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dorsal yellow tufts on first two segments ; pectus and ventral 

 surface of abdomen white. Fore wing yellow, irrorated with red 

 aiid with traces of numerous waved red lines ; an oblique greyish 

 line edged with red from costa before middle to termen above 

 tornus ; the area beyond the cell thinly scaled, and with series of 

 red points on the veins, a curved dentate grey band edged with red 

 on inner side from costa before apex to above vein 5, then bent 

 outwards to termen at vein 4. Hind wing crimson, the cilia 

 yellow. 



. Hah. Panama, Chiriqui ; Amazons, Parji (Bates). 1 9 type in 

 Mus. Oxon. Ex2i. 0- millim. 



Genus EUPSEUDOSOMA. 



Etipseudosoma, Grote, Proc. Kiit. Sue. Philad. v. p. 210 (1865) 



Type. 



involuta. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, not rpaching vertex of head, the 

 3rd joint minute; anteaufe of male serrate and fasciculate; tibire with the 

 spurs short. Fore wing with veins o, 4, 5 from angle of cell ; (> from upper 

 angle; 7, 8, 0, 10 stalked; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins li and 5 from 

 angle of cell or very shortly stalked ; 4 absent ; 6, 7 coincident ; 8 from cell or 

 stalked with 7- 



Sect. I. Hind wing with vein 8 stalked with 0, 7 in male. 



*1228. Eupseudosoma bifasciata. 



Bomhyx bifasciata, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. pi. 2.52. F (1780) ; Kirby, Cat. 



Het. p. 197. 

 Halisidota euri/ga7iia, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Ani., Het. ii. p. 372, pi. 74, f. 14 



C18'J7). 



c? . Dark red-brown ; palpi, 

 frons, patagia, legs, and 

 ventral surface of abdomen 

 redder. Fore wing with 

 slight redder marks at base 

 of median nervure and vein 

 1 ; oblique straight fine black 

 Fig. 19. medial and postmedial lines 



Eupseudosoma bifasciata, cS . \. not quite reaching costa. 



Hind wing slightly paler. 

 Hah. Panama, Chiriqui, type t 6 ewiigania in Coll. titaudinger ; 

 Surinam. Exp. 32 millim. 



Sect. II. Hind wing with vein 8 .slalkcd with G, 7 in female, from middle 

 of cell in male, which has the costa greatly lobed. 



1229. Eupseudosoma involuta. 



Phalana involuta, Sepp, Surin. Vlind. i. pi. 115 (,1852); Kirby, Cat. Hot. 



p. 205. 

 Chnriden nixea, Herr.-Schilfr. Aiisscreur. Schinett. i. f. 279 (1855) ; Groto, 



P. Jint. Soc. Philud. v. p. 240. 



