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ERIOPYGA. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
rubicundu- 
la. 
cynica. 
enages. 
curvirena. 
spurcilinea. 
intr aetata. 
carta gensis. 
goniostigma. 
nigridorsia. 
appro xi- 
mans. 
albipuncta. 
dyschoroi- 
des. 
aenescens. 
E. rubicundula Schs . exhibits olive-brownish forewings with a red tint, a fine pinkish-reddish costal 
margin and proximal margin, at the base of the cell with a small red spot, antemedianly below the cell another 
one with traces of a line to the proximal margin, behind it a red median line; the large reniform macula is 
encircled with red, distally spotted dark; the posterior double transverse line with a lighter filling is likewise 
red; instead of the undulate line red scales on the veins, behind them the marginal area is strewn with red, w r ith 
black veins strewn with white. Hindwing brownish-grey with pink fringes. Expanse of wings: 29 mm. Costa 
Rica. 
E. cynica Gn. nimia Gn., candens Gn., tecta Wkr.) (21 d) has brownish-grey forewings more or less 
dusted with purple reddish, with black transverse lines being on the averted sides bordered with grey, behind 
the distal line with dark streaks on the veins and with large maculae surrounded with whitish; the grey undulate 
line is proximally darker. Hindwing brownish-grey, towards the base lighter. From Canada to Colorado. 
E. enages Dyar (20 h, i) in its exterior almost resembles a grey, small crenulata (20 i) with very feeble 
lighter transverse lines, a small, oblique ring-macula and hardly strangulated reniform macula; the distal trans¬ 
verse line is almost rectangularly bent behind the cell, the dentate marginal line is absent, a median shade is 
mostly very distinct. The $ which, however, may not belong to it, is more reddish, with a larger ring-macula 
and a more strangulated reniform macula. Mexico (Orizaba, Coatepec). 
E. curvirena Gn. (21 d) has the hairy cover of the forewing beneath confined to the cell. Eorewing 
greyish-brown with a light reddish tint and lighter transverse lines on both sides bordered with a darker colour, 
before and behind them dark streaks on the veins, interrupted by white; the large maculae encircled with light 
are more or less contiguous, behind the reniform macula with a velvety brown spot and whitish veins; the pale 
yellowish undulate line is proximally bordered with a darker colour. Hindwing brownish-grey. From Brazil 
and Paraguay. —- The northern form: spurcilinea Wkr. (= infirma Drc.) is beneath without any reddish hairing 
on the forewing. Mexico to Venezuela. —- A very common species. 
E. intractata Morr. (= fidelis Grt.) (21 d). Forewing grey, strewn with brown and suffused with 
reddish, the veins striped grey, with rather indistinct lighter transverse lines, before the posterior line near 
the proximal margin and behind the anterior line in and below the cell with small black spots; the large maculae 
are in fine whitish rings; undulate line whitish. Hindwing white, dusted with brown. United States. 
E. cartagensis Schs. resembles goniostigma (21 d). Forewing brown, head and collar brownish Isabel- 
coloured; behind the velvety brown subbasal line a large black spot below the cell with a streak connecting 
it with the anterior transverse line; the dark brown maculae are encircled with velvety black and connected 
by such a band; behind the double distal transverse line there is a double row of velvety black dots; the sub- 
terminal line is double, too, the distal part behind the cell thickened. Hindwnig whitish, veins and margin 
dark, fringes pinkish-reddish. Expanse of wings: 30 mm. Costa Rica (Cartago, Sixola). 
E. goniostigma Schs. (21 d) is somewhat similar to curvirena, but it has a more reddish tint, in the 
basal area more ochreous-yellowish, the maculae are deep chocolate-brown, in yellowish rings, the reniform 
macula S-shaped; before the yellowish undulate line being proximally bordered with red-brown there is an 
ochreous-yellowish band, the marginal area is more brownish-grey. Mexico. 
E. nigridorsia Jones has light brown forewings, in the basal and marginal areas darker than in the 
discal area, here with a dark median shade which is angular on the median and contains in the cell the large, 
broadly faded, light-ringed reniform macula; the ring-macula is small, likewise in a light ring. Hindwing 
ochreous-brown with darker veins. Expanse of wings: 40 mm. Brazil: Castro (Parana). 
E. approximans Jones (21 e) is light red-brown, in the discal area darker with double, straight trans¬ 
verse lines being convergent towards the proximal margin, and between them with a dark median shade; the 
darker maculae are in light rings; the light subterminal line is undulate. Hindwing white, at the costal margin 
and apex dusted with brown, distal margin brown. Brazil (Castro). 
E. albipuncta Schs. (21 d) has long hair at the proximal margin of the hindwing and at the base on 
the under surface. Forewing purple brown, dusted with grey, with rather indistinct transverse lines, the distal 
line dentate and with dots on the veins behind it, and with small maculae encircled with blackish, the ring- 
macula red, the reniform macula white; instead of the undulate line there are small black and yellowish strigi- 
form spots. Hindwing yellowish-brown. Mexico. 
E. dyschoroides Schs. (21 d). Forewing purple brown with double transverse lines, the distal line 
only single with a row of dots on the veins behind it; the ring-macula is purple red, the reniform macula in the 
lower half black-pupilled, distally with an orange-yellow, white-dotted spot; between both a spot-shaped brown 
median shade; the light reddish undulate line is proximally bordered with brown. Hind wing brownish-grey. 
Mexico. 
E. aenescens Dogn. Forewing lilac-brown with a coppery reflection, particularly in the marginal 
area, with copper-brown, double, undentate transverse lines, a small round ring-macula and oblong reniform 
macula, pupilled-violet; also the coniform macula is present; the violet undulate line is distinct in the $, absent 
in the d- The brown hindwing is in the disc whitish with traces of a discal spot. Expanse of wings: 33 to 35 mm. 
Costa Rica (Volcano of Irazu), taken by Fas.sl, at an altitude of 2400 m. 
