LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 697 



the fore border ; hind border luteous, with black spots ; inner 

 border with a luteous stripe. Length of the body 9 — 10 lines ; of 

 the wings 22 — 28 lines. 



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



14. ECPANTHERIA INDECISA. 



Cervina (mas.) aut fusca (fcem.) ; antenna nigra ; thorax nigra 

 vittatm ; abdomen supra cyaneo-fuscum, vittis tribus luteis 

 nigro marginatis ; ala antica fasciis sex obliquis ocellaribus 

 nigris. Mas. — Pectus et abdomen subtus testacea ; ala pos- 

 tica pallide testacea, maculis marginalibus fuscis. Fcem. — 

 Pectus cinereo-album ; abdomen subtus album, fasciis apicali- 

 b us fuscis nigro marginatis ; ala postica fusca fasciis anticis 

 abbreviatis albis nigro marginatis. 



Head brown in front. Antenna? black. Thorax with slender 

 black stripes, some uf which are united in front and behind. Abdo- 

 men bruwn above, with a blue tinge, and with three entire or inter- 

 rupted luteous black-bordered stripes, the middle one more or less 

 abbreviated. Fore wings with six oblique bands of black ringlets. 

 Male. — Thorax and fore wings fawn-colour ; their stripes and spots 

 with testaceous borders. Pectus and under side of the abdomen 

 testaceous. Hind wings pale testaceous, bordered with a few brown 

 spots, which vary in size and number. Legs testaceous, with black 

 bands. Female. — Thorax and fore wings pale brown ; their stripes 

 and spots with whitish borders. Pectus grayish white. Abdomen 

 beneath white, with short brown black-bordered bauds at the tips. 

 Legs grayish white, with brown black-bordered bands. Hind wings 

 dark brown, with short white black-bordered bands along the fore 

 border ; tips and hind borders white, with a few brown black- 

 bordered spots. Length of the body 6 — 8 lines ; of the wings 

 16—22 lines. 



a— d. South America. Presented by C. Darwin, Esq. 

 e. ? From Mr. Milne's collection. 



Africa. 



The following species has some resemblance to E. indecisa, but 

 hardly belongs to this genus. 



15. ECPANTHERIA INDETERMINATA. 



Testaceo-albida ; palpi nigri, subtus albi ; antenna nigra ; abdo- 

 men testaceum, subtus albidum ; pedes nigricantes y subtus 



