Z.epidoptera of the Amazons. 59 



Family MELAMERID^E. 

 Bepara, Walker. 



88. Bepara subapicalis. 



$. PhcEochlcEna s7ibapicaIis,V^^ajYkeY, Lep. Het. ii. 

 p. 470, n. 8 (1854). 



$. Bepara ecjaca, Wlk. 1. c. Suppl. i. p. 143 (1864). 

 ^, $. Forest at Xibaru, Rio Negro, 26tli June, 1874. 



Ephialtias, Huhner. 



89. Ephialtias basalis, n. sp. 



Above jet black; primaries with an oblique ochreous 

 postmedian belt, not reaching either margin but acuminate 

 at its inferior extremity; secondaries with a transverse 

 snow-Avhite abbreviated band from the abdominal margin 

 to the median vein, its lower edge dentated ; collar below 

 saffron-yellow; coxte and venter white: expanse 1 inch 

 4 lines. 



Para, 9th March, 1875. 



This species has long stood in the Museum under the 

 name of ''' Phintia basalis,^'' but I cannot find that it has 

 ever been described; it is allied to J^. abrupta, the type 

 of the genus. 



90. Ephialtias pilarge. 



Josia [Pphialtias) pilarge, Walker, Lep. Het. ii. 

 p. 305, n. 28 (1854). 

 Para, 8th March, 1875. 



This is the second example that I have seen of this 

 species. 



91. Ephialtias pseudena ? 



Retila pseudena, Boisduval, Lep. Guat. p. 94 

 (1870). 

 Uru^aca, Rio Jurua, 1st November, 1874. 

 This species perfectly answers to Boisduval's description 

 of examples from Honduras and Mexico. 



92. Ephialtias ena. 



Retila ena, Boisduval, Lep. Guat. p. 95 (1870). 

 Fonteboa, Rio Solimoes, 17th November, 1874. 

 R. enoidcs of Boisduval seems to be the Josia (^Phintia) 

 laticeolata of Walker, a new genus. 



