( 401 ; 



harpe longer tlian clasper, similar to that ol' Jap/'x ; Mi one (Pi. XLVI. f. 6) short, 

 ending in a short, somewhat clubbed process, or the process sinuate at end. 

 Penis-sheath (PI. LIII. f. 38) with a flat, twisted process, the right edge of 

 which is obtnsely dentate, the teeth being continued as folds on the surface of 

 the process. 



[lal/. Honduras to Bolivia and Sta. Catharina. 



Two subspecies : 



a. E. prono'c pronor. 

 *Unzcla lyronoii Druce, i.I.c.r. 

 *Unzda viiricgata Rothschild, I.e. 



cJ¥. Hindwing pale, semitransparent, except distally and posteriorly. Tenth 

 sternite of S almost three times the length of the tergite. 



llab. Honduras to Bolivia and Para. 



In the Tring Museum 5 c?(?, 1 ? from: C'hiriqui ; Para; S. Augnstin, 

 Mapiri R., Bolivia, ix. (Stuart) ; La Union, Caura R., Venezuela, vi. '02 (Klages). 



b. E. pronoc fuscatu.% subsp. nov. 

 Unzela spec, Bonninghausen, Iris xii. p. 1.34 (1899) (S. Catharina). 



tJ. Hindwing brown, the semitransparent area reduced to a streak in cell and 

 another behind it ; underside of body more clayish, and the discal costal patch of 

 forewing above smaller, than in the northern form. Tenth sternite a little more 

 than twice the length of the tergite ; left harpe sinuate, upper lobe acute. 



Ilab. Sta. Catharina. 



In the Tring Museum 1 i {t!/pe^ from Sta. Catharina. 



CI. EPISTOR.— Typus : lugubris. 



Sjihin.c Linn(>, Si/xt. Nnl. ed. .x. p. 489 (1758) (partim ; type : iiceUuta). 



Enyn Hiibrer, Vrrz. hek. Schm. p. 1H2 (182li) (partim; type: jnpix) ; Wsilk., Li.nl Lrp. Iiig. B. M. 



viii. p. 112(1850). 

 Thijrnis, Harris (non Simin-iim, 1*<21), in Sillim., Joiini. Sc. .l)-(xxxvi. p. '606 (1839) (partim). 

 Plerngon, Burmeister (iwn Boisduval, 18H4), Sphiiiff. Bran. p. 72 1856). 

 Ejiialor Boisduval, Sjiec. Gin. Up. Hit. i. p. 296 (1875) (type : hi qiihris). 

 Tripitogiin Mt'netries, Eutim. Corji. Aiihii. Mhk. Petr., Lep. Siipj'l. ii. p. 94 (1857) (partim; nom. 



indescr.) ; Kirby, Gil. Lep. Tlet. i. p. 044 (1892). 



S ?. Palpus smoothly scaled, closely apjiressed to head, apex of both together 

 rounded in dorsal view, third segment small, with u pale tip. Eye large, not 

 distinctly lashed. Antenna feebly or more distinctly incrassate towards hook, 

 this long, sharply curved, tip generally pointing basad •, end-segment very short, 

 flattened ventrally or excavate, with a brush of long scales dorsally and apicaily. 

 Mesotiiora.x with a high mesial crest, which is highest in /rout. Spines of abdomen 

 narrow, weak; cj with apical tripartite fan, mesial brush narrow and prolonged; 

 ? without fan-tail, seventh segment conical, sternite small, membranaceous apicaily. 

 Midtarsns with comb ; scaling of hindtibia of i prolonged dorsally and ventrally, 

 the tibia a]j|j('ariMg i^omjiressed ; hindtarsns with four rows of spines, with very few 

 additional spines. Aj>ex of forewing sinuate or truncate. 



i. Teiitii tergite (PI. XLIV. f. 10. 11. 12) long, narrow, jirod need into a pointed 

 apical [irocess and bearing three large, jjoiuted, ventral, vertical teeth ; sternite also 

 narrow, flat, hori/.(jntal, slightly dilated ut end, the dilated jiart asymmetrical. 



