150 EPISCADA. By B. Haensch. 



rubeseens. L. rubescens Btlr. d- Druce (39 e), from Costa Eica, has the margins partly red-brown, as in vicina, 



but a broad black-brown apex to the forewing, and also a broad white oblique band. 

 The following forms have no dark streak in the cell of the forewing. 

 inelegans. L. inelegans Hew., from Ecuador, is of the same size as susiana and has vitreous wings with dark distal 



margins, strongly dentate proximally, especially in the hindwing. Across the end of the cell of the forewing 

 is placed a half-band, with process at the 3''' median vein. On the under surface the margins are red-brown 

 with white distal-marginal double spots. 

 jumaia. L. fumata Hsch., from the Cauca Valley, is of the same size as mukrenita and has narrow borders to 



the slightly smoke-brown wings and narrow half-band at the end of the cell of the forewing. Beneath the margins 

 are light yellow-brown. 

 manom. L. manora Schaus, from Central Brazil, is said to have transparent bluish white wings with blackish 



margins and vnins. In the apex of the forewing a vitreous spot, at the end of the cell a whitish patch. 

 sarilis. As L. sarilis spec. 7iov. I designate a form from the Upper Amazon, similar to graciella, with 2 vitreous 



spots in the black apex of the forewing. The half-band at the end of the cell has a projection above the 3''^' 

 median vein: the Avhole of the 2"' vein is broadly black. 



"•'Tr^wft' ^' S""^*^'^''^ Oberth. (= victorina Hew.) (39 c), from the Upper Amazon, and victorina Guer.. from Vene- 



zuela and Colombia, are very much alike. They have a broad black apex and a broad white oblique band at 

 the end of the cell. In graciella the veins in the white oblique band are completely covered, whilst in victorina 

 padilla. the upper vein and half the second one appear black. — padilla Hew., from western Ecuador, is also very 

 similar, with broader white oblique band, which reaches to the hinder angle, so that the 2'* median vein also 

 paula. is dusted with white. — paula Weijm., from Central America, is likewise similar, with narrow white oblique 

 band, broad, almost quadrangular, black spot at the end of the cell and red-brown costal margin, and also 

 a red-brown spot at the hinder angle of the forewing and distal margin of the hindwing. 

 estcUa. L. estella Hew. (39 c), from eastern Ecuador, is a small species with broad black apex to the forewing 



and distal margin to the hindwing. the latter with a red-brown stripe, and also with a broad white oblique 

 band in the forewing. On the under surface the dark margins have yellow-brown central stripes. — In Bolivia 

 siibova. occurs a similar form, which I call subosa form. noi\ It has a narrower white oblique band and narrower 

 distal margin to the hindwing. Moreover, the whole disc of the latter is whitish, together with the veins ; in 

 estella only at the apex, the rest being colourless with black veins. 



Finally I refer here 2 new forms, which are very different from the preceding, but according to the 

 neuration agree best with Leucothyris. 

 ferru. L. ferra spec. nov. (39 d) strongly recalls by its markings species of Thijridia, Aprotopos and Dircemia. 



The wings are almost colourless with dark brown margins and a transverse band across the end of the cell of 

 each wing. In the middle of the distal margin of the hindwing there are 3 white dots. The antenna has 

 yellowish club. On the under surface all the distal margins have white marginal dots as far as the apex. 

 Ihyrirliana. From southern Peru. — thyridiana jorm. nov. is a similar, larger form from Bolivia Avith black margins and 

 bands and a triangular spot in the cell of the forewing. Otherwise the markings are as in the preceding. On 

 the under surface a yellowish streak is placed behind the base of the hindwing. 



26. (icnus: JEpiscada Godm. d- Salt. 



This also is only a genus of convenience, whose characters are not sharply defined. Properly the 

 upper discocellular of the hindwing should be entirely absent in the ^, but mostly it is still feebly present. 

 The habitus of the species referred to Episcada is always very different from that of Leucothyris and approaches 

 much more that of the following genus Pteronymia. The lower discocellular in Episcada appears to be always 

 very distinctly angled, whilst in Leucothyris the anterior arm disappears in the dark costal-marginal stripe. 

 The cell of the hindwing in typical species is almost equally long anteriorly and posteriorly-. 



The species of Episcada are mostly no4 easy to recognise as such, since superficially thej- closely re- 

 semble certain species of Pteronymia. Only the ,^(^ are more certainly distinguishable by the upper discocel- 

 lular and radial of the hindwing. The few species of Episcada are scattered over the whole Neotropical region 

 and are generally not very common. 

 salvinia. E. salvinia Bates (39 d), from Guatemala, has delicate, almost colourless wings with narrow brown 



margins and half-band at the end of the cell of the forewing, and also a white spot at the costal margin. On 

 rufocincta. the underside the margins are lighter yellow-brown. — rufocincta Salv., from Mexico, is a similar form with 

 yellow-brown margins, blackish streak at the inner margin of the forewing, and without white patch at the 

 end of the cell. 



clausina. E. clausina Hew. (39 d), from Bolivia, has dark brown margins and half-band with yellow spot at 



the end of the cell. The costal margin of the hindwing is yellow beneath. The subcostal of the forewing is 



striposis, red-brown; in the $ also the inner margin. ^ In Central Brazil occurs a very. similar, form, which I call striposis 



