CATALOGUE OF 



ECPANTHERIA ABDOMINALIS. 



Foem. Alba ; caput antice cyaneo-nigrum ; thorax punctis duobus, 

 annulis quatuor guttisque duabus obliquis elongatis nigris ; 

 abdomen cyaneum, basi albo varium, puncto basali, fasciis 

 duabus maculisque lateralibus ochraceis ; femora antica supra, 

 tarsi supra genuaque cyanea ; alee antica fasciis sex obliquis e 

 annulis nigris ; posticce angulo interiore valde producto, vitta 

 apud marginem interiorem maculisque duabus elongatis apud 

 marginem exterior em posticum nigris. 



Female. White. Head bluish black in front. Palpi very- 

 short, black above. Antennae black, smooth. Thorax with a black 

 point on each of the fore tegulas, and with a large elongated black 

 ringlet on each of the hind tegulae; disk with two small elongated 

 black ringlets, in front of which there are two oblique elongated 

 black dots whose disks are paler. Abdomen above blue, partly 

 white, and with an ochraceous point towards the base, with two 

 narrow ochraceous bands, and with ochraceous spots along each side. 

 Fore femora above, tarsi above and knees blue. Fore wings with 

 six oblique bands of black ringlets, of which the costal ringlets have 

 more or less black disks. Hind wings with the interior angle much 

 prolonged and extending to the tip of the abdomen ; a blackish 

 stripe along the interior border ; two blackish elongated spots near 

 the hind part of the exterior border. Length of the body 10 lines ; 

 of the wings 28 lines. 



Most allied to E. decora, from which it may be distinguished 

 by the black spots on the costa of the fore wings. 



a. Rio Janeiro. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 



Genus ARACHNIS. 

 Arachnis, Hb. Clms. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. xii. 525. 



ARACHNIS AULiEA. 



aulaea, Geyer, Ex. Schm. f. 913, 914. Clms. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Philad. xii. 526 — Ecpantheria incarnata ? Cat. Lep. Het. iii. 

 690. 



Mexico. 



