74 Mr. H. Druce on some 
X1.—Descriptions of some new Species of Heterocera. 
By Hersert Druce, F.L.S. &c. 
Fam, Syntomida. 
Eucereon Birchelli, sp. u. 
Female.—TVhe head, antenne, collar, tegule, and thorax 
pale brown; abdomen blackish brown; legs pale brown, 
banded with white. Primaries pale brown, irrorated with 
dark brown scales, a black spot at the end of the cell: second- 
aries semihyaline blackish brown. 
Expanse 1% inch. 
Hab. Colombia, Bogota. 
Fam. Arctiidae. 
Rhodogastria roseibarba, sp. n. 
Male.—The head, collar, tegule, and thorax pale greyish 
fawn-colour ; one black spot on the front of the head, two on 
the collar and on each of the tegule, and two at the base of 
the thorax ; palpi red, the second and third joint tipped with 
black ; antenne reddish brown; legs red; abdomen cream- 
colour, the two anal segments pale pink, the base clothed 
with pink hairs. Primaries semihyaline brownish white, the 
costal margin, apex, inner margin, and veins all brownish 
fawn-colour: secondaries semihyaline white, clothed on the 
inner margin with long pink hairs, the outer margin near the 
apex shaded with pale fawn-colour. 
Expanse 2¢ inches. 
Hab. Sooloo Islands (Pryer, Mus. Druce). 
Ecpantherta albiscripta, sp. n. 
Male.—Head, antenne, collar, tegule, and thorax blackish 
grey, the collar and tegule edged with white; abdomen 
bluish black, the sides banded with orange-yellow; the legs 
grey, banded with white. Primaries blackish grey, with 
several dark marks on the costal margin; a number of fine 
white lines cross the wing from the costal to the inner margin, 
forming a series of small spots: secondaries pure white, with 
three black spots on the costal margin; on the underside the 
costal margin is edged with yellow.—Female very similar to 
the male, excepting it is much darker in colour and that the 
