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RHAPIGIA; CHLIARA. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
plateada. H. plateada Schs. Forewing of a bright brown colour, costal margin blackish, the anterior transverse 
lines fine black, the antemedian line oblique to the centre of the inner margin, 2 black spots before it above 
the inner margin, another spot below the lower median vein, and one behind the cell, an uncommonly large 
triangular silvery spot in the cell-end, its shape resembling that of the genus Chliara ; the anterior inner 
part is divided by a fine line, the other part is marked red-brown; an irregular large silvery spot is before 
the black apex, indistinct black subterminal spots below it. Hindwing yellowish-white. British Guiana. 
doremn. H. dorema Schs. Forewing dull yellow, the anterior transverse line is divided into 3 reddish-brown 
small spots, the largest of which is above the inner margin; a fine reddish line from the centre of the cell to 
the inner margin, a dark spot is here before it, the fine straight postmedian line is finely edged with white 
inside and crosses a broad reddish shadow, grey shading is also behind it; silvery spots in the cell-end as in 
plateada ; apex dusted grey and white with a silvery crescent before it, above and below which there is 
one silvery drop each besides; subterminal dots and streaks in the red-strewn marginal area. Hindwing 
white. Expanse of wings: 63 mm. Described from Guatemala. 
149. Genus: IShapigia Schs. 
A few species with special wing-contours, hitherto ranged under Hapigia, have been recently separated 
from them as Rhapigia. They are distinguished by the remarkably high shape of the forewing with a deeply 
cut out inner margin and lobately produced anal angle. 
Type of genus: Rh. accipiter Schs. 
accipiter. Rh. accipiter Schs. (158 e) has very strikingly shaped wings, the feebly bent distal margin being almost 
just as long as the costal margin and terminating at the anal angle in a long dent, for which reason the 
inner margin is very short. Forewing dull red-brown, brighter in the basal half, an orange spot in the basal 
half of the inner margin; transverse lines indistinctly lighter, bordered with dark, the anterior one termin¬ 
ating in 3 bows into the dent, the posterior one almost straight; a dark dot in the cell, 2 lighter small spots 
at the end; a fine black undulate line in the somewhat lighter marginal area, more distinctly W-shaped 
before the apex, and bordered with white inside. Hindwing blackish-brown, dingy white along the costal 
margin. Brazil. 
ay mam. Rh. ayrnara Schs . (158 e) has somewhat similarly shaped wings, also with an anal-angular dent; fore¬ 
wing lilac brown, darker in the basal half of the costal margin, with lighter transverse lines, the anterior 
ones with lunar spots, the posterior ones almost straight, with short black vein-streaks before them and dots 
behind them, a large blackish spot near the anal angle; 2 silvery spots at the cell-end are finely bordered 
with black, and a narrower spot is at the apex, from which the irregular black marginal line proceeds. Hind¬ 
wing smoky grey, whitish basally. Colombia, Guiana. 
deicola. Rh. deicola Schs. Anterior body cinnamon-brown, tegulae apricot-coloured, abdomen brown above, 
reddish-white beneath. Forewing brown as far as the reddish-yellow marginal area, dusted with brown from 
the apex to vein 3; the subbasal and anterior transverse lines consist of reddish cinnamon, partly connected 
spots, parted by dark lunules; a similar oval spot at the cross-vein with a smaller one inside above it; post- 
median line undulate, bordered with grey inside, with vein-dots: subterminal line black, deeply undulated, 
bordered with white towards the apex. Hindwing sand-colonred brownish with a whitish basal costal-marginal 
agnesa. part. — f. agnesa Schs. exhibits a black spot at the inner-marginal excision and another postmedian one on 
vein 4. Expanse of wings: 45 mm. Brazil (Rio Purus). 
Jdagesi. Rh. klagesi Rothsch. Forewing purple brown, partly shaded chestnut-brown and dusted pinkish violet, 
shaded sooty black postdiscally and in the centre of the inner margin; the curved blackish postmedian line 
is indistinct and has grey vein-dots, the submarginal line is notched as in deicola. Hindwing reddish-grey. 
Amazons (Fonte Boa). 
rotundaia. Rh. rotundata Dogn. is allied to klagesi and similarly marked, but the wings are differently shaped, 
‘the distal margin and the anal angle of the hindwing uniformly rounded, forewing chestnut brown, with 
yellowish spots in the distal half of the cell, submedianly and subterminally; the black margins are very 
fine and inconspicuous, accompanied by whitish scales, the anterior lines only composed of vein-dots, 2 small 
streaks at the cell-end. Hindwing light brown, yellowish basally. Expanse of wings: 47 mm. Amazons. 
150. Genus: diliara Wkr. 
Separated from the preceding ones by the antennae not being nodularly thickened basally; vein 6 of 
forewing not stalked with the subcostal branches, but rising separately from the upper cell-angle. Only few 
tropical species are known, some of which abound remarkably in silver and gold decorations. 
