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Ab. 1. f?. Ground-colour of head, thorax, and fore wing pale 

 grey ; of 2 ^^^^^ grey-brown ; hind wing of male pure white. 



Hab. Argentina {Darwin)^ 6 d* , 2 5, type and type degenera, 

 (Burmeister) 1 c? , (Leecli) 5 c? , 3 5 ; Ueugtjay, 1 $ . Exp.^ c?42, 

 2 54 millim. 



*1933. Ecpantheria albiscripta. (Plate XLVII. fig. 6.) 



Ecpantheria albiscripta, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) vii. p. 74 (1901). 



<S . Grey-brown ; palpi whitish ; tegulsD witb large annuli edged 

 with black and white ; patagia and thorax with similar markings ; 

 legs banded with white ; abdomen with dorsal and lateral series of 

 orange spots, a sublateral white fascia with some brown marks on 

 it. Fore wing with subbasal, antemedial, medial, postmedial, sub- 

 terminal, and terminal series of annulate white spots conjoined into 

 irregular bands, the medial band forming a dentate mark on median 

 nervure and the subterminal a curved elongate spot above vein 5 

 conjoined to the terminal spot. Hind wing white, the inner area 

 with some yeliowdsh hair ; underside with the costal area yellowish, 

 with antemedial, medial, and postmedial series of brown spots. 



5 . Pore wing with the annulate spots more confluent and 

 irregular ; hind wing grey-brown, with the white reduced to a waved 

 irregular postmedial band from costa to vein 4 and slight spots 

 towards tornus ; termen with some white spots towards tornus. 



Hah. Brazil, Rio Grande, type f in Coll. Druce. Exp., S 40, 

 5 46 millim. 



*1934. Ecpantheria anomala. 



Ecpantheria anomala, Burm. Ann. Mus. B. Aires, iii. p. 40, fig. (1883) ; 

 Kirby, Oat. Het. p. 215. 



S . Pale olive-brown ; third joint of palpi, frons, and antennae 

 blackish ; shoulders and edges of patagia white ; pectus and legs 

 white ; abdomen with yellow lateral fasciae, the ventral surface 

 white. Fore wing with the veins darker ; some obscure pale and 

 dark spots on costa and in cell. Hind wing with some whitish 

 points on termen, the base of costa and cell with whitish streaks, 

 and two slight streaks beyond lower angle of cell. 



Hah. Argentina, Entre Rios. Exp. bQ millim. This species is 

 unknown to me. 



B. Hind wing with the tornus not produced in either sex. 



a. Fore wing with series of black-edged greyish spots. 



a^ . Abdomen with dorsal series of black points confusa. 



b^. Abdomen with dorsal series of short black bands sufficsa. 



b. Fore wing with the spots and maculate bands black. 

 a^. Hind wing white. 



a^. Hind wing white, with small black spots on terminal 



area amulaensis. 



b-. Hind wing with the black markings largely developed 



or covering nearly the whole wing extrema. 



b^. Hind wing fuscous black atra. 



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