74 Mr. F. Walker's Characters of un described Lepidopt era 



fasciis devil's e maculis albidis nigro-marginatis, spatio api- 

 cal! candido lineis duabus transversis arcuatis nigris, alis 

 posticis nigro-maculatis. 



Female. — Ochraceous. Palpi with black tips. Thorax and 

 pectus with black spots. Abdomen with three stripes of black 

 spots. Fore-wings with irregular bands of whitish-black bordered 

 spots ; apical part pure white, with two curved black transverse 

 lines, of which the exterior one forms lanceolate angles, and the 

 1st is diffusedly bluish bordered on the inner side. Hind-wings 

 with numerous black spots of various size. 



Length of the body 18 lines ; of the wings 5Q lines. 



Hindostan. 



Genus EcPANTHERiA, Hubn. 

 Ecpantheria Gulo. 

 Mas. — Albida, capite thoraceque nigro-notatis, abdomine alas 

 posticas longe superante, pedibus densissinie pilosis, alis 

 anticis nigro-sub-conspersis lineis plurimis obliquis deviis 

 lunulatis nigris, alis posticis sub-hyalinis albo-fimbriatis. 

 Bombyx Gulo, Morritz, MSS. 



Male. — Whitish. Vertex with a short black band. Palpi 

 black above. Thorax with several transverse black marks of 

 various form. Abdomen extending far beyond the hind-wings. 

 Legs mostly densely clothed. Fore-wings slightly black-spetkled, 

 with numerous oblique irregular lunulate black lines ; orbicular 

 and reniform spots of the usual form ; exterior border extremely 

 oblique. Hind-wings nearly hyaline ; fringe white. 

 Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 

 Venezuela. 



Ecpantheria moeita, 



Mas. — Alba, subtus nigra, verticis fascia nigra, thorace fasciis 

 quinque macularibus nigris, abdominis lateribus apiceque 

 ochraceo-pilosis, pedibus nigro-fasciatis, alis anticis lineis 

 nonnullis nigris undulatis et angulosis disco ex parte ferru- 

 gineo orbicular! et reniformi nigro-marginatis, alis posticis 

 obscure ferrugineis cupreo-tinctis. 



Bombyx moesta, Morritz, MSS. 



Male. — White, black beneath. Vertex with a black band. 

 Thorax with five macular black bands. Abdomen with ochra- 

 ceous hairs on each side and at the tip. Legs with black bands. 

 Fore-wings with several irreg-ular undulating and ziuzng black 



