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EUCEREUM. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
from the 5th to 7th rings. Forewing dark brown with lighter veins, at the distal margin from the lowest 
radial vein to the lower median vein of a lighter, isabel colour with rows of black spots arranged in the 
same way as in punctatum. Hindwings bluish transparent, at the border broadly black. Expanse of wings: 
38 mm. Trinidad. 
leprotum. E. leprotum Druce. Head, collar and anterior part of the thorax greyish, metathorax and the upper- 
side of the abdomen as far as behind the middle blackish-brown; the abdominal sides and the last rings 
above brilliant red, apex black; underneath yellowish-white; laterally a series of small black spots. Fore¬ 
wings grey, the base, a round cellular spot, a spotted band at the cell-end, and a series of spots near the 
apex are greyish-black, as well as minute spots along the proximal and distal margins. Hindwings greyish- 
white, at the apex and distal margin greyish-brown. Expanse of wings: 42 mm. Venezuela. 
fosteri. E„ fosteri Rothsch. differs from leprotum by the entirely red abdomen, only the last segment being 
dark, by more densely spotted forewings and grey-white diaphanous hindwings. Length of forewings: 19 mm, 
$ 22 mm. Paraguay. 
dentation. E« dentatum Schaus (24 k). Anterior body grey, with blackish stripes, in the neck carmine. Abdomen 
above carmine, beneath white, laterally black like the last segment; the 1st ring is grey, often also 1 or 2 
more rings exhibit small grey spots. Forewings light grey with numerous, darker, small spots and dentate 
lines. Hindwings grey, in the disc diaphanous. Expanse of wings: 31 mm. Mexico (Coatepec, Misantla). 
melano- E. melanoperas limps. (24 k) is distinguished by dark red-brown forewings with reddish-grey veins 
perns. an( ] narrow transverse lines; the one before the margin is strongly dentate. Two spots on the vertex, hips 
and abdomen pale carmine, the latter with brown lateral lines, and the first and last segment being brown. 
bolivianum. Amazon. — subsp. bolivianum Rothsch. differs by lighter grey, almost white markings. Bolivia. 
rosenbergi. E. rosenbergi Rothsch. is larger than melanoperas, with a large white spot behind the cell of the 
forewing and a quite soooty-black, not red underside of the abdomen. Length of forewings: <^17 mm, 
9 14 mm. Ecuador. 
pattada. E. pallada Druce. Anterior body light fawn-coloured with black stripes; antennae and palpi black. 
Abdomen above brilliant red; the first and last segment, as well as lateral lines black; underside orange- 
yellow. Forewings light fawn-coloured, between the veins with blackish stripes. Hindwings diaphanous 
brownish, at the apex and distal margin darker. Expanse of wings: 4G mm. Parana. 
flavopunc- E. flavopunctatum Dogn. Anterior body black; forehead and vertex spotted black, collar and shoulder- 
tatum. covers bordered with yellow; shoulders and mesothorax spotted yellow. The abdomen is above brilliant red, 
the last ring and the underside black; hips yellow. Forewings white with yellow veins and rows of black 
spots, covering the wing to such an extent that there remain of the ground-colour spots only in the middle 
of the cell and below the median, as well as a band behind the cell from the subcosta to the upper median 
vein. Fringes black and white. Hindwings white with a black marginal band and veins. Expanse of wings: 
33 mm. Colombia (Cali). 
dorsipunc- E. dorsipunctutn Hmps. Head and thorax with small black spots and stripes; neck with 2 yellow 
turn, spots. Forehips and abdomen above carmine, the latter with dorsal black spots, black lateral stripes and 
a black anal ring, underneath yellowish-white. Forewings white, veins, costal and proximal margins light 
brown with rows of black spots; in the middle of the cell there is a black spot with a light centre, but- 
parted by a light longitudinal streak. Hindwings white with a marginal band of blackish-brown, being broad 
at the costa and narrow at the proximal angle. Expanse of wings: 34 mm. Venezuela; Paraguay. 
leopardi- E. leopardinum spec. nov. (24 1) greatly approximates dorsipunctum ; it is smaller and differs above 
man. all by the absence of the black dorsal spots on the red abdomen; the palpi are at the base and at the 
terminal joint white; the hindhead is yellow and the neck exhibits 2 carmine spots. From the uniformly 
light yellowish-grey ground-colour of the forewings the margins and veins do not stand out darker. Peru 
(Hallapani), from Bang-Haas. 
quadricolor. E. quadricolor Wkr. (24 1). Head, thorax and forewings yellowish-grey-white with very prominent, 
black, small spots being bordered with orange, an especially long one above vein 1 at the base. Hindwings 
dark blackish-grey. Abdomen above carmine with a series of minute black dorsal spots, black anal apex 
centrate. and black lateral spots. Ventral side reddish-white. Brazil: Rio de Janeiro. — centrale form. nov. (= subsp. 
1. Hmps.) (24 1), flying in Mexico, Costa Rica and Panama, is a form with considerably smaller spots of 
the forewings, the longish one on vein 1 being parted in two, the hindwings are of a paler grey, whereas the 
boreale. form from the northern parts of South America, Venezuela: boreale Rothsch. is smaller, but- more brightly 
coloured, exhibiting larger black spots on a grey ground, and.darker hindwings. — The southernmost form 
meridionale. from Paraguay: meridionale Rothsch. is still smaller, the $ has quite grey forewings, the $ more purely white 
ones, the hindwings being yellowish brown-grey. 
atriguttum. E. atriguttum Druce (24 1) greatly resembles the Mexican form of quadricolor, being about smaller 
by half, the black spots still smaller and paler, not- margined at- all with yellow; the hindwing in the disc 
white, at the border pale grey. The abdomen is of a dull rosy-red, beneath dirty white. It flies in Mexico 
and Venezuela. 
