808 BVXT0MI1».«. 



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hjxus iM'yoiKi lower aut^ie. 



r"^^ Hind wing with hyaline 



\\ hitf patch IrIow base of 

 <fll. 

 Unh. r. S. A., (aorpia, 

 Florida: 2 c<, 1 $, 



below rtil near \m'>Q and at niiddk" and ])oyond upper angle, 



often absent, and two 

 8p(»ts beyond lower ant,de. 



^^^^ ^Vi^^^ „^s=5:^ J Hind wing with hyaline 



ty|>e feroA'. Exp. 48 

 Y\g. \?f).~St/utomrida iponirtf, S ' \- inillini. 



OsO. Syiitomeida epilais. 



Euchromia rpi/ai>, Wlk. i. L'JT i K>4) ; Hull. 111. Hot, i. p. liTl. i»l. 8. f. r> . 

 Dru.T, Biol. Ccntr.Aiu.. Hrt. i. p. •!.*{. Kirhy. Cut. Hot. p. 12.'^ 



Blue-black; anteniur w)ut«' at tipn; .sides of thorax and legH 

 BjHitted with white; abdomen witli two dorsal whit<' spots on 1st 

 negiuent with a j)oint iM^ween them, f(dlo\s <'<1 by thre<' lateral and 

 two Bublateral sjM)ts ; the last two Begments deep crimson-red. 

 Tore wing with white spot at ba-se of co.sta ; a 8])ot below middle of 

 cell and small spot in cell tow ards upper an^le ; tw o spots beyond 

 upper angle and two between veins 'A and 5. Hind wing with 

 white spot beyond end of cell ; the cilia w bite at middle of inner 

 margin. 



Fore wing with vein 1 1 from the cell ; 4, '> approximated for some 

 difitnnce. 



J/<i/>. Mrxiro, .Talapa (Trujillo), Yucatan {Gffumn'): Uritibh 

 Honduras { /il(incauMn.v), (Jodman-Salvin Coll.; Hondikah, t\j)r. 

 Kxp. ii2 millim. 



Larva, Pyar. J. N V. Knt. Soc. iv. p. 72. pi. iii. f. 10, A In«H't Life, ii. p. 360. 



Ef'f hemispherical, minutely punctured, base flat ; laid in ma88e8 

 under leaves. 



Ixirva, mature. Head orange-red, i»alpi w hitish. jaws dark ; 

 somites red, w ith sliiny black warts in subdorsal .space on somites 

 5-13 ; a subdorsal serieH ; a Bupra.stigmatic serieH ; a stigmatic series 

 behind spiracles ; two.subventral .series; somites 2,3, 4 w ith one .series 

 only; the cervical spot and anal plate with row of blaek points; 

 the subdorsal and stigmatic series on somites 3, 4, and the supra- 

 stigmatic on 7-11, and the suMorsal on \2 & 13 with long 

 pencils of fine black hair, the others with thin tufts of short hair; 

 the subdorsal space on median somites posteriorly conjoined on 

 dorsum; a series of sjx)ts in stigmatic space posteriorly, and a fainter 

 series in subventral space sometimes almost forming a })and ; leg» 

 black, prolegs black on outer side ; sj)iracle3 small and black. 

 Length 30 millim. Food-plant, yerium (nlonnn. 



Cocoon thin, formed of hair and silk. 



Puj^a depressed behind thorax, somew hat tlat below : abdominal 

 segments fixed, cremaster absent ; orange, with black streaks, 

 one on head, two on collar ; two angulated lines on thorax ; 



