1374 CATALOGUE OF 



4. Eacles prince ps. 



Mas. Flava ; thorax macula antica vittisque duabus rufis ; ab- 

 domen fasciis rufescentibus ; alee anticce venis rufescentibus, 

 fasciis duabus cinereo-fuscis strigisque nonnullis intermediis 

 rufescentibus, fascia la maculam Jlavam basalem includente, 

 2a marginali lineamque angulosam rufescentem includente ; 

 posticce fasciis duabus connexis rufescentibus. 



Male. Yellow. Antennae tawny. Thorax with a transverse 

 reddish spot in front, and with two red dorsal stripes, which diverge 

 hindward. Abdomen with reddish bands. Fore wings with two 

 grayish brown bands, which are intersected by the reddish veins ; 

 first band adjoining the base, where it includes a yellow spot; 

 second band marginal, including a slender zigzag red and yellow 

 band ; some slight reddish marks between the two bands. Hind 

 wings with two red bands ; the first broad and basal, connected 

 with the second, which is curved. Length of the body 14 — 15 

 lines ; of the wings 34 — 36 lines. 



a, b. Brazil. From Mr. Argents' collection. 



5. Eacles ducalis. 



Mas et foem. Lutea ; alee punctis plurimis fusees centibus, macula 

 discali alba fas co marginata fasciisque duabus fuscis ex parte 

 albo marginatis, fascia la angulosa, 2a recta perobliqua. 

 Mas. — Ala apud marginem exteriorem rufescentes ; anticce 

 apud discum rufescentes, macula basali alba. 



Cerocampa ducalis, MSS. 



Male and female. Luteous. Antennae tawny. Wings with^ 

 numerous very minute brownish dots, with a white brown-bordered 

 discal spot, and with two brown partly white-bordered bands ; first 

 band near the base, zigzag ; second exterior, straight, very oblique. 

 Fore wings with the second inferior vein more than thrice further 

 from the third than from the first. Male.— Wings mostly reddish 

 along the exterior border. Fore wings mostly reddish in the disk, 

 with a white spot at the base ; white about the bands much more 

 prevalent than in the female, and appearing more or less about the 

 exterior border. Length of the body 17—19 lines ; of the wings 

 44—60 lines. 



a—c. Eio Janeiro. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



