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ECCOPSIS, Zeller. 



^Eccopsis wahlbergiana, Zell., Handlingar Kong. Svensk. 

 Vetens. Akad., 1852, pp. 79, 80. Walk. Cat. 

 Lep. Het., B. M., xxviii., p. 413. 



A single female specimen in Mr. Gooch's collection 

 agrees with the description of this species, except that 

 the costal markings would perhaps be more correctly 

 described as olivaceous rather than ochreous ; but as I 

 am unable to compare it with the typical examples, 

 which are believed to be in the Stockholm Museum, its 

 identity must be regarded as somewhat doubtful. If 

 rightly identified it is especially interesting as repre- 

 senting a genus established by Professor Zeller for the 

 reception of this South African species, but more lately 

 adopted by other authors (Lederer, ' Wiener Entomo- 

 logische Monatschrift,' 1859, 111, p. 288: von Heine- 

 mann, ' Schmetterlinge Deutschlands und der Schweiz,' 

 vol. i., pp. 138, 139 ; Staudinger and Wocke, ' Catalog,' 

 p. 251, No. 1027, &c.) to include latifasciana, Haw. 

 (venustana, Hiib.), a European species of very remarkable 

 structure, which appears to be undoubtedly congeneric 

 with the numerous North American representatives of 

 the genus Exartema, Clemens. As to the identity of 

 Exartema and Eccopsis, Zeller writes in two footnotes 

 (Verb. z.-b. Ges. Wien. xxv. 268) : 



(1) " Wickler in d. Wien Zeitschr. 1859. S. 288, 

 Meine Gattung Eccopsis (Micropt. Caffr., p. 79), kann 

 es nicht sein, wenn ihr wirklich der Hautanhang fehlt ; 

 ich habe keinen bemerkt, und da ich kein Ex. der 

 Africanischen Art besitze, so wird das Stockholmer 

 Museum am ersten entscheiden konnen, ob ich ihn 

 iibersehen, oder mit Kecht unerwahnt gelassen habe." 



(2) " So iibergenau auch Wilkinson die Liinge der 

 Tasterglieder mass und das Eliigelgeader untersuchte, 

 urn die schlechten Gueneschen Genera zu begriinden, so 

 hat er doch an der ihm ganz wohl bekannten Latifasciana 

 den Hautanhang nicht gesehen." 



It may be useful to contrast some of the essential 

 points of the two descriptions. 



Eccopsis, Zeller (Kong. Svensk. Vetens. Akad., 1852, 

 pp. 79, 80). 



Char, essent. " Alae posteriores elongates margine 

 postico in mare ante angulurn analem late excise 



