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1929. Ecpantheria icasia. 



Bomhyx icasia, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. pi. 181, E (1777); Kirbj, Cat. Ilet. 



p. 214. 

 Bomhyx lantana, Fabr. Ent. Sysfc. iii. (1) p. 437 (1793). 

 Hypercompe eridane, Hiibn. Samml. ex. Schraett. i. (1827) (nee Cram.) ; 



Oberth. Et. Ent. vi. p. 105, pi. 12. ff. 2,3; Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., 



Het. i. p. 96. 

 Ecpantheria ohliferata, Wlk. iii. GDI (1855). 

 Ecpantheria simplex, Wik. iii. 092 (1855). 

 Ecpantheria guadulpensis, Oberth. Et. Ent. vi. p. 107, pi. 13. f. 2 (1881) ; 



Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 214. 



S . White ; frons fuscous, tinged with blue ; antennae black ; 

 patagia, pro- meso- and metathorax usually with slight fuscous 

 annuli ; fore coxse with bluish patches, the extremity of tibiae and 

 tarsi banded with black ; abdomen orange, the hair at base of 

 dorsum white with dark tips, subdorsal series of small blue spots, 

 the segments slightly fringed with white between them, the anal 

 tuft and ventral surface white. Eore wing with hyaline patch 

 extending from end of cell to apex and tornus ; subbasal, ante- 

 medial, medial, postmedial, and subterminal series of small black- 

 edged annulate spots, the first three curved, the last two almost 

 obsolete on the hyaline area, and the 4th incurved below vein 5 ; 

 traces of a terminal series of black spots. Hind wing hyaline, the 

 inner area white ; the tornal lobe slightly developed. 



2 . Prons, thorax, and legs unmarked ; abdomen with the base 

 and subdorsal spots white ; fore wing with the series of spots 

 large ; hind wing often with traces of postmedial and subterminal 

 series of annulate spots and some on termen from below apex to 

 vein 3. 



Hab. Porto Eico, 1 d" ; Nevis, 2 c? , 1 2 , types ohllterata and 

 simplex ; Dominica {Elliot), 1 S , 1 $ ; Guadaloupe ; TpvInidad, 1 $ ; 

 Surinam ; Costa Rica {Rogers), 1 $ ; Panama, Chiriqui, 1 (S , God- 

 man-Salvin Coll. ; Chili {J. J. Walker), 1 $ . Eccp., cS 54, $ 76 

 millim. 



*1930. Ecpantheria eridanus. 



Noctua eridanus, Cram. Pap. Exot. i. pi. 68, G- (1775) ; Oberth. Et. Ent. 

 vi. p. 105, pi. 12. f. 1 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 214. 



(5 . Pure white ; abdomen orange except at base and extremity, 

 with series of dorsal segmental white bands. Hind wing with the 

 lobe slightly developed. 



Hah. Colombia, Bogota ; Surinam. Eocp., cS 50, $ 68 millim. 



1931. Ecpantheria cotyora. 



Ecpantheria cotyora, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 97, pi. 10. if. 4, 5 

 (1884) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 217. 



(5 . Head and thorax ochreous white ; palpi, frons, and antennae 

 above black : tegulae and patagia with large grey-brown patches ; 

 thorax with a pair of grey-brown stripes diverging at extremity round 



