ERIOPYGA. By Dr. M. Dbaudt. 
■macrolepia. 
gigantea. 
flavigera. 
fulvida. 
friburgen- 
sis. 
carneitincta. 
carneigera. 
subsimilis. 
proximo. 
chlorocyma. 
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E. macrolepia Hrnps. (— moesta Drc. nec Wkr.) (20 f) is very well distinguished by extraordinarily 
long hair-tufts on the sides and at the end of the abdomen, as well as very large, upturned scales in the 
mesothorax; the forewing beneath shows a hairy fringe in the basal third of the costa, whilst the cell 
is clad with long, downward scales as far as below the median. Forewing ferruginous-red with double trans¬ 
verse lines filled up with yellowish, behind the distal line black and white dots on the veins; the undulate 
line consists of small black and whitish sagittae. Hindwing reddish brownish-grey. From Costa Rica. 
E. gigantea Schs. (20 e). This species and the 0 following exhibit on the pectoral side of the thorax 
large tufts of hair and scales, lateral long hair on the abdomen, and downward hair in the cell of the fore¬ 
wing beneath. Forewing yellowish-white, scantily strewn with black and dusted with reddish-brown, the 
costal part is lighter; the transverse lines are marked by dark dots, the maculae by somewhat darker spots. 
Hindwing yellowish-white, veins, fringes and costal-margin ochreous-yellowish. Brazil. 
E. flavigera Gn. (= dolens Drc.) (20 g). The whitish forewing is dusted with reddish; the transverse 
lines are only marked, behind the distal line there are dots on the veins; only the reniform macula is present 
as a small yellowish moon-spot, below pupilled black; the straight undulate line is double and parts the 
apex, the marginal area behind it is somewhat deeper brownish-red. Hindwing yellowish-brown. From Costa 
Rica to Brazil. 
E. fulvida Hrnps. (20 g). Forewing yellowish-red with a whitish reflection, the transverse lines edged 
with whitish, behind the distal line dark dots on the veins, and with very large, confluent maculae, the 
reniform macula towards the base concave; the whitish undulate line is almost straight, at the margin a 
strongly dentate light line. Hindwing light yellowish, the veins and marginal half brownish. Brazil (Rio cle 
Janeiro). 
E. friburgensis Gn. (20 f) has light brownish-reddish forewings, the centre of the costal area being darker; 
of the transverse lines only the straight posterior line is more distinct, double, filled up with whitish; the 
large elliptical maculae are surrounded by whitish, the undulate line consists of traces of a row of dark dots. 
Hindwing reddish-brown with yellowish fringes. Brazil (Novo Friburgo.) 
E. carneitincta Schs. Forewing lilac grey with a silky lustre, scantily strewn with black; two thirds 
of the costal margin, the cell-end and an oblique subapical shade are reddish-brown; the transverse lines 
consist of dots on the veins, the distal line is in the lower half proximally pupilled white; the marginal area 
is shaded with brown, the indistinct reniform macula is reddish-brown, below spotted grey. Hindwing brownish- 
grey. Expanse of wings: 35 mm. From Guatemala (Purulha). 
E. carneigera Gn. (20 g) is on the whitish forewing strewn and in some places dusted with light 
brownish, with straight transverse lines being on the averted sides bordered with a lighter colour, with a roAV 
of dots on the veins behind the distal line; the very large elliptical maculae are yellowish-brown, surrounded 
with whitish, between them a yellowish brownish median shade extends to the proximal margin; the straight 
whitish subterminal line is proximally bordered with yellowish-brown. Hindwing white, veins and margin 
ochreous-yellowish. Brazil (Rio de Janeiro). 
E. subsimilis sp. n. (23 b) resembles carneigera in the scheme of markings, but it. has much broader 
forewings of a more reddish-violet ground-colour, scantily strewn with black, the brownish-black transverse 
lines are much less prominent owing to the lighter shading on the averted sides being only marked, and the 
maculae are smaller and narrower; the narrow, lighter undulate line which is on both sides narrowly edged 
with dark, terminates on the lowest subcostal vein from where a darker nebulous stripe runs to the apex. 
Hindwing iridescent transparent white with loam-coloured yellowish fringes. Described according to 1$ from 
Bolivia (Cuesta de Cillutincara). 
E. proxima sp. n. (23 c) has likewise very similarly arranged markings, but the hairing of the cell of 
the forewing beneath is not turned downward, but it is smoothed out towards the margin; the hindwing is 
at the base entirely covered with single, long, white hairs; the species also resembles E. approximans (21 e). 
Forewing of a warm red-brown colour, scantily, but in the subterminal area very densely strewn with a lilac 
white, with scarcely darker, straight transverse lines being on the averted sides hardly noticeably bordered 
with a light colour, and with extremely fine, only towards the costa thicker black dots on the veins behind 
the distal line; maculae like in the preceding species; the undulate line is very light yellowish-brown, proximally 
more intensely bordered with red-brown than distally. Head and anterior half of the collar but somewhat 
more tinted orange. Hindwing slightly yellowish, at the costal margin, apex and distal margin smoky. South 
Brazil (Sa. Cruz). 
E. chlorocyma sp. n. (23 b) exhibits the. same marking as the preceding, but it is not lighter in the 
subterminal area. Forewing beautifully purple brown, scantily strewn with black, more densely below the 
costal margin, where we notice also subapically interspersed greyish-white scales; the transverse lines are quite 
indistinct, in the subterminal area the veins are dotted whitish and doubly dotted black; the fine bordering 
round the more deeply red-brown maculae and the undulate line which is on both sides bordered with dark, 
are yellowish-green. Hindwing light yellowish-grey with reddish fringes. The lateral hairing of the abdomen 
being black above, is in the $ violet, the anal tuft reddish-yellow. Both sexes, taken by Fassl, from Colombia 
(Quindiu Pass) and Bolivia (Cuesta de Cillutincara). 
