374 AECTIAD^. 



of black-edged grey spots ; a spot at base ; a curved maculate 

 subbasal band from costa to vein 1 ; an antemedial maculate band 

 angled on median nervure, then oblique ; a medial series with 

 elongate spot in lower end of cell, the two spots above inner margin 

 large or each biiid ; some irregular marks beyond the discocellulars ; 

 a postmedial irregular series from costa to submedian fold, the 

 spots above veins 3, 4, and 6 displaced outwards ; a subterminal 

 series, with the spot above vein 5 elongate, and the one below it 

 somewhat triangular ; a subterminal series, with the spots above 

 veins 5, 6, 7 elongate ; the terminal area sparsely scaled from costa 

 to vein 2, Hind wing white, with more or less black suffusion 

 on inner area ; a blackish spot in cell and one at each angle ; two 

 jjoints below costa near apex, and points on termen above and below 

 vein 6 ; a subterminal series of spots, with the spot on vein 5 large ; 

 a spot on tornal lobe ; the terminal and subterminal spots may be 

 partly or entirely absent, except the spot on tornal lobe, which, 

 is slightly produced. 



Hob. Brazil, Sao Paulo, Castro Parana, 1 S • Exp. 60 millim. 



1917. Ecpantheria peruvensis, n. sp. (Plate LI. fig. 10.) 



(^ . Head and thorax white, tinged with pink ; frons and 

 antennse blue-black ; tegula?, patagia, pro- meso- and metathorax 

 %vith black-edged grey spots ; the fore coxse, fore femora above, 

 bands on fore and mid tibise, the fore tarsi and bands on mid and 

 hind tarsi, and below shoulders blue-black ; abdomen dorsally 

 orange, with the base clothed with black and white hair, the otlier 

 segments with black-edged grey-irrorated blue bands, the terminal 

 segment with a similar patch, lateral black lines, the ventral 

 surface white with sublateral and ventral series of black and grey 

 spots. Pore wing white tinged with pink, the area from end of cell 

 to termen at apex and tornus hyaline ; a small grey and black spot 

 at base ; subbasal black-edged grey spots on costa and below cell ; 

 a curved antemedial series of four spots ; an oblique medial series 

 of six spots ; a postmedial spot on costa and four between vein 3 

 and inner margin : subterminal spots on costa and inner margin, 

 and a terminal series of strife. Hind wing hyaline ; the inner area 

 white, with black patch from near base to beyond middle, and black 

 patch on tornal lobe. 



Hah. Peeij, R. Linimbare, Legrario, 1200 feet (Simons), 1 J 

 type. Ex2^. 72 millim. 



1918. Ecpantheria deflorata. 



Bombyx deflorata, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 582 (177.5) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 907. 

 Kodua scribo7ua, Stoll, Suppl. Cram. v. pi. 41. f. 3 (1790) ; Eiley, Eep. 

 . Ins. Missouri, iv. p. 141, ff. 63, 64 ; Stretch, Zvg. & Bomb. N. Am. 



p. 174, pi. 7. ff. 20, 21. 

 PhalcBna oculafisdma , Abbot & Smith, Lep. Georg. ii. pi. 69 (1797) ; Duuc. 



Nat. Libr., Exot. Moths, v. p. 169, pi. 20. f. 4; Oberth. Et. Ent. vi. p. 110. 



pi. 17. f. 5. 

 Bomhyx ckryseis, Oliv. Enc. Meth. v. p. 58 (1790). 



