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EPISTOR. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
lugubris. 
latipennis. 
ocj/pete. 
boisduvalii. 
gorgon. 
taedium. 
australis. 
bafhus. 
cavifer. 
Type: E. lugubris L. 
Section I: Fore wing of S' without a subcostal fold. 
E. lugubris L. (= fegus Men., fegeus Or., luctuosus Bsd., lugubus Bonningh., phegeus Hbn.) (98 A f). 
S' above blackish-brown with a purple reflection, a small distinct black discal spot in a reddish-yellow ring, 
and an oblique double antemedian line which is filled with light reddish-yellow; more or less distinctly reddish- 
yellow are also the veins in the postdiscal area, which look dotted dark, as they are interrupted by several 
undulated dark transverse lines; dark spots at the costal margin in the basal half and subapically. The 2 
shows a lighter brown ground-colour, it lacks the basal dark costal-marginal spot, and the discal dot has a more 
extensive light ring benind which there is an oblique dark area. — latipennis B. & J ., from Jamaica, differ^, in 
the broader wings and less produced apex, the disc of the forewing is more variegated, the postmedian undulate 
lines are more distinct and darker. The nomenclatural type has a very wide range from Massachusetts to 
Paraguay and South Brazil, also in the West Indies. Larva green or pink, with light dorsal and subdorsal lines 
as well as light oblique lateral stripes bordered darker above; large black sjiots may occasionally occur between 
the latter. It lives on vine and (Jissus. 
E. ocypete L. {== camertus Or., daunus Cr., lugubris Wllgr.) (98 A g). The $ is at once discernible by 
the very dark purple blackish-brown wings with a glaringly contrasting yellowish-white inner-marginal pad 
of the hindwing. The darker marbled forewing only shows the treble light oblique antemedian line and a lighter 
narrowly crescentiform marginal spot and the inconspicuous discal dot surrounded by reddish yellow. Tne $ 
is lighter brown, otherwise similar to that of lugubris, but the distinct and more oblique antemedian line is 
bordered with dark clistally as far as the inner margin; the discal spot is situate in a light slate-blue spot in which 
the veins are prominently lighter, the marginal crescent is lighter reddish-brown, the second abdominal segment 
bears a dark brown belt. Mexico to Paraguay and South Brazil; Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica. Larva very similar to 
that of lugubris, but more intensely granulated white or yellow, the oblique stripes of a purer white. It lives 
on Cissus sicyoides and Davilla rugosa. 
E. boisduvalii Obth. (= camertus Bsd. part.) is unknown to me; founded upon 2 from the Coll. 
Boisduval. In contrast with ocypete the mesothorax is lighter than the head and prothorax; the abdomen 
exhibits a light grey dorsal line between 2 dark brown lines; the 4 wings exhibit a slightly undulated velvety 
black oblique line extending from the costal margin of the forewing to the anal angle of the hindwing and 
touching the discal spot which is situate between two black parallel lines; excepting a dark brown costal spot, 
the antemedian area is light reddish ochreous like the marginal crescent. Patria not mentioned. 
Section II: Forewing of <$ with a subcostal fold. 
E. gorgon Cr. (= lyctus Hbn.) (98 A g). The C has a very broad subcostal fold extending to the lower 
margin of the cell. Forewing chocolate brown, deep dark brown below' the cell, in a triangular spot behind 
it and in an apical spot. The $ is light reddish brown, partly with a lilac tint, a deep dark brown area thrice 
angled below in the upper two thirds of the postmedian area in which the large, contrastingly light round 
discal spot is situate. Mexico to South Brazil, absent in the West Indies. Larva also similar to the two prece¬ 
ding species, with a darker bluish-green dorsum and a dark brown horn and marking on the anal segment, the 
4th segment more widened laterally; on Cissus sicyoides. 
E. taedium Schs. is very similar to gorgon , but the scent-organ i. e. the subcostal fold of the forewing 
is much narrower, whereby the costal margin is less convex; distinguished by the more olive brownish ground¬ 
colour lacking the dark postdiscal triangular spots; the lower discocellular vein of the forewing is half the length 
of the distance between the veins 3 and 4. The $ is almost exactly like that of gorgon, but distinguished by 
narrower forewings with a more distinctly bent distal margin, a darker ground-colour and the distal margin 
of the forewing beneath exhibiting a whitish-grey diffuse band. Mexico to Colombia. — In australis B. & J . 
(= lyctus Wkr., gorgon Btlr.), from Brazil and Venezuela, the lower discocellular vein is shorter than % of the 
distance between 3 and 4; the light marginal crescent is lighter and clearer, the veins in it not striped brown. 
E. bathus Bothsch. is darker brown than gorgon and taedium, the abdomen not clothed with woolly 
scales. Forewing dark brown, the dark shadow below along the fold is confluent with the large triangular discal 
spot which is larger than in gorgon-, the dark brown apical spot is broader and shorter than in the allies, the 
crescentiform light marginal band is narrower. Hindwing less brown; anal angle more produced. Peru and 
Bolivia. 
E. cavifer B. & J. ( = gorgon Btlr., lyctus H.-S .) (98 A g) has the same narrow shape of the subcostal 
fold as taedium, but it is much darker, of a purple blackish-brown colour, with single bluish-white markings and 
veins, particularly in the anal area of the forewing; a large triangular area in the distal half of the costal margin 
as far as the anal angle, distallv bordered by the light marginal crescent, is deep dark brown like a spot below 
the median; a deep oval concavity is near the base of the fore wing. Larva like those of the preceding species, 
but more slender, the subdorsal line undulated, with large light reddish-brown spots between the oblique stripes, 
bordered above by dark brown. Bred from the egg on Cissus sicyoides by Miles Moss. Panama to Bolivia 
and Brazil. 
