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EPISCEPSIS. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
lamia. 
flavomacu- 
lata. 
inornata. 
dodaba. 
redunda. 
frances. 
liypoleuca. 
dominicen- 
sis. 
ockendeni. 
venata. 
endodasia. 
obsoleta. 
moloneyi. 
sixola. 
E. lamia Btlr. (20 c) is difficult to distinguish from the following species: the ground-colour is on 
the whole somewhat browner, the wings more stretched, more pointed, the surest distinguishing mark being 
a red spot on each side of the lowest end of the collar, without a red spot on the shoulders being present. 
Besides there are more or less distinct whitish sublateral lines at the base of the abdomen. Amazon. — 
In ab. flavomaculata form. nov. (= ab. 1 . Hmps.) the red colour of the spots on the head and forehips has turned 
yellow. 
E. inornata Wkr. (= lamia Dru.ee pr. p.) (20 c) is unicolorously blackish-brown on the forewings. 
The forehips, as well as two small spots in the neck and below the shoulders are red. Abdomen above 
metallic blue, only the dorsal hair are brown, below all brown, not white-spotted. Hindwings blackish, in the 
centre diaphanous, the anal hair-tufts in the $ yellowish. Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama. 
E. dodaba Dyar (20 c) from Mexico (Santa Rosa, Orizaba: July to September), Venezuela and a 
3 from Ecuador, differs from the most similar inornata by the presence of a red spot on each side of the lower 
end of the collar, so that there are thus 3 pair of red spots next to each other: on the hindhead, collar, and 
shoulder. The venter is all black in the $, while in the $ the 3 first rings beneath are spotted white. 
E. redunda Schaus (20 c) on an average is somewhat smaller and has rounder wings than dodaba 
which it extremely resembles. The colour of the forewings is a little more sooty, that of the hindwings some¬ 
what more bluish. It differs besides by the absence of the red lateral spot on the collar, such a spot being 
only situate below the collar on the shoulder. The venter is spotted white, in contrast with inornata. From 
the following it differs by the more extensive white colour on the hindwing, extending beneath, in the shape 
of a broad longitudinal stripe, from the base almost to the margin. Most widely distributed from Mexico, Costa 
Rica, Trinidad, Venezuela, British and French Guiana as far as Peru. 
E. frances Dyar extremely resembles redunda (20 c) and differs by the entire absence of the white 
colour on the under surface of the hindwings, below the median the scaling is only somewhat thinner. Mexico. 
E. hypoleuca Hmp.s. (= lamia Druce pr. p.) (20 d) is separated from the very similar inornata by 
the black veins of the forewings and the white spots on the 3 first ventral segments. Costa Rica. 
E. dominicensis Rothsch. Body of a deep sooty brown; collar and forehips orange. The last 2 abdominal 
rings have a metallic blue lustre. Forewings deep purple brown with a white apex. Hindwings sooty black, 
in the disc lighter diaphanous. Dominica. 
E. ockendeni Rothsch. is a unicolorously sooty brown animal, the forewings slightly tinted violettish 
purple, the hindwings greyish-brown. Length of forewings: 20 mm. Peru. 
E. venata Btlr. (— aelia Schaus) (20 d). Forewings dirty whitish with brownish margins, veins 
and discoidal spots. Hindwings blackish, in the disc diaphanous. Body blackish-brown, abdomen towards 
the apex above suffused with blue. Forehips, as well as two spots each on the neck and shoulders are red. From 
Mexico: Jalapa, Tabasco, Misantla, taken in June; the type originates from the Amazon (Rio Jutahi). 
E. endodasia Hmps. (20 c) is on the body and forewings quite unicolorously blackish-brown, only 
the hips and the anterior half of the venter are yellowish-white. The blackish-grey hindwings are semi-diaphanous 
in the disc, the hair-tuft at the proximal angle is yellowish. Brazil (Parana). 
E. obsoleta Burm. (20 c) is above blackish-brownish, on the wings with deeper blackish-brown veins. 
Palpal base, hips and venter light rosy. The hairy cover at the proximal angle of the <$ hindwing is beneath 
yellowish. Expanse of wings: 32 mm. Argentina. 
E. moloneyi Druce (20 d). The £ has no extended proximal angle of the hindwing, but instead, the 
posterior femora and tibiae on the inside exhibit long white hair-tufts, whereby it is easily distinguished from 
all the other species. Blackish-brown, with metallic bluish-green spots on the forehead, vertex, collar, shoulder- 
covers, and thorax, and small carmine spots on the sides of the collar behind the eyes and at the palpal base. 
Forehips white. Abdomen laterally, on the last 4 rings also dorsally spotted green. Underneath the 2nd to 
4th rings are white. Hindwings in the basal part whitish hyaline, distally blackish-brown. Expanse of wings: 
38 mm. British Honduras. 
E. sixola Schaus. Head and thorax brownish-black; palpi at the base, hips at the base and end spotted 
white, forehips of the $ white, in the $ striped pink. Collar dorsally and laterally spotted red. Abdomen bluish- 
black, underneath with 2 rows of white spots. Forewings blackish-brown with darker veins and a faded dark 
shade before the margin. Hindwings black; in the cell a short white stripe, at the base of the proximal margin 
a large white spot; behind the cell small whitish spots between the upper median and middle radial vein. Expanse 
of wings: 34—37 mm. Costa Rica. 
