 
marginal line and strewn with dark at the anal angle. Expanse of wings: 40 mm. French Guiana. 
D. sfaria Schs. Forewing steel-grey in the cell and in the white basal area with reddish-brown transverse staria. 
stripes, the double black anterior transverse line is partly filled with reddish-brown; a dark streak bordered 
with white inside is at the cell-end, a red-brown spot above it, similar dusting behind and below the cell-end; 
a large grey shadow behind the double postmedian line, which is filled with red-brown, extends down to 
the lowest radial branch, a white spot extends from it to the upper median branch; marginal area whitish, 
strewn with red-brown, most densely at the apex and anal angle, the white veins densely strewn with black 
at the ends. Hiudwing brownish-grey with a black interrupted marginal line and white, dark-speckled fringe. 
Expanse of wings: 45 mm. Guatemala. 
D. hertha Schs. is a large species with light brown forewings strewn with grey at the base, costal herthu. 
and inner margins, with a dark transverse line through the centre, and a treble dentate postmedian line; steel- 
grey behind it as far as the black submarginal line, with black internerval streaks bordered with brown outside; 
distal margin light brown. Hindwing brown. Expanse of wings: 50 mm. Brazil (Petropolis). 
D. atrax Schs. is still larger than hertha, forewing blackish-grey, lighter basally, with light grey atrax. 
submarginal shadows; the black transverse lines are very indistinct in the dark ground; fringe speckled black. 
Hindwing white with a narrow dark grey distal margin and dark hair at the inner margin, with the beginnings 
of dark grey transverse lines at the costal margin. Body dark grey, only the base and end of the abdomen 
are red-brown. Expanse of wings: 52 mm. Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, Corcovado). 
D. dolorosa Schs. (150 f) is closely allied to atrax , but the basal costal-marginal half is filled with dolorosa. 
white excepting the inner margin, the black dentate transverse lines are better visible, the posterior line double, 
filled with light grey; a black dot in the cell, a brown lunular streak at the end; the distal white border of the 
dentate subterminal line is confluent with white marginal spots above the anal angle. Hindwing similar to 
that of atrax. Mexico to Costa Rica. 
D. nebulosa Dogn. is similar to dolorosa. Forewing lilac brown, darkest at the inner margin, mixed nebulosa. 
with white towards the margin, with a large white, brown-strewn spot in the basal costal-marginal half and a 
similar curved stripe from the centre of the median vein to the inner margin before the anal angle; two 
brown lunular streaks at the cross-vein are filled with white, the doidde black posterior transverse line is 
interrupted; fringe speckled white and brown. Hindwing brownish-grey with darker veins. Expanse of wings: 
45 mm. French Guiana. 
D. elongata Drc. is also allied to the preceding species; forewing dark grey, white in the basal costal- elongata. 
marginal half, with a large reddish-brown spot near the apex and distinct black transverse lines only in the 
inner-marginal half; fringe dark grey. Hindwing purely white. Expanse of wings: 50 mm. Described from 
Peru. 
D. Camilla Dogn. Forewing light olive grey with fine black transverse lines, the subbasal line sub- Camilla. 
medianly connected with the anterior transverse line in an X-like way, the posterior line treble, strongly dentate, 
undulate line double, distally accompanied by a white line; black dusting enclosing a triangular black dot 
is in the centre of the inner margin between the transverse lines; fringe speckled black. Hindwing white, the 
costal and inner margins as well as the veins dusted with olive. Expanse of wings: 42 mm. Amazons (Sao 
Paulo de 01iven9a). 
D. otiosa Schs. Forewing brownish-grey, lighter towards the base, with a whitish area at the distal otiosa. 
margin; being broadest between the median nervules, and strewn with reddish-brown, with fine brown double 
transverse lines and a black marginal line which is undulated analwards; fringe speckled dark. Hindwing white 
with a dark brown marginal line and yellowish inner-marginal hair. Expanse of wings: 40 mm. French Guiana. 
D. tharis Stoll (= laeca Schs.) (150 f) is a common well-known species with red-brown forewings, tliaris. 
greyish-white at the inner and distal margins, two brown small spots at the distal margin and a large greyish- 
white round cell-end spot, 3 small costal-marginal spots above it, and 2 small white spots obliquely below it; 
the brown ground is traversed by numerous dentate transverse lines, the posterior one punctiform, the lines 
partly light brown also visible on the white ground. Hindwing brownish-grey, a white anal spot parted by 
blackish-brown at the anal angle, fringe white. From Mexico to Peru and Brazil. — livescens /. nov. (150 f) Hvescens. 
I denominate a somewhat smaller form which is before me from Xovo Friburgo and in which the greyish-white 
parts are darker bluish-grey, the brown colour of the wings mixed with rusty yellow in some places, especially 
basally and between and behind the cell-end maculae. 
D. aenmla Schs. (150 f) is similar to tharis, somewhat smaller, the brown colour prevailing on the aemula. 
forewing so that only a narrow stripe along the inner margin remains greyish-white; the transverse lines crossing 
it are very distinct; the white dots of the postmedian line are situate in the brown ground, the brown marginal 
markings are also augmented. Hindwing as in laeca. Guiana, Brazil. 
