CYMBALOPHOKA. ECTrPIA. 475 



tuft orange, the ventral surface black, -with lateral crimson spots 

 and ventral bands. Fore win^ flesh-white ; a black patch at base 

 of inner area ; an antcniedial triangular patch from costa to below 

 cell and a V-shaped patch from submedian fold to inner margin ; an 

 irregular patch from middle of costa across end of cell, then narrowing 

 and oblique to submedian fold ; a i)Ostmcdial patch from costa to 

 vein 5, and oblique band from vein 'A to inner margin ; a large 

 apical spot ; a triangular patch on middle of termen and a spot 

 above tornus. Hind wing yellowish white suffused in part with 

 pink ; a subterminal black spot on costa, and usually spots on veins 

 2 and 1 and on termen at apex and vein 4, 



Hab. Syria, Beyrout {Jessup), 3 6 . Exp. 48 millim. 



Genus ECTYPIA. „, 



lype. 



Ectypia, Clem. Proc. Acad. Sci. Philad. 1860, p. 529 hivittata. 



Proboscis aborted ; palpi porrect, hardly reaching beyond the frons ; 

 antennjB of male bipectinate, of female serrate ; head and thorax almost 

 smoothly sealed ; tibisB with the spurs short. Fore wing with veins 3, 4, 5 

 from angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to 

 form the areole ; 11 free. Hind wing with vein 3 from close to angle of cell ; 

 4, 5 from angle ; G, 7 from upper angle ; 8 from middle of cell. 



A. Abdomen with the dorsum yellow thona. 



B. Abdomen dorsally white with subdorsal yellow stripes bivittata. 



*2075. Ectypia? thona. (Plate L. fig. 8.) 

 Spilosoma thona, Street. Suppl. ii. p. 4 (1899). 



cJ . White, with a slight pinkish tinge ; antennje black, the shaft 

 white above ; patagia with black stripes ; abdomen dorsally orange- 

 yellow. Fore wing with black streak on median nervure and vein 

 4 from before middle to termen, but interrupted in places ; a streak 

 on inner margin from before middle to near tornus : a streak on 

 terminal part of vein 1 ; some points on costa and termen : a point 

 at upper angle of cell and one beyond the cell ; slight streaks on 

 veins and 7 towards apex. 



//ah. U.S.A. Exp. 42 millim. This species is unknown to me, 

 figured from a drawing irom typo by H. Strecker. 



207<). Ectypia bivittata. 



Ectypia bivittata, Clem. Proc. Acad. Sci. Philad. 18G0, p. 530; Kirby.Oat. 



Het. p. 235. 

 Spiloaoma nigroJlarJa , Graef, Ent. Am. iii. p. 43 (1887); Kirbv, Cat. Het. 



p. 227. 



$. AVhite ; palpi black; sides of frons yellow; antenna' with 

 the branches black ; tegula; with black points ; patagia with blue- 

 black stripes with yellow lines on their outer side ; fore coxae 

 yellow ; fore femora and the tibite and tarsi black above ; abdomen 

 with dorsal and lateral series of ])lack spots and some sublateral 



