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RIFARGIA. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
so tor. 
exarmata. 
rufidiscata. 
incisura. 
rersnta. 
demissa. 
brioca. 
auscharia. 
possida. 
extranea. 
notabilis. 
R. sator Dogn. is near to discrepans, forewing light violettish-brown with black veins, the grey spot 
at the base of the cell is traversed by a black streak, a lighter reniform macula bordered with black inside is 
between the partly double transverse lines; the veins are partly dotted white on the transverse lines, a black 
subterminal streak below vein 2, a red-brown streak above it, red-brown clouding behind the cell, grey clouding 
above it, and a black subapical streak above the latter. Hindwing brownish, with a dark marginal band and a 
black and white anal spot. Expanse of wings: 39—41 mm. South-Eastern Peru. 
R. exarmata Dogn. is allied to saior, discrepans, and tulira, but more monotonously brown, with a 
slight violet shine at the inner margin, without the red-brown basal strewing and without the black subbasal 
streak of sator-, an intense black streak at the anal angle, a white spot on the fringe behind it. Expanse of 
wings: 36—41 mm. French Guiana. 
R. rufidiscata Dogn. is very similar to litura, forewing brownish olive with 2 blackish-brown basal 
spots, black double dentate transverse lines, and a reddish-brown discal spot bordered with black; the postmedian 
line despatches on vein 6 an oblique shadow to the apex, enclosing a dentate line with white vein-dots; 2 dents 
of the post median line are closed on the veins 3 and 4 forming a ring-like figure; the light undulate line shows 
3 bends. Hindwing blackish, fringe yellowish-white, a black and white anal spot. Expanse of wings: 46 mm. 
East. Colombia. 
R. incisura Dogn. (= terebroides Rothsch.). The brown forewing is grey and strewn with green at 
the costal margin, postdiscally, in the centre of the inner margin and subterminally in 2 spots, with 4 double 
transverse lines, the two posterior ones of which are strongly incised between the veins and 3; a light line before 
the fine black subterminal line, the former almost straight in the upper half, dentate below it. Hindwing brown 
with a black and white anal spot. Expanse of wings: 57 mm. French Guiana. 
R. versuta Dogn. Forewing violettish-brown, yellowish ochreous in a large triangular discal spot and 
above it at the costal margin in an oblong spot which is extended towards the apex, with single black dentate 
transverse lines, 3 somewhat darker undulate lines behind the postmedian line, the distal subterminal one of 
which is bordered with lighter outside. Hindwing brown, yellowish basally. Expanse of wings: 48 mm. 
Amazons. 
R. demissa Schs. (153 b). Forewing greenish whitish-grey, intermixed with red-brown and black 
scales, with dark brown double dentate transverse lines, 2 small black spots behind the postmedian line below 
the middle, 3 similar spots above them, the latter extending obliquely to the apex; 2 oblique brown lines at 
the cell-end in a brown median shadow, a reddish-brown subterminal shadow before a black interrupted lunular 
line. Hindwing greyish-black, with lighter hair at the inner margin. Expanse of wings: 41 mm. French Guiana. 
f. brioca Schs. differs in a coherent black band behind the postmedian line being somewhat dentate outside. 
Expanse of wings: 45 mm. British Guiana. 
R. auscharia Schs. is easily recognisable by the punctiform lines in the distal half of the forewing; 
forewing white strewn with black and brown, more olive grey in the postmedian area; the double brown transverse 
lines are very indistinct, the posterior line with blackish-brown vein dots, 2 more rows of dots behind them, 
the marginal line is also punctiform; fringe white with brown vein-dots. Hindwing white, dusted with smoky 
grey, veins and margin darker. Expanse of wings: 42 mm. Venezuela (Valera). 
R. possida Schs. Forewing from the base to the cross-vein and from there obliquely to the anal angle 
white, scantily strewn with black, brownish sand-coloured in the apical area, strewn with white in the marginal 
area; the anterior and posterior transverse lines are double, dentate, a quadrangular brownish spot strewn 
with white and edged with blackish-brown between the anterior line and the subbasal line at the costal margin, 
extending into the cell; a blackish-brown median line is united with a black cell-end streak; a blackish-brown 
lunular line at the margin; fringe with dark vein-dots. Hindwing white with a small dark anal spot. Expanse 
of wings: 39 mm. Porto Velho (Amazons). 
R. extranea Schs. (153 a). Forewing grey strewn with dark brown, so that only the basal third of the 
costal margin and the distal margin remain grey, the inner margin being darkest as far as the postmedian line; 
the anterior black transverse line is threefold, the posterior one brown, filled with grey, followed by a brown 
shadow with velvety brown internerval streaks which become stronger towards the costal margin, and are 
Absent altogether in the inner-marginal third. Hindwing whitish with a broad black costal margin and distal 
margin and brown inner-marginal hair. This description refers to the $; the <$ probably belonging to it has 
lighter grey forewings strewn with yellow and white at the inner margin, at the transverse lines and at the cell-end. 
Expanse of wings: 38 mm. French Guiana. 
R. notabilis Schs. Forewing brownish ochreous with a greenish-grey costal margin and a similar oblique 
band from the base of the cell to the inner margin; distally bordered by a fine brown line; the space behind 
the cell, which is closed by a black streak, is grey and contains 2 undulate lines, a red-brown postmedian line 
is visible below this dark grey area; a fine velvety black submarginal line, its lower half being distally removed 
as far as the margin. Hindwing whitish with a smoky black costal margin and inner margin. Expanse of wings: 
44 mm. French Guiana. 
