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brown maculae encircled with black; the undulate line is white at the costal margin and anal angle, between 
them indistinct, proximally before it a row of small black sagittae. Hindwing whitish-brown with darker veins 
and margin. Expanse of wings: 34 mm. South East Peru. 
viuda. E. viuda Dogn. (25 c). Forewing dark red-brown, strewn with blackish, the antemedian area, a median 
shade and the marginal area dusted with blackish; the anterior transverse lines are proximally bordered with 
a brownish red, the posterior line being double, filled up with brownish-red, the small maculae ferruginous-red; 
instead of the undulate line there is a row of small yellowish and black lunae. Hindwing dark brown with grey 
fringes. Ecuador. 
monochroa. E. monochroa Hmps. has lustrous reddish-brown forewings dusted with grey, with brown, quite 
indistinct transverse lines; the grey reniform macula is encircled with brown, the whitish undulate line is proxi¬ 
mally bordered with brown. Hindwing reddish greyish-brown with lighter fringes. Expanse of wings: 26 mm. 
Peru (Acopampa). 
fradura. E. fractura 8m. The ground-colour is a light reddish yellow, the interrupted double transverse lines 
are distinct, the posterior line punctiform, parallel to the margin; before the light undulate line a somewhat 
irregular darker shade; the upper maculae are coloured like the ground, encircled by single black scales. Hind¬ 
wing of a dull yellowish grey. Expanse of wings: 27 to 28 mm. From Arizona. It has broader wings than the 
similar furfurata (21 1). 
smithi. E. sniithi Dyar resembles fractura, but it is more brownish-grey in the ground-colour scantily strewn 
with black; the transverse lines are double, the posterior line with dots on the veins in the distal part; the 
maculae are finely encircled with black, and the reniform macula below filled up with a somewhat darker colour ; 
the undulate line is light, on the inside bordered with a somewhat darker colour. Hindwing yellowish-grey, 
at the margin smoky. United States: from New York. 
mecrona. E. mecrona 8m. looks like communis Dycir, but it differs by the dull grey ground-colour with a some¬ 
what yellowish tint, without any reddish or brown admixtures and monotonously smoky-grey hinclwings without 
a yellowish reflection; it is besides larger: expanse of wings: 25 to 29 mm. From British Columbia (Kaslo), 
flying early in July. 
tertulia. E. tertulia Dogn. (25 d). Forewing blackish-brown, suffused with deep red-brown, with a small, purely 
white reniform macula, without any transverse lines or other marking, only at the costal margin towards the 
apex 5 minute yellowish-white streak-dots. Hindwing dark brown. Ecuador. 
adonea. E. adonea Drc. (21 1) has brown forewings suffused with purple and strewn with whitish, with single 
transverse lines, the anterior line towards the base bordered with a lighter colour, the posterior line dentate; 
the maculae are very small, round, encircled with black, the reniform macula pupilled white or yellowish; instead 
of the undulate line a row of small, black spots distally pupilled white. Hindwing greyish-brown with light 
fringes. Costa Rica. 
flammans. E. flammans Dogn. Forewing dark fiery red, scantily strewn with yellow, the costal margin, veins 
and fringes red-brown, the small ring-macula and the reniform macula are encircled with yellow, in the lower 
cell-angle a white dot; the anterior transverse lines are incomplete, yellorv, the posterior line consists of small 
black lunae, instead of the undulate line there are black internerval clots, those behind the cell are removed 
proximad. Hindwing brown with a yellowish reflection and lighter fringes. Expanse of wings: 35 to 38 mm. 
South East. Peru (Carabaya). 
rcnalba. E. renalba Schs. Forewing brown with a silk lustre, with blackish-brownish veins and indistinct 
transverse lines, the anterior line being double at the costal margin and proximal margin, filled up with whitish 
at the costal margin, the posterior line with dots on the veins behind it, between them a broad darker median 
shade; instead of the ring-macula a white dot encircled with black, the large reniform macula is white, strewn 
with some brown scales; a subterminal row of deep velvety brown spots, distally scaled whitish. Hindwing 
brown, at the proximal margin darker, with pinkish-whitish fringes. Expanse of wings: 33 mm. Costa Rica. 
moneti. E. moneti Schs. has dark red forewings with black veins and transverse lines, in the basal area below 
the cell dusted somewhat ochreous; the anterior transverse line is partly double, the posterior line indistinctly the 
same; the round ring-macula is encircled with ochreous-yellowish, the oblique reniform macula is distally con¬ 
cave, strewn with yellowish and distally bordered with white; the undulate line is interrupted spotted ochreous- 
yellowish. the fringes are black and brown. Hindwing blackish-brown with yellowish pink fringes. Expanse 
of wings: 30 mm. From Costa Rica (Juan Vinas). 
torrid a. E. torrida Dogn. Forewing chocolate-brown, the maculae and veins blackish-brown, strewn with 
white and traversed by 4 fine white transverse lines, the subbasal and antemedian lines almost straight, the 
postmedian line and the reniform macula curved and sinuate, the subterminal line undulate. Hindwing blackish 
with a brass lustre. Expanse of wings: 29 mm. South East Peru (Carabaya). 
stcma. E. stenia Dogn. has red-brown forewings, in the basal, proximal and marginal areas darkened, instead 
of the reniform macula only w T ith a small yellowish spot, all the other markings quite extinct, behind the cell 
with a row of light dots on the veins, and instead of the undulate line with light internerval dots, accompanied 
