asv) 



A-RCTIXBM. 



1935. Ecpantheria confusa. 



Arachnid confusa, Driice, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 99 (1884); id. ibid. 

 ii. p. 378, "pi. 75. f. 7 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 219. 



(3" . Head and thorax white ; palpi black above ; frons with 

 lateral black marks ; tegulse and patagia with annulate black-edged 

 marks ; fore tibiae at sides, hind tibiae at extremity, and fore and 

 mid tarsi above black; abdomen orange, with dorsal black points on 

 terminal segments, the ventral surface white. Fore wing white, 

 with series of irregular black-edged annulate, often sinuous spots ; 

 a subbasal series of three spots ; an antemedial series angled in cell, 

 bifurcate on inner area into two usuallj- conjoined spots forming an 

 inverted V ; a discoidal spot with the discocellulars usually black ; 

 a postmedial series incurved below vein 4 ; a subterminal series 

 angled at vein 4 ; a terminal series, the spots towards apex dentate. 



2 . Hind wing with small discoidal annulate spots ; a subter- 

 minal series with larger spot above vein 5 ; a terminal series from 

 apex to vein 2. 



Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Hoe</e), 1 5 type, Godman-Salvin Coll., 

 Vera Cruz. Exjp., J 36, $ 54 millim. 



1936. Ecpantheria suffusa. 



Arachnis suffusa, Schaus, Ent. Am. v. p. 190 (1889); Druce, Biol. Centr.- 

 Am., Het. ii. p. 378, pi. 76. f. 11 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 219. 



S . Head and thorax white ; palpi orange, black above ; frons 

 with black bar ; tegulae, patagia, and metathorax with greyish 



Fig. 162. — Ecpantheria suffusa, cJ' f- 



black-edged lunulate spots ; legs yellow above, ringed with black ; 

 abdomen orange, with dorsal black spots and short bands on terminal 

 segments, a lateral series of black spots, the ventral surface white 

 with sublateral black spots on terminal segments. Fore wing white, 

 with series of black-edged grey annulate or sinuous spots ; a subbasal 

 series of three spots ; antemedial and medial series angled in cell, often 

 interrupted in submedian fold and sometimes conjoined ; a discoidal 

 lunule ; a postmedial series angled at vein 4, then incurved, some- 

 times conjoined to the medial series above vein 1 ; a subterminal series 

 with some of the spots elongate ; a terminal series, the spots towards 

 apex dentate. Hind wing white, with antemedial, medial, and post- 

 medial black spots on eosta, often a discoidal spot with others between 

 it and tornus, and some on termen towards apex. 



