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1909. Ecpantheria leeta, del. E. prceclara. 



1909 a. Ecpantheria prseclara. 



Ecpantheria prseclara, Obertb. Et. Ent. vi. p. Ill, pi. 19. f. 1 (1881). 

 Ecpantheria theophila, Dogn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xlvi. p. 233 (11)02). 



c? . Head and thorax yellow; palpi, irons, antennae, paired 

 patches on tegulae, patagia ami mesothorax, and a patch on meta- 

 thoraxdark In-own tinged with greenish; front and sides of pectus, 

 extremity of femora and tibia} and tarsi dark brown tinged with 

 green ; abdomen orange, the 1st three segments dorsally clothed 

 with brown hair followed by brilliant blue-black bands, lateral 

 series of blue-black spots, ventral bands on the two basal and 

 terminal segments with some sublateral marks between them. 

 Fore wing yellow, the veins orange ; an olive-brown point at base ; 

 subbasal spots on costa and below cell and a slight streak below 

 vein 1 ; an antemedial spot on costa and oblique series of three 

 small spots between cell and inner margin ; a medial series of six 

 spots, oblique below the cell; a small elliptical discoidal spot; 

 a postmedial spot on costa followed b} r a series of small spots 

 strongly incurved below vein 4 ; a subterminal series of four large 

 irregular spots bisected by the orange veins and a small spot below 

 vein 4 ; a terminal series of short streaks on each side of the veins 

 from apex to vein 4, and small spots below veins 3 and 2. Hind 

 wing yellow, the inner area orange ; small black spots below costa 

 near apex and at extremity of lobe ; the underside with subbasal, 

 medial, and postmedial small paired spots below costa. 



2 ■ Ground-colour of head and thorax white, the markings 

 rather pale brown; abdomen with complete series of bands on 

 ventral surface ; fore wing white, the veins white, the markings 

 rather larger ; hind wing brown tinged with blue, leaving some 

 yellow on costa, short lines from costa just before and beyond end 

 of cell, some irregular postmedial marks in submedian intersjjaee, 

 and a maculate band just before termen, connected with termen 

 from apex to vein 2, then becoming terminal and ending at vein 1. 



Hah. Colombia, Bogota, Popayan, type f 6 , $ theophila in 

 Coll. Dognin, P. Siato, Slopes of Choco, 1 cS . Exp., J 5G> 

 $ 70 millim. 



*1909 b. Ecpantheria enripides. (Plate LXIII. fig. 2.) 

 Ecpantheria euripides, Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xKi. p. 56 (1912). 



S . Head blue-black, the vertex yellowish white ; teguke blue- 

 black with narrow orange edges ; thorax greenish black, the patagia 

 with orange edges ; legs black ; abdomen orange with subdorsal 

 scries of small black spots except on three basal segments, the 

 extremity black, lateral series of spots and ventral series of bands. 

 Fore wing creamy white, the interspaces almost entirely occupied 

 by series of quadrate black patches and spots leaving white streaks 

 on the veins and narrow bands ; the base of inner margin creamy 



