EVTUS. By Dr. A. Seitz. 
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minerva. N. minerva Schs. (45 h). From South Brazil (Novo Friburgo). Almost exactly coloured like the 
preceding, but the yellow hyaline spot of the forewing extends broadly from the distal margin almost to the 
costa, where it only leaves a thin red stripe. 
dorxipunc- N. dorsipuncta Hmp-s. (45 h) entirely resembles minerva, but it is somewhat smaller, the hyaline 
ia ' yellow band-like spot of the forewing is narrower by two thirds, more oblique and somewhat irregularly defined. 
In the discal part of the ground-colour of the forewing there are orange yellow spots embedded, encircled by 
hemochrome. Hindwings and abdomen purple-red, the latter with a white dorsal dot. Described from South 
Brazil' the figured $ from Villavicencio in Colombia, taken by Fassl; several specimens before me also from 
Mexico. 
'perrcrm. N. perversa Roth-sch. (45 h) is much smaller than all the other species of the genus; the hyaline band 
of the forewing still narrower, less curved, its proximal edge irregular. The A hindwing beneath covered with 
dense hair. Guiana and Amazon District. 
arc if era. N. arcifera Dgn. (45 h). The yellosv hyaline part does not only form a band on the forewing, but 
it occupies the whole distal part and only leaves a brown costal spot before the apex, thus producing a colouring 
exhibited also by many neotropical Arctiids, such as Amaxia pulchra (45 e), Id aim a ffinis (45 a) etc. Colombia, 
discovered by Fassl on the Quindiu Pass. 
haemastic- N. haemasticta Dgn. is almost exactly like arcifera , but the yellow hyaline part is inside irregularly 
ta ■ defined and set with scarlet dots. Peru, Colombia; in Colombian specimens the proximal part of the wing and 
the costal spot before the apex are often paler. 
syrissa. N. syrissa Drc. (45 h) likewise greatly resembles arcifera, but the spot before the apex is reduced 
to small brown crescents. Peru. 
yahurvsae. N. yahuasae Joicey. Very much smaller than syrissa, scarcely half its expanse; the proximal, pale 
purple-red part of the forewing extends from the middle of the costa beyond the anal angle; on its somewhat 
curved distal border some small black scales; before the apex a large, round, pale purple-brown spot bordered 
with dark. Hindwings pale yellow, in some places tinted pink. Peru. 
mefaphoe- N. metaphoenica Joicey. Still smaller than the preceding which it resembles, but tlie round, subapical 
nica spot of the forewing is proximally dark and at the margin lighter. The hindwings are pale purple-pink, the 
basal and costal-marginal areas whitish, From French Guiana; discovered by Le Moult. 
34. Genus: Evius I Vkr. 
This genus consisting so far only of 3 species is allied to the preceding, but the upper median vein of 
the forewing rises separately from the lower cell-wall, a good distance before the lower cell-angle. In the system 
of the subcostal the species comprised here correspond, but they show sometimes longer sometimes shorter 
antennal combs, and sometimes the £ hindwing is distorted by scent-organs. 
aurococci- E. aurococcinea Wkr. approximates the forms of the arcifera- group (45 h) from the preceding genus, 
}ica but it differs by the yellow distal part of the forewing occupying only about a third of the wing and bordering 
on the purple-brown proximal part in an entirely uniform semi-circle, beginning exactly in the apex, extending 
below the costa, passing by close at the transverse vein and terminating exactly in the anal angle. Through 
the basal part of the costa there extends a white ray; beneath the costal margin is streaked dark. Body and 
hindwings purple-red, the body in some places tinted brown, the hindwing towards the margins paler. The 
type (from Para), which is not before me. has an expanse of 38 mm. 
cnchenouri. E. cochenouri Schs. Size and marking of the forewing somewhat similar to that of Aphyle incarnata 
incisa (45 g), but the forewings at the costal margin are more brown, the terminal yellow area more than twice 
as broad as in incisa, and its proximal edge projects proximally behind the cell in a sinus. Between the radial 
veins 2 brownish dots. Hindwings pale yellow, in the inner-marginal part tinted pink. From Costa Rica. -—- 
The colouring of this species is so exactly reproduced in the Arctiid Premolis flavithorax Roth-sch. (50 b), that 
we can refer to its figure. The Premolis-A, however, has a different venation, particularly in the hindwing, 
on the under surface of which it shows a large, subcostal, oval stigma being absent in Evius. 
albiscripta. E. albiscripta Schs. (53 f) is presumably scarcely congeneric with the preceding, the A with greatly 
distorted veins. Expanse hardly more than 30 mm; recognizable by 2 long hair-locks hanging in the A down 
at the sides of the abdomen. The latter itself very long, projecting far beyond the anal angle. In the disc of 
the forewing there is on the brown forewing marked somewhat purple a large, diaphanous yellow spot being 
indented below the costal margin; below and before the latter, as well as in the apex white, short streaks partly 
bordered with purple. A hindwing in the anal part extended like a lobe, purple-red, the inner-marginal fold 
white. French Guiana. 
