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PONTALA; APELA. By Dr. M. Deaudt. 
pallida. 
tropica. 
collaris. 
bipun data. 
basitincta. 
chacoa. 
rubrana. 
calpe.* 
Type of genus: E. pallida Schs. 
E. pallida Sells. (154 c) is very similar to E. comita on the whole, but of a much lighter colouring; 
marking also the same except the black subterminal spots whish are absent here, and the undulate line is a 
fine black line with some brownish shading before it towards the apex. Hindwing white, a few black scales 
at the anal angle. Brazil (Castro, Parana). 
E. tropica Schs. is very similar, but at once discernible by its brown hindwings. Forewing light grey, 
shaded with light brown basally, the double postmedian line very indistinct and interrupted, instead of the 
absent black subterminal line there are short black vein-streaks before the marginal line; the velvety black 
crescent at the cell-end is very distinct. Expanse of wings: 40 mm. Venezuela. 
E. collaris Schs. Thorax grey with a contrastingly velvety brown head and collar. Forewing brown 
mixed with reddish-yellow basally, in the cell and in the marginal area, the whitish basal ray strewn with black, 
a white discal spot bordered with black above, with brown beneath, with a whitish area before it; the double 
brown anterior transverse line begins with a large brown costal-marginal spot; veins partly strewn with 
black and white, the postmeclian vein is composed of white vein-dots; black dots bordered with grey are be¬ 
tween the veins of the marginal area. Hindwing greyish-brown, lighter towards the base. Expanse of wings: 
39 mm. Colombia. 
E. bipunctata Jones. Forewing yellowish-white, dusted with brownish basally, with a yellowish-brown 
costal-marginal spot behind the postmedian line, a black basal ray and a double anterior transverse line, the 
interior part of which is faded brown, the exterior part black; 4 dots in the cell, a dark streak at the end; 
the posterior transverse line is composed of a threefold row of vein-dots; undulate line brown, with one black 
anal spot each before and behind it, one black spot each before it on the middle radial vein and at the apex; 
fringe white with small black spots. Hindwing yellowish, veins and margin brownish. Expanse of wings: 
34 mm. Corcovado (Rio de Janeiro). 
E. basitincta Dogn. is near bipunctata-, forewing white strewn with brown, yellowish ochreous basally, 
with a red-brown border-line; the dentate brown postmedian line is dotted on the veins, followed by a less 
distinct interrupted line and a red-brown costal spot; reniform macula and undulate line likewise red-brown. 
Hindwing white, brownish at the margin. Expanse of wings: 32 mm. Amazons. 
E. chacoa Schs. Anterior body reddish-brown, tegulae whitish olive grey, abdomen greyish-brown. 
Basal area of forewing loamy grey, median area grey, brownish behind it, a brown antemedian shadow bor¬ 
dered by a fine blackish-brown double line, a brown line bordered with white is at the cell-end; the fine 
postmedian line is bordered with whitish, dark vein-streaks behind it, their a brown shadow meeting an angle 
of the postmedian line on vein 4; whitish and reddish scales before the fine submarginal line in the lower half. 
Hindwing white with a fine brown marginal line. Expanse of wings: 27 mm. Argentina (Chaco). 
114. Genus: Pontala Wkr. 
This genus contains only two pecrrliar species of conspicuous wing-contours, the distal margin forming 
an angle on vein 5, and one strong dent each at the anal angle and in the centre of the very much indented 
inner margin. Vein 5 arises from the upper cell-angle, 6 from the apex of the areole. Hindwing as usual. 
Type of genus: P. rubrana Wkr. 
P. rubrana Wkr. Forewing purple brown with fine red-brown transverse striae bordered with yellowish 
inside; marking exactly like that of calpe, the oblique line from the apex is black, distinctly bordered with 
light violettish-grey on the outside, faded inside; the second oblique line from the distal-marginal dent is very 
indistinct, quite absent in some specimens; a thick black subapical dot at the distal margin, another dot above 
the anal angle. Hindwing whitish, brownish at the distal and inner margins. Brazil. 
P. calpe Fldr. (154 c). Forewing deep red-brown with a violet reflection, a fine darker oblique line 
from the apex to the inner-marginal indentation, another line from the distal-marginal angle to the anal angle. 
Hindwing dark greyish-brown. Brazil. 
115. Genus: Apela Wkr. 
Separated from the preceding genus only by the rounded distal margin without an angle on vein 5, 
with broader wings, the basal half of the costal margin rather convex; neuration the same. A few tropical spe¬ 
cies have been described. 
Type of genus: A. divisa Wkr. 
