ECPAXTHERIA. 383 



1929, Ecpantheria icasia. 



Bomhi/x icasia, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. pi. 181, E (1777); Kirbj, Cat. Het. 



p. 214. 

 Bomhyx lantance, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. (1) p. 437 (1793). 

 Hypercompc^ eridane, Hi'ibn. Samml. ex. Sclimett. i. (1827) (nee Oram.) ; 



Oberth. Et. Ent. vi. p. 105, pi. 12. il'. 2,3; Druce, Biol. Centr.-Ara., 



Het. i. p. 96. 

 Ecpantheria ohliterata, Wlk. iii. 091 (1855). 

 Ecpantheria simplex, Wlk. iii. ()92 (1855). 

 Ecpantheria guachilpensis, Oberth. Et. Ent. vi. p. 107, pi. 13. f. 2 (1881) ; 



Kir by, Cat. Het. p. 214. 



(S . White ; irons fuscous, tinged with blue ; antennae black ; 

 patagia, pro- meso- and metathorax usually with slight fuscou.s 

 anuuli ; fore coxae with bluish patches, the extremity of tibiie and 

 tarsi banded with black ; abdomen oi'ange, the hair at base of 

 dorsum white with dark tips, subdorsal series of small blue spots, 

 the segments slightly fringed with white between them, the anal 

 tuft and ventral surface white. Fore wing with hyaline patch 

 extending from end of cell to apex and tornus ; subbasal, ante- 

 medial, medial, postmedial, and sub terminal series of small black- 

 edged annulate spots, the first three curved, the last two almost 

 obsolete on the hyaline area, and the 4th incurved below vein 5 ; 

 traces of a terminal series of black spots. Hind wing hyaline, the 

 inner area white ; the tornal lobe slightly developed. 



5 . Frons, thorax, and legs unmarked; abdomen with the base 

 and subdorsal spots white ; fore wing with the scries of spots 

 large ; hind wing often with traces of postmedial and subtormiual 

 series of annulate spots and some on termeu from below apex to 

 vein 3. 



Hab. PoRTO Rico, 1 S ; jS'evis, 2 c5' , 1 $ , types ohliterata and 

 siriiplex; Dominica {Elliot), 16-, 1 $ ; (juadaloupe ; Trij<idad, 1 $ ; 

 Surinam ; Costa Rica {Rogers), 1 $ ; Panama, Chiriqui, 1 S , GJod- 

 man-Salvin Coll. ; Chili {J. J. Walker), 1 5 . Ex2)., 6 54, $ 76 

 millim. 



*1930. Ecpantheria eridanus. 



Xociua eridanus, Cram. Pap. Exot. i. pi. 68, G (1775); Oberth. Et. Ent. 

 vi. p. 105, pi. 12. f. 1 ; Kirby, Cat. Het, p. 214. 



(^ . Pure white ; abdomen orange except at base and extremity, 

 with series of dorsal segmental white bands. Hind wing with the 

 lobe slightly develojjcd. 



JIub. Colombia, l3ogota ; Surinam. Bay., c? 50, $ G8 millim. 



1931. Ecpantheria cotyora. 



Ecpantheria cott/ora, Drucc, Biol. Centr.-Ani., Het. i. p. 97, pi. 10. ff. 4, 5 

 (1884) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 217. 



c5' . Head and thorax ochreous wliito ; palpi, frons, and antennic 

 above black ; togula) and jjatagia with large grey-brown [)atche3 ; 

 thorax with a pair of grey-brown stripes diverging at extremity round 



