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Wings rather short, very narrow. Fore wings distinctly angular 

 on the hind border. Abdomen slightly tapering from the base to 

 the tip. Legs moderately stout ; spurs of the hind tibiae rather 

 long. 



Female ? Antennae simple and beset with short bristles along 

 the whole length. Wings short, extremely narrow, less distinctly 



angular. 



WALKER. 



1. E. anthracina Walker, 253, 1633. 



Male. Purplish black. Prothorax with a red dot on each side 

 beneath. Fore wings towards the tips dingy white, between 

 which and the black there is a slight brown interval ; fringe black. 

 Hind wings dark brown, dingy white in front. Abdomen with an 

 oblong oblique shining white spot on each side at the base. 



Female ? Fore wings with a whitish band at three-fourths of the 

 length, blackish thence to the tips. Length of the body 5 6 

 lines; of the wings 12 14 lines. 



Mexico. 



WALKER. 



Group Eucerea. 

 Eucereon Hilbner. Verz. Schmett. 123. 



Body rather stout, nearly cylindrical. Palpi moderately long, 

 curved; third joint very minute. Antennae slender, minutely pec- 

 tinated to the tips. . Wings- opaque, spotted. Legs moderately 

 stout ; median and apical spurs of the hind tibiae rather long. 

 This group connects the Glaucopididae with the Bombycidae. 



1. E. sylvius Stoll. Cram. Pap. Exot. V, 65, pi. 14. 



Fore wings brown or fawn-color, with many blackish streaks. 

 Abdomen in part red or luteous or yellow. 



Var. a. Fore wings brown; areolets full of blackish marks of 

 various size and shape, but mostly cuneiform. Abdomen partly 

 red. 



Var. b. Fore wings fawn-color, their spots less large and less 

 numerous. Abdomen partly red. 



Var. c. Like Var. b, but abdomen partly luteous. 



Mexico. 



WALKER. 



