•"JOf! ftYNToMID.K. 



\\\'l Eucereon pica. (Pl.ito XVII. ti^'. i^l.i 



Hale}siii>ta ;//.(/. Wlk. iii. 7 Ki (l^^.V*; ; Drucc, Biol. Uiiitr.-Am.. iiil. n. 

 p. y58; K'xrhy, Cat. Iltl. p. 17-. 



(S . Ilead and thorax wliite; i)ali»i and a patch on verti'x of liead 

 l)hick ; aiittniut' l)hick, witli soiiu' whito <m .slialt near ])aso and 

 oxtremity; sonu' orange hidiind the eyes; hlack patclies on tcgulie, 

 .shouldiTs, nicso- and nictathorax, the patagia edged with l)hick ; 

 a sliglit orange tult on nictatliorax ; jx-ctus and legs l)lack and 

 whitf ; alxlonivn hlack, willi hroad maculate orange-yellow lateral 

 strijjes almost meeting on dorsum towards extremity ; the ventral 

 .surface white except on di.stal segments. Fore wing yellowish 

 white, ^^ith macuhite suhhasal lilaek hand angled outwards on 

 median nervure; an antemedial l»lack patch on costa conjoined to a 

 rounded spot in cell ; antemedial and medial series of spots helow 

 the cell ending in a i)atcli on inner margin, the two spots above 

 vein 1 sometimes conjoine«l : two conjoined discocellular sjmta con- 

 nected with a patch on costa ; an ol)lii|uo series of spots ])cyond the 

 cell, the two heyond lower angle displaced outwards, the si)ot al»ovo 

 vein U large and wedgi'-shaped and conjoined to a patch at tornus, 

 the spot on inner margin elongate: a suhterminal spot on costa 

 conjoined to a largo V-shaptnl pateli helow costa ; small 8|M)t« 

 between veins :{ and '> ; an irregular Urminal series of spots, the 

 spots at apex and between veins '.S and ."» largest. Hind wing 

 white, with discoidal fu.scous spots; an apical patch and the veins 

 towards apex black; the inner margin black; veins ii, 4 stalked. 



$. IIin<l wing with all the veins black and a broad irregular 

 fuscous terminal hand. 



IIaf>. ItuA/.iL, Uio Janeiro, 2 cf , I 9, type. Kxjk M millim. 



Subsp. I. fiifrafa, Hfrr.-.SWwiff. .\iitworeur. Schiiu'tt. f. U7M (IK'm); Kirhy, 

 Vai. Het. p. 17-'. 

 lin/cea jicntnaiia, Schaim, P. Z. S. 1^0*2, p. 2H,'J. and Am. Ja^]i. pi. ii. 

 f. Hi. 



Fore wing pure white, with all the black markings reduced ; 

 tegula? with black in front only; fore wing with the spots in 

 middle of cell and on inner area before middle somewhat X-shajiod ; 

 hind wing fuscous except the interspaces of discal area. 



J/(if>. Costa Kica ( rndenvood), 2 $ ,Godman-Salviu Coll. ; Bua/.il; 

 l*KKi . \\\Kf pn'ftiiaufi in Coll. Schaus. 



I 111. Eucereon varium. 



Eitchro.nitt vnriu, Wlk. i. 2(>; (l.S'»4> ; liutl. 111. Hot. i. p. 40, pi. 9. 1. .') ; 

 Druce. Biol. Centr.-Aiu., Het. i. p. 84 ; Kirby, Oat. Ibt. p. \W. 



(S . Head and tliorax black-brown ; back of head with two orange 

 spots; met atliorax with orange and whiti>h patch; coxae orange; 

 abdomen ])lack-brown, the 4th segment with subdorsal orange 

 patches, tlie next three or.inge above. Fore wing black-brown, the 

 veins and lines greyish brown ; a short curved subba.sal line; an 

 antemedial line angled on vein I ; a patch in end of cell; a ]ost- 

 medial sinuous line, with a sinuous line inside it between veins 7 



