LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1373 



3. Eacles magnifica. 



Mas et foem. Flava ; abdomen alas posticus non superans ; alee 

 punctis plurimis maculaque discali rufescentibus, Jiujus discus 

 albidus , anticee macula discali, posticee fascia exteriore rufes- 

 centibus. Mas. — Alee anticce triente basali fasciaque margi- 

 nali rufescentibus, posticee basi rufescentes ; thorax vittis 

 duabus connexis rufescentibus ; abdomen fasciis connexis 

 rufescentibus. Foem. — Alee fascia basim versus angulosa 

 rufescente, anticee fascia perobliqua exteriore rufescenle ; ab- 

 domen e maculis rufescentibus bivittatum. 



Male and female. Yellow. Abdomen not extending beyond 

 the hind wings. Wings with numerous minute reddish dots, and 

 with a reddish discal spot, which has an indistinctly whitish disk. 

 Fore wings with another spot between the costa and the discal spot, 

 and at some distance from the latter; second inferior vein more 

 than four times further from the third tban from the first. Hind 

 wings with an exterior very oblique reddish band. Male. — Fore 

 wings reddish for about one-third of the length from the base, and 

 with a reddish band along the exterior border. Hind wings reddish 

 at the base. Thorax with two broad reddish stripes, which are 

 connected in the middle by a broad band. Abdomen with con- 

 fluent reddish bands. Female. — Wings with a zigzag reddish band 

 near the base. Fore wings with a very oblique reddish exterior 

 jband. Abdomen with two rows of reddish spots. Length of the 

 body 18 — 20 lines; of the wings 50 — 60 lines. 



Var. p. Male. Fore wings mostly reddish on nearly half the 

 breadth from the interior border between the reddish basal part and 

 the marginal band. 



Var. y. Fore wings with an exterior band like that of the 

 female, the wings beyond this band partly red. 



Var. c. Fern. Exterior band and discal spot of the hind 

 wings contiguous. 



This species much resembles E. imperialism but may be distin- 

 : guished by the less angular basal band of the wings, and by some 

 < other characters. 



\a. Para. Presented by Gordon Graham, Esq. 

 6. Brazil, 



