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Genus EUCH^^TIAS Lyman. 

 EUCH^TIAS PARAZONA, new species. 



Dark, blackish gray; back of head with two orange points and an 

 orange stripe running to the base of the wing; fore coxas crimson; 

 abdomen red above with segmental black bands, the anal tuft white, 

 gray below. Fore wing blacldsh gray, the costa orange yellow nearly 

 to apex; fringes of both wings wliitish. Expanse, 48 mm. 



Type.— One female, No. 14214, U.S.N.M., Misantla, Mexico, July, 

 1911 (R. Muller). 



Genus HYPHANTRIA Harris. 

 HYPHANTRIA PENTHETRIA, new species. 



Head and collar wliite, the palpal hairs, a spot on front and two on 

 collar dark gray. Thorax yellowish white, the patagia striped with 

 gray inwardly: Legs white, ringed with black, the fore femora and 

 tibise marked with orange. Abdomen orange above, white beneath, 

 with a dorsal series of transverse black marks, a lateral and small 

 sublateral row of spots. Fore wing blackish gray, the veins lined 

 with wliite except the discal cross-vein; the subcostal white streak 

 above the cell is very broad as also on the basal liaK of vein 1, and 

 there is a broad streak on the submedian fold, not reachmg base 

 or margin; fringe white except in a patch at vein 3. Hind wing 

 blackish with a white ray on submedian fold, the fringe white except 

 at the end of vein 3. Expanse, 34 mm. 



Type. — One male. No. 13850, U.S.N.M., Tehuacan, Mexico, August, 

 1910 (R. Miiller). 



Genus ECPANTHERIA Hubner. 

 ECPANTHERIA EURIPIDES, new species. 



Head blue-black in front, yellowish white on vortex; tegulse 

 broadly blue-black with narrow orange edges; thorax greenish black, 

 the patagia with orange edges. Abdomen orange with two dorsal 

 rows of small black spots, a lateral row, the venter banded with black, 

 the last segment wholly black. Fore wing cream color, crossed by 

 rows of large angular deep black spots; a minute one at base; first 

 row of two and a line below vein 1 ; second row of three narrow spots; 

 third row of five large spots, either square or triangular; a double 

 lunate bar at end of cell ; fourth row of seven narrow spots ; fifth row 

 of four spots above end of median vein; sixth row marginal of four 

 small spots above, each divided by pale veins, a streak above vein 4, 

 a large spot between 3 and 4, two between veins 2 and 3, obhquely 

 divided, a large one between 1 and 2, obliquely divided by a narrow 

 line, and small one on iimer mai^in; the larger cross-lines of the 



