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EMPYREUMA. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
fulvitarsis 
tarsal is. 
grotei. 
diffissa. 
pretus. 
macro. 
portoricen- 
sis. 
affinis. 
haitensis. 
pugione. 
reddish spots. Abdomen greenish-black, the posterior segmental margins brown; the 1st ring shows above 2 
white, laterally large orange spots, the 2 next ones large white, the other rings orange lateral spots. Legs black 
and orange. Forewings greenish-black, dusted orange, at the base a white dot and 2 orange dots. Hindwing 
orange, at the border and apex black. Expanse of wings: 30 mm. Parana. 
H. fulvitarsis Schrottky. Head orange, on the vertex dark-brown; palpi orange, at the base dark-brown. 
Antennae dark-brown, at the tips lighter, above with a blue tint. Collar spotted white. Shoulder-covers dark- 
brown, with longitudinal orange stripes. Thorax above dark-brown, with anterior white, posterior orange- 
yellow' spots. Abdomen brown, the 1st ring above with 2 white spots and an orange-yellow anal margin, the 
2 next segments laterally and beneath with white, the others with orange-yellow spots. Legs brown and orange. 
Forewings dark-brown, hindwings orange, bordered with brown. Expanse of wings: 30 mm. Argentina. The 
description of this species having remained unknown to me greatly approximates the preceding. 
H. tarsalis Wkr. (21 h) is easily recognizable by the bronze-green colour on the body and wings. 
The 1st palpal joint, the forehead, spots on the collar, chest and hips, as well as the ends of the tarsi are orange, 
as well as subdorsal and sublateral rows of spots on the abdomen. Expanse of wings: 40 mm. Patria 
unknown. 
H. grotei Btlr. (21 i) is recognizable by the bare posterior tibiae, only the tarsi being above scaled. 
Head yellow, palpal terminal joint and a band on the forehead blackish; collar anteriorly black, posteriorly 
yellow. Thorax above red-brown, shoulder-covers striped yellow. Hips yellowy legs yellow and black. The 
1st abdominal ring is blackish-brownish with a blue lustre, posteriorly wdth yellow rings, the others red-brown. 
Forewings red-brown, the hindwings more blackish with a yellow costa. Expanse of wings: 44 mm. Jamaica. 
H. diffissa Grote (= pretellus H.-Schaff.) has, like the following species, quite unsealed hindlegs. Head 
on the vertex purple brown; palpi and antennae yellow, the latter in the middle and at the tips blackish. Collar 
light yellow, thorax and shoulder-covers brown. Hips yellow, legs brown, tarsi more ochreous. First- abdominal 
ring white, on the lateral tubercles spotted yellow; the 2 next rings are dark-brown, with dorsal and lateral 
yellow spots, the others light brown. Forewings orange-brown. Hindwings ochreous-yellow with a dark-brown 
border. Expanse of wings: 35 to 40 mm. Cuba. 
H. pretus Cr. (= eumolphus F., vespina Harr.) (21 i) has likewise quite unsealed hindlegs and differs 
from diffissa by the pale red-brown ground-colour, unicolorously blackish-brown hindwings, white forehips 
and the abdomen being black at the last ring, the 1st ring being yellow, not white, the following segments showing 
black and white ventral and lateral bands. Expanse of wings: 38 mm. St. Thomas; Venezuela. 
106. Genus: Em pyre lima Hbn. 
The genus contains some very imposing species, of a more or less brilliant red colour, being particularly 
distributed in the West Indies. A characteristic mark is the hairy forehead, the thorax being very woolly haired, 
and hair-tufts at the end and at the sides of the last abdominal ring. On the long, narrow forewings the 1st 
median vein comes from below the lower cell-angle from which the two lower radial veins rise; the two uppermost 
subcostal veins come separately out of the cell. Hindwings as in Horama. <$ antennae doubly combed. 
E. mucro Zerny (= lichas F., pugione Hbn., sanguinosa Martyn, sanguinea Rothsch.) (21 k) is blackish- 
brown on the head and thorax, with minute white spots on the collar, shoulders, shoulder-covers, and hips. 
Antennae bluish black with orange tips. Abdomen metallic green, above on the 2 first rings spotted white, 
with white lateral spots. Forewings carmine, except the costa and base of the proximal margin dusted brown. 
Hindwings carmine with black fringes. Expanse of wings: 44 to 56 mm. Cuba; Hayti; Honduras. — portoricensis 
Rothsch. is characterized by the duller red colour and broader border of the forewing. Porto Rico. 
E. affinis Rothsch. differs from mucro by the chocolate-brown, not scarlet forewings with a much 
broader, blackish-brown distal margin; the greatest part of the costa and the base of the proximal margin are 
carmine. Hindwings carmine with a much broader black border. Cuba. — haitensis Rothsch. differs by chestnut- 
red forewings and scarlet hindwings. Hayti; Domingo. 
E. pugione L. (= lichas Cr.) (21 i) has a bluish-black thorax and a dull metallic blue abdomen, the 
latter with white subdorsal spots on the 3rd and 4th rings. Tips of antennae orange. Forewings carmine, dusted 
blackish, with black, lustrous-blue veins and distal margin. Hindwing carmine with a black marginal band. 
Expanse of wings: 50 mm. Jamaica. —The egg is light yellow,flattened at the base, finely netted pentagonally. 
The larva light yellowish-brown, with subdorsal, lateral and sublateral rows of small white spots bordered 
with blackish-brown; tubercles stellatedly haired; the 2nd ring shows on subdorsal tubercles long, porrect hairs, 
on the penultimate ring the hairs are turned backward. The larva lives on oleander. 
