ECrANTHERIA. O/ / 



1920. Ecpantheria alpha. 



Ecpantheria alpha, Obertb. Et. Ent. vi. p. 108, pi. xiv. f. 2 (1881) ; Ivirby, 



Cat. Het. p. 215. 

 Ecpantheria orbiculata, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Ilet. ii. p. 376 (nee 



Obertb.). 



(S . Head and thorax white ; palpi above, frons, and antenna) 

 black ; tegula), patagia, and thorax with black-edged irregular 

 annnli, two blue spots on metathorax ; fore femora above, tibia) at 

 base and extremity, and tarsi blue-black ; abdomen blue-black, the 

 hair on base of dorsum black-brown, dorsal and lateral series of 

 orange spots, the extremity and ventral surface white, with sub- 

 lateral and ventral series of black spots. Fore wing white, with 

 subbasal, antemedial, medial, postmedial, and subterminal series 

 of black-edged annulate spots, the first two angled on median 

 nervure, the last two bent outwards at vein 5, the last with 

 the spot above vein 5 elongate ; the spots on costa sometimes 

 filled in with black ; a black lunule beyond discocellulars ; 

 a small terminal series of black spots. Hind wing semihyaline 

 white ; a black-brown fascia on inner area and tornal lobe, which is 

 well developed ; a discoidal point and a subterminal point above 

 vein 4, an oblique streak above and below vein 2 ; four spots on 

 termen towards apex ; underside with ante- and postmedial spots 

 on costa. 



Ab. 1. Thorax with the ocellate spots reduced on tegulse to 

 points ; abdomen with dorsal orange lines on 3rd and 5th segments 

 instead of the series of spots. 



$ . Abdomen with the extremity black ; fore wing with the 

 spots larger, two spots beyond lower angle of cell ; hind wing with 

 the cell and area below and just beyond lower angle fuscous black ; 

 a subterminal series of spots with whitish centres, except on costal 

 area. 



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*1921. Ecpantheria albicornis. 



Ecpantheria albicornis, Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. v. p. 239, pi. 4. f. 4 

 (1865) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 215. 



White ; palpi and frons blackish ; antennae white above ; tegulae, 

 patagia, pro- meso- and metathorax with brown annuli ; pectus 

 white and brown ; legs white, the femora, tibiae, and tarsi with 

 brown spots; abdomen blue-black with some brown and white hair at 

 base, the subbasal and medial segments with narrow orange anterior 

 bands, sometimes reduced to obscure dorsal spots, the ventral surface 

 white with some brown scales. Fore wing with six series of small 

 brown annuli, the subbasal angled at median nervure, the ante- 

 medial curved, the medial angled at lower angle of cell and followed 

 by a black spot beyond upper angle of cell, the postmedial angled 

 below vein 5. Hind wing thinly scaled ; some prominent annulate 

 marks on costa and less distinct marks in cell and on discocellulars ; 



