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EUROTA. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
baeri. 
parishi. 
siictibasis. 
maritana. 
patagiata. 
picta. 
elegans. 
strigiven- 
iris. 
boliviana. 
Helena. 
nigricincta. 
spegazzi- 
nii. 
with metallic blue spots; stripes on the shoulder-covers and lateral large spots on the 3 first abdominal segments 
are carmine. A common species occurring from Bolivia to Paraguay. 
E. baeri Rotlisch. (16 c). One of the smallest species with a black body; palpi, spots on the shoulders 
as well as broad lateral stripes on the abdomen are carmine. The hips and sublateral spots on the abdomen 
are white. The antennae are black, before the tips with a white band. The black wings are spotted white. 
Argentina (Tucuman, 600 m). 
E. parish! Rothsch. (16 c) is one of the smallest species and greatly resembles the small Indo-Australian 
Syntomi 5-species. The body is black; forehead, shoulders and forehips are white; the first 5 abdominal rings 
are reddish white with black dorsal spots on the second to fourth segments; the other rings are black, the abdo¬ 
minal apex reddish white. The black wings exhibit diaphanous white spots. Cuba. 
E. stictibasis Hmps. (16 b) is blackish-brown with hyaline spots on the wings, the one at the base 
of the forewing is more or less yellow. The collar and 2 rings on the two penultimate abdominal segments are 
yellow. The sides of the 3 first abdominal rings exhibit triangular, bright red spots, those of the first segment 
being connected on the dorsum by a yellow transverse streak. From Brazil (Sao Paulo). 
E. maritana Schaus (16 c) differs from the preceding by the collar being only narrowly margined 
with yellow, and the entirely black ventral valve of the It has a long basal spot below the median, the hincl- 
wings exhibit a much smaller spot. Brazil (Parana). 
E. patagiata Bunn. (16 c) is easily recognizable by the bright red base of the forewing, and the whole 
inner-marginal half of the hindwing is red, too. On the blackish-brown body the collar and transverse bands 
on the 1st, 4th and 5th abdominal rings are white or yellow; the abdomen has lateral red spots, the 4th and 5th 
rings on the ventral side white bands. Argentina. 
E. picta H.-Schaff. (= pictula Wkr.) (16 c) is likewise similar to stictibasis, but all the abdominal 
segments are broadly margined with a bright yellow, the base of the proximal margin of the hindwing is yellow 
and carmine. Occurring from Venezuela to Paraguay, where it is found in open districts on compositae nearly 
all the year round. — The larva is light yellow with short, greyish-black, paired dorsal brushes and with white, 
black-haired, small tubercles; the head is brown. It often lives gregariously in different compositae and spins 
a soft, yellowish, somewhat transparent cocoon with interwoven hairs. 
E. elegans Druce is considerably larger than the preceding and deviates by an entirely black collar; 
of the same colour are the head, antennae, palpi, legs and apex of abdomen. The abdomen is otherwise uni- 
colorously pale yellow, the first ring and the sides of the 2nd and 3rd rings bright red. Forewings black, at 
the base light yellow. Spots, and the red base of the proximal margin of the hindwing like in picta. Expanse 
of wings: 50 mm. Paraguay. 
E. strigiventris Guer. resembles the following, being somewhat smaller and distinguished by large, 
golden-yellow spots on the shoulders, as well as by the abdomen, exhibiting only lateral rows of large, triangular, 
golden-yellow spots being connected with each other. Venter with 2 rows of white, more or less triangular 
spots flowing posteriorly together. Wings very much like in helena, the basal spot of the forewing consists 
of 3 white spots. South Brazil to Argentina. — subsp. boliviana nom. nov. (= subsp. 1 . Hmps.) is considerably 
smaller, particularly the $ has much smaller wings; the middle spots on the wings are smaller. Bolivia. 
E. helena H.-Schaff. (16 c) (== laetifica Maass.) is distinguished from all the other species by the 
abdomen being curled light yellow as far as the end, the red colour being altogether absent; the venter shows 
2 rows of sublateral white spots. The brown wings exhibit white spots, at the base of the hindwing an orange- 
yellow spot. The $ has much smaller wings with reduced spots. Bolivia, South Brazil, Argentina. 
E. nigricincta Hmps. (16 d) resembles strigiventris. Head and thorax blackish-brown; collar laterally 
yellow; on the metathorax a yellowish-white transverse streak. Abdomen orange, on the 1st ring a black middle 
spot, on the others black transverse bands, the last segment black; at the sides there is a series of black spots. 
Venter yellowish-white, with black bands. Wings like in the similar species; the yellow basal spot of the forewing 
greatly bends inward on the inner-marginal vein; the hyaline spot below the first median is very small and 
is situate close at the border. The yellow basal spot of the hindwing is small, the hyaline spot extends from 
the subcostal vein to the lower median vein, the spots above the 1st radial and 2nd median very small. Expanse 
of wings: 28 mm. Argentina. 
E. spegazzinii Jorgensen (16 c, 26 m) is very much like nigricincta Hmps., but the black dorsal spot 
on the first abdominal ring is absent, and only the segments 2 to 4 exhibit a narrow black belt; the basal, 
yellow spot of the forewing runs from the median in a straight line obliquely to the base, and does not bend 
inward on vein 1. Venter quite orange. The $ has stunted Avings. It flies in January to April in Argentina. — 
The yellow larva being provided on the segments 2 to 10 with paired, truncate, blackish-grey hair-tufts and 
with a red-brown head, lives on Miacnia scandens and changes into a light yellow cocoon with interwoven hairs. 
