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ERIOPYGA. By Dr. M. Drattdt. 
epipsilina. 
baruna. 
mediorufa. 
velutina. 
contempta. 
curtica. 
akalus. 
perfusca. 
rufula. 
indr a. 
utahensis. 
perforata. 
E. epipsilina sp. n. (23 a) strongly recalls some species of Epipsilia from the tecta-gicwp. Forewing 
coppery reddish-brown, in the costal-marginal part somewhat lighter, the costal margin itself light yellowish, 
with single dark brown transverse lines, the anterior line composed of 3 bows, the posterior line being dentate: 
the small maculae are whitish, encircled with dark, the undulate line is marked by small darker internerval 
spots. Hindwing yellowish white, antennae long-combed. Described according to 1 <$ from Rio Grande do Sul. 
E. baruna Schs. (19 i). Forewing deep purple reddish-brown, with black-striped veins, in the marginal 
area more brownish-grey, with very indistinct transverse lines and small maculae in whitish rings, instead of 
the undulate line a row of black dots in the costal-marginal half. Hindwing light shrew-coloured, at the margin 
brownish, in the $ darker. Brazil: Castro (Parana). 
E. mediorufa Schs. (19 i). Forewing purple-red, strewn with silvery blue scales, with double transverse 
lines and undulate red-brown median shades between the small red-brown maculae in silvery blue rings; undulate 
line indistinct, light, proximally bordered with dark brown. Hindwing yellowish-white, at the margin brownish. 
Brazil. 
E. velutina Jones is very similar, purple brown with a silvery grey reflection, different by the single, 
obliquely running, undulate, dark brown anterior transverse line; the distal half of the discal area is dark brown; 
the double posterior transverse line is filled up with grey, behind it the subterminal area is shaded darker, the 
undulate dark brown subterminal line is divided into small internerval spots. Hindwing ochreous-yellowish, 
veins and marginal half dark brown. Expanse of wings: 38 mm. Brazil (Castro). 
E. contempta Schs. (= fea Drc. p. p.) (19 i) is smaller than the somewhat similar fea, more intensely 
strewn with grey, with traces of a coniform macula, and small flesh-coloured reddish maculae which are pupilled 
brown and encircled with brown; the light indistinct undulate line is proximally bordered with brown. Hind¬ 
wing whitish, at the margin and veins brownish. The $ has a strong whitish anal tuft with darker, less distinctly 
marked forewings. Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica. 
E. curtica Sm. (19 h) has reddish-brown forewings, often with an ochreous tint strewn with whitish 
and black scales, faded or absent transverse stripes and small maculae indistinctly encircled with whitish, the 
reniform macula strangulated, below filled up with black, behind the distal transverse line there are black 
dots on the veins; the undulate line is whitish, proximally bordered by small dark sagittae. Hindwing yellowish- 
white, at the margin deeper yellow, on the veins and apex brownish. Colorado and California. 
E. akalus StrecJc. (19 li) is on its dull reddish-brown ground densely strewn with grey, in the discal 
area usually somewhat darkened and marked with more distinct transverse lines; the maculae are indistinctly 
encircled with brown, also the coniform macula is present; on he proximal side of the grey undulate line there 
are indistinct small brown sagittae. Hind wing monotonously brown with whitish fringes. Known from Colorado. 
E. perfusca limps. (= paupera Drc., oviduca Drc., infirma Drc.) (19 i, k). Forewing yellowish greyish- 
brown, coarsely strewn with a darker colour, the discal area often somewhat more prominently darker, with 
whitish transverse lines and large maculae encircled with whitish, the undulate line proximally darker. Hind¬ 
wing yellowish white, towards the margin darkened. Mexico. 
E. rufula Grt. (20 a) is very similarly marked, but it has a purple reddish-brown ground-colour 
which is scantily strewn with white; the white transverse lines are on the sides facing each other either bordered 
with a somewhat darker colour or not, the reniform macula is below filled up with a darker colour. Hindwing 
whitish, on the veins and margin brownish, in the $ quite brown. —- Larva brown, on the dorsum lighter with 
darker spots in it, and orange colouring on the posterior two thirds of the prothorax and on the 12th ring. 
Colorado and California. 
E. indra Sm. is allied to the following utahensis and also to oviduca (20 b), but it is larger and some¬ 
what differently marked. Forewing yellowish-brown, in the $ more brown with double transverse lines filled 
up lighter in the $, the posterior line more or less punctiform, between them a faded median shade near the 
postmedian line; the upper maculae encircled with yellowish, the reniform macula filled up with dark; before 
the undulate line darker scaling. Hindwing smoky grey, towards the base lighter. Expanse of wings: 27 to 
32 mm. Arizona, in September and October. 
E. utahensis Sm. (19 k). Forewing yellowish-brown, strewn darker, with very indistinctly double 
transverse lines filled up with a somewhat lighter colour, and small maculae in light rings, the reniform macula 
finely encircled with dark and below filled up with blackish; behind the undulate line, which is only marked 
by few small light scales, the marginal area is darker. Hindwing light ochreous with brownish veins and margin. 
Described from Utah. 
E. perforata Grt. (19 k) has light reddish-brown forewings strewn with a darker colour, with indis¬ 
tinct, light, undulate, double transverse lines which are filled up with a lighter colour; the maculae are rather 
large, in light rings, the reniform macula below pupilled dark, before it a rather indistinct bent median line; 
behind the light undulate line the marginal area is darker with black streaks on the veins. Hindwing dull reddish- 
brown. Arizona. 
