INSECUTOR INSCITI^ Ml^NSTRUUS 171 



curved cream color, followed by a black lunule; short blacl^ 

 streaks at cell above and below vein 4 suffusing with the thick 

 cellular streak ; a postmedial outcurved row of spots, the costal 

 spot largest and suffusing with the spot above vein 6 ; the spots 

 between veins 6 and 4 smaller ; a subterminal series of spots, 

 those above and below vein 8 suffusing and entirely black, the 

 spot below vein 7 small, round, black; a black streak below 

 vein 6 ; a small triangular spot below vein 5, the spots below 

 this increasing in size to inner margin, those above and below 

 submedian entirely black ; a marginal row of small round spots 

 on interspaces those from vein 5 to apex irregular in shape. 

 Hind wings white ; a streak of black hairs before inner margin ; 

 a small black spot in cell, and one on angle of discocellular ; 

 a postmedial small black spot above vein 7 ; medial and post- 

 medial black spots on costa. Fore wings below almost the 

 same as above ; the cellular streak suffusing with antemedial 

 spots. Hind wings below white ; the medial costal spot suf- 

 fusing with spot in cell ; a black spot at anal angle also present 

 above. 



Expanse 65 mm. 



Habitat. — Joinville, South East Brazil. 



Type.— Cat No. 24917, U. S. Nat. Mus. 



The horizontal streak across the discocellular is a marked 

 character of this species. 



Ecpantheria flavopunctata, new species. 



Female. — Head and thorax fuscous ; some brown hairs on 

 frons, and luteous hairs on vertex; tegulse dorsally edged 

 with luteous and crossed by an oblique luteous line from head ; 

 some fine luteous streaks on thorax and a wavy line on patagia. 

 Abdomen above blue black, a dorsal and a lateral series of 

 small orange spots ; underneath dull black and with small 

 yellow ventral paired spots, not reaching last segments. Fore 

 wings fuscous crossed by series of black spots very finely edged 

 with yellowish scales ; basal, antemedial, medial, postmedial 

 and subterminal series ; small terminal spots, except the spot 

 between veins 6 and 7 which is larger. Hind wings fuscous ; 



