LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 691 



4. ECPANTHERIA EXTREMA. 



Alba; caput antice nigro-cyaneum ; antenna nigra; thorax 

 nigro-cyaneo decern maculatus ; pectus nigro-fuscum ; abdomen 

 nigro-cyaneum, testaceo bivittatum, subtus album, maculis 

 nigris trivittatum ; pedes nigro-cyanei, strigis maculisque 

 albis; ala antica fasciis duabus obliquis interruptis guttisque 

 strigisque obscure fuscis. Mas.-— Alee postica cinereo-fusca. 

 Fcem. — Alee posticce alba. 



White. Head bluish black in front. Antennas black, tinged 

 with blue at the base. Thorax with ten bluish black spots, two in 

 front, two behind, and each three of the other six forming two 

 intermediate bands. Pectus blackish brown. Abdomen bluish 

 black, with a testaceous stripe on each side ; under side white, with 

 three rows of black spots. Legs bluish black, with white streaks 

 and spots. Fore wings with two oblique more or less interrupted 

 dark brown bands ; the intermediate spaces with various dark brown 

 spots, dots and streaks. Male.— Hind wings grayish brown, with 

 two white spots, one costal, the other discal ; cilia partly white. 

 Female. — Hind wings white, with a few grayish brown submarginal 

 spots and marginal dots. 



Var. p. Male. Hind wings white; disk grayish brown 

 towards the base; submarginal band and marginal dots grayish 

 brown. Length of the body 6 — 8 lines ; of the wings 14 — 24 lines. 

 a, b. Mexico. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 

 c, d. Mexico. From M. Becker's collection. 



West Indies. 



A. Thorax totus albus. - obliterata, Walk. 



B. Thorax maculis ocellaribus. 



A. Abdomen cyaneum, coccineo fasciatum. - nigriplaga, Walk. 



B. Abdomen ochraceum, maculis lateralibus cyaneis. 



a. Alae posticae maris vix caudata. - - simplex, Walk. 



b. Alae posticae maris caudis longiusculis. - decora, Walk. 



5. ECPANTHERIA OBLITERATA. 



Alba, valida ; antenna subtus nigra ; abdomen supra luteum, basi, 

 apice vittisque duabus macularibus albis; femora et tibia 

 luteo vittata ; ala antica fasciis ocellaribus quatuor obliquis 

 testaceis ; postica bifasciata. 



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