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ERIOPYGA. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
strigifacta. 
alb if usa. 
ropilla. 
angustimar- 
go. 
lindseyi. 
irrorata. 
eccarsia. 
xera. 
borthorodes. 
complexens. 
rca. 
simplex. 
with white and filled up with red-brown, the ring-macula is obliquely elliptical, the reniform macula strangu¬ 
lated; from the latter a faded median line extends to the proximal margin; the whitish, finely dentate undulate 
line is situate on a brown band. Hindwing white, in the marginal half brownish. Mexico. 
E. strigifacta Dyar (21 f) is a small species with narrow wings, greyish-brown, mixed with ochreous- 
yellowish and blackish tints, subbasally and before the undulate line also with red-brown dusting; the anterior 
transverse line is double, the posterior line followed by a row of dots on the veins; ring-macula extinct, the 
reniform macida being a small blackish luna; undulate line yellowish, broken. Hindwing light yellowish, distally 
brownish. — An aberration being very uncommon among the Eriopyga, ab. albifusa ah. nov. (21 g) is before 
us in a great number of specimens; here the whole discal area except a large triangular costal spot, is of a pure 
white as well as an oblique apical patch being coherent with it. •—- Mexico (Zacualpan). 
E. ropilla Dogn. (21 g). The red-brown forewing is subcostally and on the median somewhat scaled 
white; the transverse lines are indistinct, the distal line is dentate, with dots on the veins; instead of the ring- 
macula a minute white hook-like spot, the brownish-grey reniform macula is strewn with white and above 
and below produced towards the base, above it there is a large costal-marginal spot; the undulate line consists 
of small black spots. Hindwing brownish-grey. Ecuador and Colombia. 
E. angustimargo Dyar (21 g) is a small, yellowish-grey species dusted with a darker colour; the 
maculae are absent except the reniform macula which appears as a small extinct spot of the ground-colour 
in a darker spot; the transverse lines are extinct, dentate, only the undulate line is distinctly dark, spotted. 
Hindwing brownish-grey with a dark median spot. Mexico (City), in September, October. 
E. lindseyi Benj. Forewing uniformly reddish with a yellowish tint and an intense silky lustre with 
double transverse lines filled up somewhat more yellowish, the posterior line forming a distinct S, behind it 
more or less distinct traces of yellowish dots on the veins; the small round ring-macula and the reniform distal 
macula are likewise filled up with a more intense yellow, the reniform macula below with 2 white dots which 
are occasionally almost confluent owing to white scalings; behind the undulate line at the margin black inter- 
nerval dots. Hindwing whitish, dusted with blackish-brown. The species recalls vecors (21 h), irrorata (21 g) 
and puerilis (21 i), and was taken in New Jersey in May, July, and September. 
E. irrorata 8m. (21 g) is light reddish-brown, the veins are strewn somewhat blackish; behind the 
light, undulate subbasal line there is a broad darker band; the ring-macula is a small yellowish ring with a 
black pupil, the small reniform macula is shaped like an 8; the posterior transverse line is confluent with its 
distal margin, farther below with the median shade; before the yellowish undulate line being proximally bordered 
with greyish-brown there are in the centre small black sagittae. Hindwing yellowish brownish-grey. Canada 
to California. 
E. eccarsia Dyar (21 g) is a very small, lustrous black species; the only marking is the large oblique 
reniform macula which is narrow, white, ring-shaped, distally very slightly concave; towards the apex at the 
costal margin some small white streaks. Hindwing whitish, in the distal half blackish. Mexico (Zacualpan) 
in August. 
E. xera Dyar (21 g) is one of the smallest species, of a monotonous blackish brown, with entirely 
faded thick markings, behind the distal transverse line with dark dots on the veins, instead of the ring-macula 
a dot, the reniform macula in a light ring; the light undulate line is almost straight, proximally bordered with 
black. Hindwing brownish-grey, in the lighter cell with a small dark median spot. Mexico (Zacualpan), in 
June and July. 
E. borthorodes Dyar (21 g) is similar to xera, somewhat larger, the transverse lines on the averted 
sides bordered with lighter spots; the maculae are filled up with a somewhat darker colour and in light rings, 
the reniform macula below pupilled blackish; the rather broad light undulate line forms below the costal margin 
a tooth proximad, behind it the marginal area is somewhat lighter than the other ground-colour. Hindwing 
as in xera. Mexico (Zacualpan) in June. 
E. complexens Dyar. Forewing violet reddish-brown, with light loam-coloured lines, the distal line 
with a subcostal tooth and a double row of dots behind it; the large maculae have darker fillings and light 
rings; the cell and the costal margin subterminally shaded with reddish; the undulate line is straight, only 
forming an angle below the costal margin; marginal area darkened with black marginal dots. Hindwing blackisli- 
brown with reddish fringes. Expanse of wings: 31 mm. Mexico (Hidalgo). 
E. rea Dyar has pinkish-brown forewings strewn with blackish; instead of the anterior transverse 
line with some black dots, behind the distal line a row of black dots; the round ring-macula is filled up with 
light, the reniform macula with dark, above more reddish, below blackish, and in a light ring; basally, in the 
discal and marginal areas one dark transverse shade each; the light undulate line forms 2 slight bows. Hindwing 
light brownish-grey, towards the margin and on the veins darker. Expanse of wings: 27 mm. Mexico (Hidalgo). 
E. simplex Dyar. Forewing purple with a light reddish costal part, macular and marginal area darker 
with single, fine light transverse lines; the light, distinct undulate line is uniformly bent and runs parallel to 
the distal margin. Hindwing dark greyish-brown with a somewhat darker discal spot. Expanse of wings: 28 mm, 
Mexico (Hidalgo). 
