388 AECTIAD^, 



points in end of cell and four beyond i1; ; a postmedial series of 

 small spots from vein 5 to inner margin, strongly incurved below 

 vein 3 ; a subterminal series of irregular spots which are large 

 except those between veins 3 and 5 ; a terminal aeries of small 

 spots, those above veins 2, 5, and 6 reduced to points ; cilia black 

 at middle. Hind wing with obscure antemedial oblique blackish 

 band across the cell ; a discoidal point ; two small subterminal spots 

 below costa and sometimes points below veins 7 and 2 ; some small 

 spots on term en. 



Ab. 1. Fore wing with the white markings much reduced; hind 

 wing black. 



2 . Fore wing with the black markings considerably reduced ; 

 hind wing with the subterminal spots larger. 



Hah. Mexico, 1 J , 1 ^ , Guerrero (JJ. H. Smith), 2 c? type, 

 Godman-Salvin Coll. Exj^., S 40, $ 58 millim. 



1938. Ecpantheria extrema. 



Ecpantkeria extrema, Wlk. iii. 691 (1855) ; Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. 



i. p. 97 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 217. 

 Ecpantheria chilensis, Oberth. Et. Ent. vi. p. Ill, pi. 20. f. 5 (1881); Kirby, 



Cat. Het. p. 217. 



Head and thorax white ; palpi, frons, and antennae black ; tegulae 

 with black spots, patagia with two pairs, prothorax with one spot, 

 meso- and metathorax each with a pair ; pectus and legs black, 

 the latter banded with white ; abdomen black, with lateral series of 

 orange spots, the ventral surface white with ventral maculate fascia. 

 Fore wing white with series of black spots, three subbasal, five 

 larger antemedial, and seven still larger medial spots, each series 

 angled on median nervure : some six small spots in and beyond end 

 of cell ; a postmedial series of spots, double below vein 5 and with 

 the spot above vein 6 more elongate ; a terminal series of spots ; 

 cilia black at middle and above tornus. Hind wing white, the 

 basal half suffused with fuscous ; a sinuous postmedial series of 

 spots ending at tornus and some points on termen. 



Hah. Mexico, 1 c5" , 1 $ type, Oaxaca ; Guatemala {Rodriguez), 

 2 (S ; Costa Rica {Rogers, Vndertvood), 4 c? , 3 $ , Godman-Salvin 

 Coll. ; ? Chili. Exp., 6 38, $ 46 millim. 



*1939. Ecpantheria atra. 



Ecpantheria atra, Oberth. Et. Ent. vi. p. 109, pi. 15. f. 4 (1881) ; Kirby, 



Cat. Het. p. 217. 

 Arctia eminens, H. Edw, Pap. iv. p. 59 (1884) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 271. 



cJ . Head black, the vertex white ; tegulse and patagia black 

 with white edges ; thorax white, with three large black patches ; 

 legs blue-black, the mid and hind femora and tibiae banded with 

 white ; abdomen black, with lateral orange fasciae, the ventral sur- 

 face yellowish white with sublateral and ventral series of black 

 points. Fore wing white ; a black spot at base of costa and small 

 spot below the cell; two short subbasal streaks insubmedian inter- 



