260 LEPIDOPTEKA HETEKOCEBA. 



with two black closely approximate stripes. Tips of fore wings 

 dark brown, including a large oblong oblique white spot ; hind 

 border pale brown except near the base ; fringe testaceous. Hind 

 wings testaceous, bordered on the hind border with brown and most 

 deeply so towards the base. Abdomen deep black, luteous at the 

 base, and with three rows of blue spots, the middle row not extend- 

 ing towards the base ; under side with an interrupted testaceous 

 band on each segment, with a row of blue dots along each side, and 

 with luteous spots on each side towards the base. Legs with whitish 

 stripes beneath. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 19 lines. 



a. Ega, on the Amazon. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



105. EUCHROMIA OPPOSITA. 



Nigro-fusca ; caput luteo varium ; thorax testaceo bivittatus ; abdo- 

 men testaceum, apicem versus nigrum fasciis cyaneis ; alee 

 anticce fuscce maculis tribus venisque testaceis ; posticce testacece 

 nigro-fusco marginatce ; tib ice posticce basi femoraque posteriora 

 subius testacea. 



Dark brown. Head clothed beneath with luteous hairs, with a 

 luteous mark between the eyes, with another on the vertex, and with 

 one on each side behind. Thorax with a testaceous stripe on each 

 side. Fore wings brown, with testaceous veins; a large oblong sub- 

 fusiform testaceous spot at one-third of the length, and a transverse 

 one of the same shape at two-thirds of the length, and having a 

 nearly detached testaceous dot in front. Hind wings testaceous, 

 with dark brown hind borders. Abdomen testaceous, black with 

 blue bands above near the tip. Posterior femora and base of hind 

 tibiae testaceous beneath. Length of the body b\ lines; of the wings 

 16 lines. 



a. Brazil. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



106. Euchromia Sypilus. 



Alee atra ; anticce vitta interrvpta, posticce basi testacece ; abdomen 

 punctatum. 



Zygaena Sypilus, Fabr, Sp. Ins. ii. 164, 39 ; Mant. Ins. ii. 106, 48 ; 

 Ent. Syst. iii. 1, 401, 50. Cram. Pap. ExoL ii. 4, pi. 99, f. A. 

 Sphinx Zygaena Sypilus, Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2397, 143. 



a. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



b. Ega, on the Amazon. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



