326 amatidjE. 



yellow spots; rnetathorax with two whitish spots; coxae pinkish; 

 abdomen scarlet with large triangular dorsal brown basal patch, 

 the anal segment black, the ventral surface brown with the first 

 three segments pinkish white except at sides. Fore wing grey- 

 brown ; the basal area with two series of dark spots below costa 

 and patches above and below vein 1 ; an antemedial maculate line 

 angled outwards on vein 1 ; a round spot in cell bisected by a pale 

 streak in discal fold ; two spots in end of cell and a series beyond 

 the cell becoming short streaks between veins 5 and 3, then bent 

 inwards to origin of vein 2 ; small spots beyond the cell above 

 veins 5 and 6 ; a postmedial series of wedge-shaped marks reduced 

 to spots between veins o and 3 ; a subterminal series of small 

 elongate spots, the spot below vein 2 large and conjoined to post- 

 medial series; a terminal series of points on the veins. Hind wing 

 fuscous black, the interspaces in, below, and beyond end of cell 

 semihyaline. Underside of fore wing with white spot in upper 

 angle of cell, two beyond the cell, and two nearer termen between 

 veins 5 and 3. 



Hab. Surinam, type f in Coll. Staudinger; Bbazil, Amazons, 

 R. Jarna {Trail), 1 's . Exp. 36 millim. 



IE. sylvius is a much darker species ; fore wing black with fine 

 pale markings. 



1092 b. Eucereon tessellata. (Plate XVIII. fig. 21.) 



Eucereon tessellatum, Schaus, A. M. N. H. (8) vi. p. 194 (1910). 



d . Head and thorax grey-brown; palpi black, the 1st joint 

 and extremity of 2nd ochreous ; frons above and back of bead with 

 paired ochreous spots, the vertex of bead with black streak ; tegulae 

 with black patches, the patagia with black stripes; pectus blackish; 

 coxa3 pink ; legs streaked greyish and black, the tarsi black ; 

 abdomen black, the 4th, 5th, and 6th segments crimson with dorsal 

 black points, the crimson extending at sides to 2nd segment, the 

 ventral surface yellow except at extremity. Fore wing ochreous 

 brown ; black spots near base below costa and cell followed by a 

 subbasal series of rather elongate black spots; an antemedial series 

 of small black spots, bent inwards to inner margin and with elon- 

 gate spot below costa ; a round spot in middle of cell bisected by 

 a pale streak in discal fold ; two spots in end of cell, five spots 

 just beyond the cell with four small spots beyond them and one 

 above them on costa and four small spots from above base of vein 2 

 to inner margin ; four rather elongate postmedial spots from costa 

 to vein 5, a slight mark below vein 5 and an incurved series of tour 

 spots between vein 3 and inner margin; a subterminal series of 

 elliptical spots and a terminal series of small triangular spots; 

 the costa towards apex and cilia black. Hind wing black with 



