LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 689 



North America. 



1. ECPANTHERIA SCRIBONIA. 



Alba, thorax et aim antica ocellis plurimis nigris ; abdomen 

 cyaneum, vittis tribus macularibus luteis ; ala postica maculis 

 nonnunquam marginalibus nigris. 



Phalaena Scribonia, Stoll. Suppl. Cram. Pap. Exot v. 177, pi. 41, 



f. 3. 

 Bombyx ocularia, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 1, 425, 59. 

 Ecpantheria Scribonia, H'ubn. Samrnl. Exot. Schmett. ii. Lep. iii. 



Phal.ii. Vera,\x. Hypercompa, B. Pallida, i.'f. 1 — 4. Verz. 



Schmett. (Phalana Vera Hypercompa Pallida), 183, 1835. 

 Phalaena oculatissima, Abbot $* Smith, Nat. Hist. Lep. Ins. Georg. 



ii. 137, 69. 



Hind wings of the male slightly caudate. 



New York. Cayenne. Surinam. 



The ringlets on the thorax and on the fore wings vary in size, 

 number and shape ; their borders are in some specimens thickened, 

 and in others occupy the whole surface and convert the ringlets to 

 spots. The spots of the hind wings also vary in size and number, 

 and are fewer in the male than in the female. In the former sex 

 the inner angle forms a short tail, in the latter it is hardly dilated. 



a. North America. Presented by Major-Gen. Hardwicke. 



b, c. Georgia. From Mr. Milne's collection. 

 d. ? 



Mexico. 



A. Thorax albus. 



A. Thorax ocellis plurimis fuscis. - - caudata, Walk. 



B. Thorax nigro-cyaneo decern maculatus. - extrema, Walk. 



B. Thorax cinereus. ----- incarnata, Walk. 



2. Ecpantheria caudata. 



Mas. Alba ; caput antice cyaneum, macula alba ,• antenna ob- 

 scure cyanece ; thorax ocellis plurimis fuscis ; abdomen rufum, 

 segmentis dorsalibus cyaneo interrupte fasciatis ; tarsi subtus 

 cyanei ; alba antica fasciis quinque aut sex obliquis ocellari- 

 bus fuscis ; postica subcaudata. 



Male. White. Head dark blue in front, excepting a white 

 spot on the face. Antennae dark blue. Thorax with numerous 



