70S ECHENAIS. By Dr. A. Reitz. 



,]i-iiKnn(i<-ii- E. densemaculata Hew. (= debilis G. d-. S.) (13>sk). Above daik yellowi><h-brown, 'speckled oohreous, 



liilit. „,i(^i| l)i-o\\n spots encircled by oclireous ones which are connected with the distal margin. Beneath like above 

 but paler. V 'il^e the o- Ap])arently rare, but wide-spread; from Central America to Ecuador. 



-rrna. E, zeriia lie}!-. (I4:2 1i). The figured specimen originates from Santos. Recognizable by the uj)per 



surface being marked greyisli-green. Under surface bluish-white with black dots, forewing in the apical jmrt 



with grey nebulous s])ots. Very local, but not very rare at its habitats. Brazil, Bolivia; from the latter country 



bili'oiuipvia. also the form luteonaevia Stich., with more white markings, hindwing with an oehreous-yellow marginal zone. 



glaiirri. E. glauca O. <£■ <S'. (138 k) from Costa Rica is much more brightly marked in light blue, only the apical 



part of tiie forewing and 3 rows of small dashes arranged to transverse bands are black. Rare. 



fiiriili^. E. curulis Ih'ir. (1-f:.' h). Wry pointed wings, at once recognizable by the upper surface of a bright 



metallic sky-blue lustre, the colour of which almost come.s near the splendour of Mesosemia rroesus. Stichel 

 doul)ts whether E. itieUtta Thm.. with a dai'ker apical part of the forewing, is to be placed here. Bolivia (Ecuador). 

 The figured ^ from the Rio Songo. 



Uihifs. E. laius G. d- H. resembles on the whole a small ^ of N ijmphiiUuin ethelinda. the head, thorax, fiire- 



wing and the costal part of the hindwing are chestnut-brown, the rest of the hindwings is yellowisli-w^nte. Size 

 of the pvlcherrimrt. T only know the rj in the Coll. Godman. Guatemala. 



piiichirr'niia. E. pulclierritiia Btlr. (140 c). Rather similar to penthea in both sexes, but in the (^ the white of the 



hindwing passes over into the proximal margiri of the forewing, in the Q the whitish oblique band of the fore- 

 wing does not terminate before the ]:)roximal margin, bul tui'iis angularly round on the lower median vein and 



n,iiii„iriiffi. is irregularly contiiuied on the hindwing. Amazon. — comparata tStirh. from Pei-u is more dark brown than 

 red-brown, and the white spot at the proximal margin of the forewing is larger. East Peru. Common. 



lili)iii. E. lilina Bflr. (140 c). Forewing blue, with black spots, a large spot behind the middle of the costa 



and the jjroximal-marginal area white. Hindwings, except the dark-grey base, cpiite snow-white. Mexico to 

 Panama. Our figure according to n (^ from Costa Rica. 



idcnca. E. ictctiCa G. & S. (I40d). Forewings yellowish-brown, some spot> round the proximal margin 



ye!lowis]i-\\h.iie. Hindwings dull yellowish-white with a brown base. Panama. Rare. 



penthea. E. petitlica Cr. (138 h). c? red-brown, with blackish spots, the lower half of the hindwing Mhite with 



small blackish spots at the apex and anal angle. 9 dark-brown with a whitish, irregular oblique band of the 



forewing and a submarginal row of eye-spots of the hindwing. — Typical penthea come from Guiana and the 



(iHscrix. eastern coast of Brazil, they are rather small, the 5$ above with traces at most of yellowish-red. — auseris 



Hew., from the Middle Amazon, are larger, the 9? more brightly coloured, in front of the row of eye-spots 



l}ciif]ii(h:i. on the hindwing a distinct red colouring. — ■ penthides Stich. (= penthea Sfg?'.) (138 h, i) is still larger, the band 



of the forewing of the C is broad at the costa, the wings with bright red markings; from the western parts of 



iiiieliiia. South America. — nitelina Stich., according to 1 2 from the Yurimaguas, with a triangularly shaped band-spot 



echiiin. of the forewing. — Of echion Stich.. like the type from Guiana, the q is darker brown, and a series of spots runs 



through the centre of the hindwing. In the $ the white band of the forewing is losing itself from the margin 



iiilio.i. in a downward line. — nilios Stich. (138 i) whicli I figure according to specimens from the Itaituba (Amazon) 



shows in the ^ the lower, otherwise white part of the hindwings almost entirely covered with brown arcuate 



bands, and in the $ the whitish band of the forewing is greatly narrowed. — At some places very common. 



aiiiiiilili'rn. E, annullfcra Godm. (138 h). The rj has about the ground-colour of the $ of ^he preceding species, 



more dark greyish-brown than red-brown. In the hindwing the marginal part is broad white. The basal halves 

 of the wings with thick, mostljr round, light-ringed eye-spots. Only the ,^ is before me, from the Rio Mapiii; 

 reported also fiom Guiana. 



Diiratdr. E. iTiicator Sch. (138h). Like the preceding allied to alector; twice as large as annulifera, the basal 



halves of the wings spotted like in the latter, but the forewing with a broader curved white median band, the 

 hindwings entirely white, with the exception perhaps of the basal third. Under surface like the upper, duller, 

 in front of the border of the hindwing grey nebulous .spots. From the Rio Pachitea in Peru. The 2 is not 

 before me. 



(jii/ciia. E. galena Bat. (13s k). Above red-brown, the basal half with scarce dashes and bounded off from 



Ihe purely red-brown distal part of the wings by a chain of such dashes. Beneath the black dots are more 

 numerous and the whole proximal part of the wings is covered with small white scales, as if with powder. (The 

 2iid figure in the row t. 138 k is taken from beneath). CSuiana and Western Amazon (Itaituba); local, but 

 not rare. 



V /(/((. E. senta Hew. (138 i). On the red-brown wings there are alternating darker and lighter irregular 



bands. Before the apex of the forewing are two small whitish spots above each other, at the costa of the hind- 

 wing 2 next to each other. Beneath the boundaries between the lighter and darker bands are marked black. 

 The figured specimen collected by Bates contains only the statement: ., Amazon". 



