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cscuintla. E. escuintla Schs. above resembles pylotoides ; hindwing beneath behind the red spot with a row of 
small white spots extending straight as far as vein 3, from where they bend inward. Guatemala. 
rhaetia. E. rhaetia Drc. (61 e). Body blackish-blue, the last 5 abdominal segments in the centre red. Wings 
black, at the base with a particularly intense blue lustre. Discal band behind the cell narrow, parted black 
by the veins. Hindwing only with the beginning of a submarginal band (up to four spots). Fringes of the 
liindwings and at the apex of the forewing ydiite. Colombia. C r' •Aw 
rhea. E. rhea Dogn. has remained unknown to me, it may be only a form of the preceding. The white band 
of the forewing more towards the base, so that the transverse vein is about in its centre, the band of the 
hindwing is likewise more proximal, so that its first spot in front is 6 mm distant from' the end of the subcostal. 
Colombia. 
The species following now have two bands on the forewing: 
rhamses. E. Hiatuses Dgn. resembles rhaetia (61 e), the spots of the hindwing are somewhat more proximal, 
the fringes of the hindwing between the 1st median and the 1st cubitus black. Colombia. 
bicolor a/ E. bicolortuS'idz. (= crocota Drc., dichroa Hbn.) (61 c). Base of the wing with several longitudinal 
stripes irrorated with blue, the discal band is straight, distinct, broadly parted black by the veins. Apical spot 
large. With or without a white spot between the bands. Internerval stripes of the hindwing narrow, two stripes 
in the cell. Fringes black, ventrum white. Guiana to South Brazil and Peru. 
simulata. E. simulata Wkr. (= mimica Wkr.) (61 e). Base of the forewing without distinct longitudinal stripes, 
the discal band in the centre mostly interrupted, the cell of the hindwing at most with traces of longitudinal 
stripes. Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil. 
plagifera. E. plagifera Fldr. (= uranigera Wkr. ) (61 e). Body and forewing as in bicolor Sulz., at the base of 
the forewing only a blue stripe on the proximal margin. Basal area of the hindwing blue, with a broad discal 
band, which only extends to the anterior edge of the cell, broadly parted black by the veins. Bolivia, Amazons, 
East Peru. 
sirigifera. E. strigifera sp. n. (61 f). Forewing as in plagifera, in the hindwing the white stripes extend farther 
distally, whereby it resembles bicolor, the stripes of which, however, are much narrower and not so purely white. 
Itaituba. $ type in the Berlin Museum. 
2. Wings with red s p o t s or bands, 
a) Eorewing with a white discal band. 
albimacula. E. albimacula Drc. (61 f). Body blackish-blue, with 5 red rings on the ventral side of the abdomen. 
Forewing violettish-brown, without red spots, except perhaps the costa at the band narrowly reddish. Hindwing 
bluish-black, in the anal half with a blue reflection, on the centre of the costa with a red spot extending to 
the cell. Fringes as in the following white at the apex of all the wings and partly at the distal margin of the 
hindwing. Mexico, Honduras. 
diana. E. diana Btlr. (61 f). Wings at the base with an intense blue lustre. Eorewing at the costa with a 
red spot joining directly the proximal side of the band. Behind the red spot of the hindwing 2 or 3 more forming 
a slanting band. Colombia, Amazons, Guiana, Venezuela, Brazil. 
uranicola. E. uranicola Wkr. resembles diana, the bands are narrower (at the broadest part 2 mm), those of 
the forewing mostly only extending to the axillaris, terminating a little before the tornus. Colombia. 
rubrifascia. E. rubrifascia sp. n. resembles diana (61 f), the band of the hindwing is quite red. $ type from Manicore 
in the Berlin Museum. 
glauca. E. glauca Cr. (61 f) resembles diana, the band of the forewing, particularly in front and behind, with 
a pink shine. In the hindwing the whole band or only the foremost spot of it is red. Upper Amazon River. 
The following species are wanting the intense blue lustre at the base of the forewing: 
turbida. E. turbida sp. n. resembles diana (61 f), without the blue lustre at the base of the, forewing, where 
there are only single greenish-blue particles of dust. Wings broader. Colombia. $ type from Cauca in the 
Berlin Museum. 
excellens. E. excellens Wkr. (= hermaea Drc.) (61 e). Forewing brownish-violet, dull, at the costa with a 
red spot which does not touch the discal band. Hindwing with a white slanting band extending into cell 2 or 3, 
beneath with a red costal spot, with an intense blue lustre. Venezuela, Colombia. 
recdia. E. reedia Schs. is like the preceding, presumably only a form of it, with a red spot also at the tornus 
of the forewing. Costa Rica, ? Venezuela. 
rubrltnacu- E. rubrimaculata sp. n. In the wing-contours and scheme of markings similar to the preceding, forewing 
Uda. browner, the red costal spot on the forewing touches the band, a second red spot at the tornus. Band of the 
