698 CATALOGUE OF 



albido, tarsis nigra fascialis. Mas. — Thorax nigro quadri- 

 guttatus. Abdomen e maculis fuscis trivittatum ; alee anticce 

 maculis et ocellis plurimis nigricantibus, posticce maculis per- 

 paucis marginalibus nigricantibus. Foem. — Thorax ocellis 

 duabus nigricantibus ; abdomen fusco fasciatum ; alee anticce 

 ocellis plurimis fuscis , posticce maculis paucis fuscis. 



Male and f em. Whitish, with a slight testaceous tinge. Palpi 

 black, white beneath. Antennae black, white at the base. Abdomen 

 testaceous ; under side whitish. Legs blackish, mostly white 

 beneath ; tarsi with white bands. Male. — Head with a blackish 

 dot behind. Antennae minutely pectinated. Thorax with four 

 small black spots. Abdomen with three rows of brown spots. Fore 

 wings with numerous blackish spots or ringlets. Hind wings with 

 very few submarginal or marginal blackish spots or dots. Female. — 

 Head behind with a blackish ringlet. Thorax with two blackish 

 ringlets. Abdomen with brown bands. Fore wings with numerous 

 brown ringlets. Hind wings with a few brown spots. Length of 

 the body 6 — 6 \ lines ; of the wings 18 — 20 lines. 



a. Ashanti. From the Wesleyan Missionary Society's collection. 



b. ? 



Couutry unknown. 



The next species is nearly allied to E. indecisa, and is pro- 

 bably a native of South America. 



16. EcPANTHERIA DEGENEEA. 



Fusca. Pallide fusca ; palpi nigri, subtus albi ; antennae nigrce ; 

 thorax vittis quatuor nigris albido marginatis ; abdomen 

 nigro fasciatum, vitta media albida duabusque aurantiacis, 

 subtus album fascia apicali nigra; pedes albi fasciis fuscis 

 nigro marginatis ; alee anticce fasciis sex obliquis fuscis nigro 

 albidoque marginatis ; posticm albce. 



Pale brown. Head in front blackish brown, with a paler disk. 

 Palpi black, white beneath. Antennae black, whitish above, white at 

 the base. Thorax on each side with two black whitish-bordered 

 stripes, which are united in front and behind. Pectus mostly white. 

 Abdomen dark brown, with black bands, and with three black- 

 bordered stripes, the middle one whitish, the other two orange ; 

 under side white, with a short black band at the tips. Legs white, 

 with brown black-bordered bands. Fore wings with six oblique 

 bands of brown black-bordered spots, whose black borders are 



