708 ECHENAIS. By Dr. A. Seitz. 



densemacu- E. denseiTiaculata Hew. (= debilis G. &. S.) (138 k). Above daik yellowish-brown, speckled ochreous, 



lata, ^yith brown sijots encircled by ochreous ones which are connected with the distal margin. Beneath like above 

 but paler. 2 like the q. Apparentlj' rare, but wide-spread; from Central America to Ecuador. 



::crna. E» zema Hew. (142 h). The figured specimen originates from Santos. Recognizable by the upper 



surface being marked greyish-green. Under surface bluish-white with black dots, forewing in the apical part 



with grey nebulous spots. Very local, but not very rare at its habitats. Brazil, Bolivia; from the latter country 



hileonaevia. also the form luteonaevia Stich., with more white markings, hindwing with an ochreous-yellow marginal zone. 



(jlauca. E. glauca G. & S. (138 k) from Costa Rica is much more brightly marked in light blue, only the apical 



part of the foremng and 3 rows of small dashes arranged to transverse bands are black. Rare. 



niriiJift. E. curulis Heiv. (142 h). Very pointed wings, at once recognizable hy the upper surface of a bright 



metallic skj^-blue lustre, the colour of which almost comes near the splendour of Mesosemia croesus. Stichel 

 doubts whether E. melitta Thm., with a darker apical part of the forewing, is to be placed here. Bolivia (Ecuador). 

 The figured o from the Rio Songo. 

 lahi.<i. E. laius G. di S. resembles on the whole a small ,^ of Nymj^hidinm ethelinda, the head, thorax, fore- 



wing and the costal part of the hindwing are chestnut-brown, the rest of the hindwings is yellowish-white. Size 

 of the fulcherrima. T only know the q ui the Coll. Godman. Guatemala.. 



piilrhm-ima. E. pulcherrlma Btlr. (140 c). Rather similar to penthea in both sexes, but in the ^ the white of the 



hindwing passes over into the proximal margin of the forewing, in the 9 the whitish oblique band of the fore- 

 wing does not terminate before the proximal margin, but turns angularly round on the lower median vein and 



rompnrata. is irregularlj' continued on the hindwing. Amazon. — comparata Stich. from Peru is more dark brown than 

 red-brown, and the white spot at the proximal margin of the forewing is larger. East Peru. Common. 

 lilina. E, Hlina Btlr. (140 c). Forewing blue, with black spots, a large spot behind the middle of the costa 



and the proximal-marginal area white. Hindwings, except the dark-grey base, quite snow-white. Mexico to 

 Pfinaraa. Our figure according to a (J from Costa Rica. 

 icterica. E. icteriCa G. & S. (140 d). Forewings yellowish-brown, some spots round the proximal margin 



yellowish-white. Hindwings dull yellowish-white with a brown base. Panama. Rare. 



penihea. E. penthea Cr. (^138 h). o red-brown, with blackish spots, the lower half of the hindwing white with 



small blackish spots at the apex and anal angle. 2 dark-brown with a whitish, irregular oblique band of the 

 forewing and a submarginal row of eye-spots of the hindwing. — Tj^pical penthea come from Guiana and the 



••'■ "■''^- eastern* coast of Brazil, they are rather small, the 2$ above with traces at most of yellowish-red. — auseris 



Hew., from the IMiddle Amazon, are larger, the $$ more brightlj' coloured, in front of the row of eye-spots 



penihides. on the hindwing a distinct red colouring. — • penthides Stich. (= penthea Stg}\) (138 h, i) is still larger, the band 



of the forewing of the 2 is broad at the costa, the wings with bright red markings; from the western parts of 



nitelina. South America. — nitelina Stich.. according to 1 2 from the Yurimaguas, with a triangularly shaped band-spot 



echion. of the forewing. — Of echion Stich., like the type from Guiana, the ^ is darker brown, and a series of spots runs 



through the centre of the hindwing. In the $ the white band of the forewing is losing itself from the margin 



/H7!o.<t. in a downward line. — nilios Stich. (138 i) which I figure according to specimens from the Itaituba (Amazon) 



shows in the (J the lower, otherwise white part of the hindwings almost entirely covered with brown arcuate 



bands, and in the $ the whitish band of the forewing is greatly narrowed. — At some places very common. 



annuUlera. E. annulifera Godm. (138 h). The (J has about the ground-coloirr of the $ of the preceding species, 



more dark greyish-brown than red-brown. In the hindwing the marginal part is broad white. The basal halves 



of the wings with thick, mostly round, light-ringed eye-spots. Only the o is before me, from the Rio Mapiri; 



reported also from Guiana. 



micnfnr. E. ftlicator Sch. (138 h). Like the preceding allied to alector; twice as large as annulifera, the basal 



halves of the wings spotted like in the latter, but the forewing with a broader curved white median band, the 

 hindwings entirely white, with the exception perhaps of the basal third. Under surface like the upper, duller, 

 in front of the border of the hind\\-ing grey nebulous spots. From the Rio Pachitea in Peru. The 2 is not 

 before me. 

 gciloui. E. galena Bat. (138 k). Above red-brown, the basal half with scarce dashes and bounded off from 



the purely red-brown distal part of the wings by a chain of such dashes. Beneath the black dots are more 

 numerous and the whole proximal part of the wings is covered with small white scales, as if with powder. (The 

 2nd figure in the row t. 138 k is taken from 'beneath). Guiana and Western Amazon (Itaituba); local, but 

 not rare. 

 .■^enla. E. senta Hew. (138 i). On the red-brown wings there are alternating darker and lighter irregular 



bands. Before the apex of the forewing are two small whitish spots above each other, at the costa of the hind- 

 wing 2 next to each other. Beneath the boundaries between the lighter and darker bands are marked black. 

 The figured specimen collected by B_ates contains only the statement: ,, Amazon". 



