Publ. 25. V. 1937. 
PARASA. By H. G. Dyar f. 
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15. Hindwing yellow at the base ..16 
Hindwing dark, scantily scaled in the disc. maysi Schs. 
16. A larger species with broad wings; the green band broad, a dark mark in the 
brown marginal area . indetermina B.sd. 
Smaller, with more pointed wings; the green band narrow, the brown margin 
without a mark.17 
17. The green band occupies more than a third of the wing and extends at the inner 
margin to the base. chloris H.-S. 
The green band is narrower, not reaching the base at the inner margin .... 18 
18. A larger species; the green band broad and uniform. cuernavaca Dyar. 
Smaller, the green band strangulated. minima Schs. 
19. Wings normally shaped, not produced apically.20 
Wings of strongly produced at the apex. . . 22 
20. Light brown, hindwing yellow at the base.21 
Both wings dark brown, forewing with a whitish distal line. viridogrisea Dyar. 
21. Forewing dark brown at the base, median band lighter brown, margin light . mionexia Dyar. 
Forewing as light at the base as at the margin; central band dark (expanse of 
wings: 17 mm). minuta Her. & Hopp. 
22. Forewing light brown. cebrenis Schs. 
Forewing dark brown, monotonous. schausi Dyar. 
P. herbina Schs. (164 g). Forewing green, the brown distal margin narrow, with two rounded indentions, herbina. 
running along the inner margin as far as the base; hind wing ochreous orange with a narrow brown distal margin. 
Expanse of wdngs: c? 21 mm; $ unknown. Brazil. 
P. viridiplena Wkr. (164 g). Forewing bright green in the disc, distal margin rather broadly brown, viridiplena. 
spotted blackish and twice projecting angularly, the base also obliquely cut off brown. Hindwing yellow with 
a uniformly light brown distal margin. Expanse of wings: 24—30, $ 38 mm. Brazil. 
P. cucumenica Dyar (164 h). Forewing dark green, the obliquely cut off basal area and the broad distal cucumenica. 
margin blackish, the latter projecting twice. Hindwing blackish brown, yellowish at the costal margin. Expanse 
of wings: $ 27 mm; <$ unknown. Brazil. 
P. loyola Dyar is smaller than viridiplena, the green area relatively narrower. Hindwing yellow in the loyola. 
basal two thirds with a broad brown margin, q unknown. Expanse of wings: $ 27—28 mm. Brazil. 
P. campylostagma Dogn. Green, base and distal margin narrow, the latter twice indented, with a white campylo- 
dentate discal streak encircled with brown. Hindwing dark brown. Expanse of wings: 25 mm; $ unknown. stagma. 
Colombia. 
P. imitata Drc. (= fauna Dyar) (164 h) is a large green species with a very narrow brown basal and imitata. 
marginal area and with a darker green discal dot. Hindwing dark brown. Expanse of wings: $ 32—35, $ 46 mm. 
Central America, Colombia. 
P. mompha Dyar is a slim species with broad wings; forewing bright green, basal area obliquely cut off mompha. 
dark brown, the margin suffused with wood-brown except a spot in the centre; an oval dark discal spot at the 
cell-end. Hindwing red-brown. unknown. Expanse of wings: $ 35 mm. Peru. 
P. flora Dyar (164 h) resembles mompha, but it is more strongly built, with straighter margins of the flora. 
wings, the marginal band of the forewing broad. Expanse of wings: 29—33, $ 35 mm. Brazil; French Guiana. 
P. stiphra Her. &• Iiopp is smaller than flora, with shorter and more rounded wings, the dark colour stiphra. 
more blackish grey instead of red-brown. Expanse of wings: $ and $ 25—30 mm. Peru. 
P. macrodorita Her. & Hopp. Forewing with a roundedly indented basal area, a broad dark distal margin macrodonta. 
with a long submedian dent extending into the cell and reaching the dark basal colour; a transverse strigiform 
spot at the cell-end. Hindwing dark brown. Expanse of wings: $ 26 mm; $ unknown. Peru (Chuchuras). 
P. mossica Dyar is rather large, the dark basal and marginal areas reduced, the marginal area broadly mossica. 
indented discally and mixed with lilac, a small dark spot at the cell-end. Hindwdng yellow, fringe interspersed 
with dark scales. Expanse wings: <$ 33—35 mm; $ unknown. Colombia. 
P. wellesca Dyar (164 h) is smaller than mossica, only a dot at the cell-end. Expanse of wings: 24 to wellesca. 
30 mm; $ unknown. Costa-Rica. 
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