f\ 2 Lord Walsingham's monograph of the genera 



ceous towards the base, and with an ochraceous subapical band. 

 Length of the body, 2 lines ; of the wings, 5 lines. 



" a. b. Para ; from Mr. Bates' collection." 



[This species is identical with Eretmocera ? ceneiceps, 

 F. &K., from Bogota. Wlsm.] 



Antennce yellow at the base, thence thickly clothed with dark 

 purplish-fuscous scales to half their length, thence broadly banded 

 with white ; apical one-third purplish fuscous. Labial palpi 

 recurved, long, slender, 2nd joint about equal in length to the 

 apical joint and slightly straighter ; purplish at the extreme base of 

 the 2nd joint, the remainder of which is bright golden yellow 

 externally, whitish internally, the apex of the 2nd joint and the 

 apical joint tinged with fuscous. Maxillary palpi black. Head 

 smooth, metallic -purplish ; face lilac. Thorax shining purplish 

 fuscous, with two golden yellow lines slightly converging pos- 

 teriorly. Fore wings purplish fuscous, sprinkled with golden 

 yellow scales, especially along the middle of the wing ; at the base 

 is a golden yellow band overspread at the extreme base of the 

 costa with purple ; at the outer one-fourth of the wing is an ill- 

 defined golden yellow fascia, divided transversely by four or five 

 narrow lines of the dark ground colour, but extending inwards at 

 the middle and along the extreme costal margin ; the cilia at the 

 anal angle are slightly ochreous ; the whole apex of the wing and 

 the remainder of the cilia purplish fuscous. Hind wings trans- 

 parent, except a broad band along the costal margin, which is pale 

 straw-yellow, the veins immediately below it being marked with 

 bright golden yellow, which also extends narrowly around the 

 abdominal margin for one-third of the wing-length ; below the 

 apex the veins and cilia are smoky fuscous, with green and lilac 

 iridescence upon the transparent wing-surface below them. Under 

 side of fore and hind wings yellow along the basal half of the 

 costal area, paler below and smoky fuscous beyond. Abdomen 

 vermilion, with a broad black band at the anal extremity, and a 

 greyish anal tuft. Under side yellowish. Legs : the upper side 

 of the upper half of the tibias are tinged with vermilion on golden 

 yellow; spurs and under side pale straw-yellow; tarsal joints 

 broadly banded above with dark fuscous. Exp. al. 13 mm. 



Imago. October. 



Hob. Bogota (Lindig], Santarem (Mr. J. H. Leech). 



The above description is taken from a male in my 

 collection. The specimen figured on pi. cxxxviii. of the 



