Original descriptions of the forms of the American Dalceridae. 
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the inner-marginal area of the forewing pink, with a blackish hue on it, as in D. tijucana Schs. Hindwing with 
pink fringes. Bolivia: Cochabamba, Yunga del Espirito Santo (P. Germain, 1888—89), 1 
A d d i t i o n s to Dalcera p. 1304. 
D. eanescens IF. H. T. Tams (168 c). Antennal shaft covered with white white scales. The characteristic 
tufts of scales before the white tips are black; pectinations brown. Head with an orange vertex, greyish brown, 
striped black. Frons suffused with greyish yellow. Thorax from light to warm fawn-colour. Tegulae whitish, 
greyish brown at the base. Abdomen above and beneath and the chest orange. Legs with femora inside orange 
golden greyish brown or greyish brownish black suffused with orange and white inside, outside only white, 
tarsi greyish brownish black, the 1st to 3rd joints with white tips. Middle leg with an orange femur, tibia orange 
beneath, greyish brown suffused with white beneath; tarsi greyish brown with white-tipped 1st to 3rd joints. 
Hindlegs orange; tibiae and tarsi above with few greyish brown hair-scales, the last 4 joints of the tarsi greyish 
brown. Forewing reddish greyish brown with a fine reddish claret-coloured reflection; costa white, bordered 
with greyish brown of 4—6 mm width except at the base, and at the apex, where the border is mixed with 
the general colour of the wing; inner margin with a whitish fringe. Hindwing orange with a greyish brown 
margin of only 4 mm width, which is broadest on the vein M 1, from where it gradually narrows down towards 
the anal angle. Forewing beneath dull orange, leaving a terminal brown margin from the base to the junction 
of R 4 + 5; broader at the apex, narrower towards the tornus; costa bordered with a warm fawn colour; hind¬ 
wing as above. Expanse: 46 mm. Yahuarmayo, 1200 ft-., April 1912. 
D. consanguinea Dyar. Forewing pale purple grey, shaded blackish outside; costal margin, interior 
margin and distal margin norrowly pale yellow. Hindwing orange with a black narrow distal margin, less broad 
than 1 4 of the length of the forewing. Expanse of $ : 39—45 mm. Rio Tabajoz, Amazons; Brazil: Porto Velho, 
Rio Madeira. Brazil. It may not be different from D. semirufa Drc. 
Alphabetical List 
of the original descriptions of the American forms of Dalceridae quoted in this volume. 
* signifies that the form is also figured at the place quoted. 
abrasa D. H.-Schciff. AuBereurop. Schmett. 1855, 1, p. 7, 
fig. 180. * 
aiinea Min. Hopp. Arch. f. Naturgesch. 87, Abt. A, p. 279 
(1921). 
alba D. Drc. Biol. Cent.-Am. Lep. Het. 1, p. 213 (1890). 
albescens An. Hopp. Dtsch. Entom. Ztschr. 42, p. 286 (1928). 
amianta Par. Dyar, Zoologica 1, p. 137 (1909). * 
ampela D. Drc. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 505 (1890). 
anastigma Ca Dyar Proc. U. S. Mus. 47, p. 252 (1915). 
angulifera Acr. Dyar , Prc. W. S. Nat. Mus. 29, p. 332 (1905). 
arcifera Acr. Dyar, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 12, p. 117 (1910). 
argentata Min. Hopp Dtsch. Entom. Ztschr. p. 429 (1922). 
argentea Par. Schs. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 6, p. 415 (1910). 
arhatliodota Zad. Dyar Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 12, p. 115 (1910). 
arnacis Min. Dyar Zoologica 1, p. 137 (1909). * 
bicolor Dal. Schs. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 6, p. 415 (1910). 
boliviana Acr. Hopp. Arch. f. Naturgesch. Abt. A 87, p. 280 
(1921). 
canalicula Par. Dgn. Het nouv. de l’Am. du Sud 1, p. 42 (1910). 
canaquitam Acr. Dyar Insec. Inscient. Menstr. XIII, p. 18 
(1925). 
eanescens D. W. T. H. Tams The Entomologist, London 59, 
(1926). 
caretta Acr. Schs. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 38, p. 268 (1910). 
chirma Acragop. Schs. Proc. IT. S. Nat. Mus. 57, p. 150 (1921). 
ciliata Acr. Wkr. Cat. Brit. Mus. 4, p. 807 (1855). 
citrino An. Schs. Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc. 4, p. 57 (1896). 
citrinapsis An. Dyar Journ. Wash. Academ. of Sciences 17, 
p. 550 (1927). 
coa Acr. Schs. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 322 (1892). 
conda Acr. Dyar Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 12, p. 116 (1911). 
consanguinea D. Dyar. Wash. Acad. Sci. 17, S. 550 (1927). 
cosmia Acr. Dgn. Het. nouv. de l’Am. du Sud 3, p. 63 (1911). 
cyelophera Par. Dyar Proc. LI S. Mus. 47. p. 253 (1915). 
dierrhvoa Zad. Dyar Insec. Insci. Menstr. XI, p. 30 (1923). 
disconitens Min. Schs. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 29, p. 331 (1905). 
dubiosa Zik. Hopp Dtsch. Entom. Ztschr. ,,Iris“ 42, p. 287 
(1928). 
dulciola An. Dyar Proc. IT. S. Mus. 47, p. 252 (1915). 
elvira Acr. Dgn. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 6, p. 414 (1910). 
ferruginea Acr. Hopp. Dtsch. Entomol. Ztschr. p. 430 (1922). 
flava Acr. Wkr. Cat. Brit. Mus. 5, p. 1107 (1855). 
flavetta Acragop. Dyar Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 29, p. 332 (1905). 
fumata Zad. Sell. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 238 (1894). 
goes An. Schs. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 6, p. 415 (1910). 
halopliora Par. Dyar Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 30, p. 10 (1928). 
hamata Acr. Schs. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 6, p. 414 (1910). 
indiscata Min. Dyar Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 12, p. 120 (1910). 
infusa Acr. Dyar Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 29, p. 332 (1905). 
ingenescens An. Dyar Journ. Wash. Acad, of Sciences 17, 
p. 557 (1927). 
ingenita Dale. Edw. Papilio 2, p. 12, (1882). 
innocens Par. Dyar Proc. IT. S. Nat. Mus. 29, p. 331 (1905). 
isotliea Acr. Dogn. Het. nouv. Am. Sud 8, p. 100 (1914). 
Iaxta D. Drc. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 506 (1890). 
leberna Acr. Drc. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 505 (1890). 
luteola An. Hopp Arch. f. Naturgesch. 87, Abt. A, p. 281 (1921). 
mariala Acr. Dgn. Het. nouv. de l’Am. du Sud XXIV, p. 17 
(1923). 
melinda Acr. Drc. Biol. Cent.-Am. Lep. Het. 2, p. 441, Taf. 87, 
fig. 24 (1898). * 
meridensis Acr. Dgn. Ann. Ent. Soc. Belg. 2, p. 23 (1907). 
mesoa An. Drc. Biol. Cent.-Am. Lep. Het. 1, p. 213 (1887). 
moorei Acr. Dyar Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc. 6, p. 232 (1898). 
moribunda Acr. Schs. Proc. IT. S. Nat. Mus. 57, p. 150 (1921). 
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