1152 
SACCOPLOCA. By M. Gaede. 
sordida. 
divergens. 
strigaria. 
brunneata. 
brevimargo. 
hendida. 
excisa. 
nigrosticta. 
a rounded apex, the anal end angled. Inner margin of <$ turned over, containing hair-flocks. Hindwing of $ 
normally shaped. Veins 3+4 and 6 + 7 stalked. Type: excisa Warr. 
In the first two species the exterior line of the forewing extends to 
the ape x. 
S. sordida Warr. (171 b). Light ochreous, spotted dark, costal margin darker brown. A blackish brown 
streak before and behind the middle, and adjoining to each of them an indistinct transverse line. From the 
apex to vein 4 a line obliquely inward, then bent round to the anal angle, black spots between the veins in 
the lower part of the line. The distal margin behind it browner, the apex before it lighter. Hinclwing lighter 
at the costal margin, the two brown lines beginning below the cell. 25 mm. Peru. 
S. divergens Warr. (171 b). Violettish brown, striated dark red-brown, with a few blue scales. Interior 
line rusty brown, rather indistinct, far excurved from % costal margin, obliquely inward from the median 
vein to 2 / 5 inner margin. Exterior line from 3 / 5 inner margin to the apex, bent round close before it, bluish white, 
edged blackish inside, rusty red outside. Blackish between the two lines above the inner margin. Marginal 
area lighter. Hindwing with an interior and a median bluish white line, edged with rusty brown on both sides. 
Marginal area lighter. In this species the forewing of the $ is not cut out at the margin. 24—30 mm. Peru, 
Bolivia. 
In the following species the exterior line extends almost parallel 
to the distal margin. 
S. strigaria Jones (172 c). Light olive brown, dusted violettish brown, costal margin lighter. Interior 
line dark brown, from + costal margin obliquely to the middle of the cell, then vertically to 2 / 5 inner margin. 
Exterior line from % costal margin, very slightly excurved at first, then almost straight to the middle of the 
inner margin. Hindwing broadly light at the costal margin, somewhat darker at the base. Interior and median 
lines close together, straight. $ 26 mm. Brazil. 
S. brunneata Dgn. Light brown. Interior line of forewing dark brown, bent at the costal margin, slightly 
inward in the submedian fold. Exterior line strong, with faded edges, from the middle of the inner margin to 
4 / 5 costal margin, where it is slightly bent inward. Behind it a parallel line, dark, white in the middle. This 
white line is only inwardly edged with dark above vein 4, and both disappear at vein 6. A parallel submarginal 
line behind it. Hindwing pale at the costal margin. The dark brown median line proceeds from a red-brown 
spot at the inner margin. <$ 26 mm. Colombia. The species seems to resemble a large alternata Warr. (171 a). 
S. brevimargo Warr. (= consimilis Warr. $) (171 b). The inner margin of the hindwing is shorter here 
and the anal angle thereby rounded, not angled. Violettish brown, dusted dark, the apex of the forewing more 
yellowish brown. The lines dark brown, distinct. Interior line from y 3 costal margin horizontally into the cell, 
where it is angled and straight to y 3 inner margin. Exterior line from + 3 costal margin to 2 / 3 inner margin, 
slightly excurved. Five black dots from the apex obliquely inward. On the hindwing both the lines are bent 
and distinct. The $ of it is said to be an insect which is described as S. consimilis Warr. $ and which is said 
to have no excision at the distal margin of the forewing. It is not stated whether the inner margin of the 
hindwing is also shortened in the + 35 mm. Peru. 
S. hendida $ Dgn. (= consimilis $ Warr.) (171 b). The $ is said to have the lower angle at the distal 
margin between veins 2 and 3, which is presumably only a mistake instead of 3 and 4. Wings greyish brown in 
the interior half, greyish red outside, the border-line red, edged with grey, straight; whether it is vertical or obli¬ 
que is not stated. The anterior part of the forewing is said to be traversed by bluish feeble fine lines, especially 
in the marginal area, thus very conspicuous, though Warren does not mention it in the description of his con¬ 
similis $ or $. Black submarginal dots around the excision. Hindwing not described. The $ is described to 
resemble excisa Warr. (171 c), but smaller, the apex more pointed. Transverse lines on both wings very fine. 
Hindwing beneath often brownish ochreous at the distal margin. The ground-colour is not mentioned, but 
according to our figure it is dark violettish brown with a blue reflection, brownish ochreous only in the anterior 
part of the hindwing. 30—35 mm. Peru. — A specimen before me, collected by Fassl and labelled as hendida 
+ shows some resemblance to the hendida figured by us merely in the ground-colour. The distal margin is 
almost still steeper than it is figured in divergens, the exterior line likewise proceeds from % inner margin into 
the apex. The interior line is shaped as in brevimargo, thus angled below the costal margin, then straight. On 
tl\e hindwing an interior and a median dark line are to be noticed, similar to brevimargo. Abdomen orange at 
the end. Without seeing a specimen or figure of the genuine hendida + one cannot ascertain whether the $ be¬ 
longs to it or not, and it seems to me to be useless to denominate it. $ 26 mm. Lino Panama, 800 m. A figure, 
however, may be useful, for which reason we add it (171 b). 
S. excisa Warr. (171 c). $ dark violettish brown, strewn with fine bluish white scales, especially in 
the marginal area. The lines darker. The interior line from + costal margin outward, shortly bent in the cell, 
somewhat obliquely inward to the inner margin at +. Exterior line from % costal margin to % inner margin, 
slightly excurved, edged with bluish white. A violet submarginal shadow from the apex to vein 4. Hindwing 
pinkish brown at the costal margin. The two lines extend only through the cell. The + with an excision on 
the forewing, is browner, the blue scales denser at the margin. — nigrosticta Warr. (171 c) is more wood-coloured 
brown, the lines less distinct. Black submarginal spots before the excision which is deeper than in excisa + 
