362 LEPIDOPTEEA HETEKOCERA. 



Eucyane, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 177. 

 Calodesma, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 177. 

 Ephestris, p., Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 178. 



Body nearly cylindrical and linear, rather stout, moderately 

 long. Palpi ascending, as long as the head ; third joint linear, 

 rather more than half the length of the second. Antennae of the 

 male moderately pectinated, of the female serrated. Ahdomen 

 hardly extending to the hind border of the hind wings in the male, 

 a little shorter in the female. Legs moderately stout ; hind tibiae, 

 with four small spurs. Wings ample ; fore wings with a semihyaline 

 band ; four inferior veins. 



Group 1. Wings very broad. 



1. Eucyane Pylotis. 



Atro-ccerulea ; abdomen subtus luteum; marginibus posticis nigris; 

 anticce fascia lata media alba, apice albo ciliatce y posticce 

 albo ciliata. 



-, Drnry, Ins. Exot. ii. 9, pi. 5, f. 3. 



Phalsena (Bombyx) Pylotis, Drury, App. ii. Oliv. Enc. Meth. v. 



99, 255. % Fabr. Sp. Ins. 263 ; St/st. Ent. 585. 

 Callimorpha? Pylotis, Westw. ed. Drury r , ii. 11, pi. 5, f. 3. 



Honduras. 



a. Mexico. From M. Becker's collection. 



b, c. Mexico. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



2. Eucyane excellens. 



Ccerulea ; palpi pedesque subtus albi ; abdomen subtus coccineum, 

 nigra alboque fasciatum ; alee ex parte albo ciliatce ; anticce 

 fascia obliqua integra alba guttisque duabus coccineis ; posticce 

 fascia macular i abbreviata alba. 



Blue, tinged with green and purple. Head with two white 

 dots on each side above. Proboscis testaceous. Palpi and legs 

 white beneath. Abdomen beneath except at the base with a crim- 

 son white-bordered band on each segment. Wings with a partial 

 white fringe which is broadest beneath. Fore wings bluish-black 

 with an oblique entire white band, whose hind end is by the tip of 

 the hind wings ; a crimson dot on each border close to the inner 

 side of the band, the hind dot sometimes almost obsolete. Length 

 of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 30 lines. 



a — c. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



