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NAPREPA. By Dr. M. Drattdt. 
delicata 
Slid vi.S. 
f rag H is. 
pulverea. 
germ ana. 
diversa. 
Iransversa- 
1a. 
diagonalis. 
cameliner- 
des. 
cyllota. 
D. delicata Schs. Eorewing violet with a brownish ochreous costal margin which is lighter in the distal 
half, brownish ochreous shading in the centre of the cell; a red-brown antemedian shadow below the cell, the 
distal half of the inner margin is brownish ochreous; a dark dot in the cell-end, a reddish-yellow subapical 
streak, a brownish ochreous submarginal shadow below it, fringe reddish-yellow. Hindwing dingy white, dusted 
with violettish-brown in the distal half. Expanse of wings: 20 mm. French Guiana. 
D. suavis Jones. Forewing light yellowish-brown, reddish-yellow at the costal margin, shaded some¬ 
what darker in the marginal area; the oblique fine, slightly curved anterior transverse line ends at the inner 
margin in a long scaled dent, the stronger postmedian line terminates near it in a short scaled dent and comes 
straightly from the apex; an indistinct subterminal row of small obsolete dark lunular spots, and 2 small spots 
in the cell-end connected by a dark line; fringe red-brown, prolonged at the inner margin. Hindwing iri¬ 
descent yellowish. Expanse of wings; 31 mm. Brazil (Sao Paulo). 
D. fragilis Schs. (= nubiloviolaceus Rothsch.) (154 d) has light yellow forewings broadly shaded violet 
and lilac at the costal and distal margins, with a dark brown cell-end dot and a brown notched shadow below 
the cell-end, distally bordered by a dark brown line, and a white submedian dot; the inner margin behind it 
is grey and brown, distally bordered by a short white line; a brownish-ochreous shadow bordered with dark 
brown on both sides is situate before the lower half of the margin. Hindwing dingy white, reddish-brown at 
the inner and distal margins. Expanse of wings: 30 mm. French Guiana. 
D. pulverea Schs. Forewing brown, densely strewn with lilac excepting the distal half of the inner 
margin and the marginal area; a white oblique line shaded brown inside extends from the apex to the basal 
third of the inner margin, a white vertical line from vein 2 to the inner margin; one black dot each at the 
cell-end and subapically, 2 white dots in the upper third of the distal margin; the veins between the cell-end 
and the oblique line are brown. Hindwing reddish-brown, lighter towards the base. Expanse of wings: 28 mm. 
French Guiana. 
D. germana Schs. (154 d) is similar, violettish-brown on the forewing, strewn with lilac at the margins; 
a light oblique line inwardly shaded with brown extends from a black subapical dot to the centre of the 
inner-marginal vein and bends then distally to the inner margin, towards its angle a similar line extends from 
the base of the costal margin; a black dot at the cell-end. Hindwing reddish-brown, lighter towards the base. 
Expanse of wings: 31 mm. French Guiana. 
D. diversa Dogn. is distinguished by 2 different tints into which the brown oblique line, distally bor¬ 
dered with lilac and extending similarly as in pulverea , divides the forewing, the colour above it being reddish 
flesh-coloured with a lilac tint, below it dark lilac with a reddish flesh-coloured spot; a brown spot in the centre 
of the costal margin, a small brown dot in the cell, a thick black dot at the apical beginning of the ob¬ 
lique line. Hindwing brownish ochreous, lighter towards the base. Expanse of wings: 26—29 mm. French 
Guiana. 
D. transversata Dogn. is allied to the following species; forewing white, strewn with ochre, reddish- 
yellow at the costal margin, a reddish-ochreous oblique line extends from the apex straight to the first third 
of the inner margin; a small black dot in the cell-end. Hindwing white, with a slight pink tint at the margin. 
Expanse of wings: 32 mm. Amazons. 
D. diagonalis Fldr. (154 d). A fine blackish oblique line extends from the apex of the bone-coloured 
forewing to the first quarter of the inner margin, a small black dot is in the cell-end. Hindwing greyish-white. 
Amazons. 
117. Genus: I^Taprepa Wkr. 
The members of this genus number among the largest Notodontidae known; they resemble gigantic 
Lophopteryx in colour and scheme of markings, d antennae tuftedly ciliated; the erect palpi have a rather long 
short-haired middle joint and a very short terminal joint; the mesothorax exhibits a high tuft the end of which 
is slightly split. Forewing with a dentate distal margin, the inner margin with a scaled dent. Vein 5 arises 
from the centre of the cross-vein, 6 from the areole near the upper cell-end. Hindwing with the usual neuration, 
the costal vein proceeds before the cell-end. 
Type of genus: N. camelinerdes Wkr. 
N. camelmerdes Wkr. (154 e) exactly resembles a gigantic Loph. cameling and is invariably easily recog¬ 
nisable by the yellow, black-curled abdomen. Brazil (Espiritu Santo). 
N. cyllota Drc. (154 e) is quite similar to the preceding species, but the abdomen is light grey, the base 
and anus reddish-yellow, each segment with a broad black ring. — The larva is very stout on the 3rd and 4th 
segments, the first segments are light bluish-green, laterally with white, black-ringed spots, the rest of the 
body bright green with subdorsal white, red-ringed spots and a white undulate lateral line. Food-plant un¬ 
known. Mexico, Honduras, Panama. 
