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COTAENA; ECRECTICA. By B. Zukowsky. 
phyllis. 
alopecura. 
confusa. 
lytaea. 
maeonia. 
manilia. 
cambyses. 
mediana. 
fasciata. 
S. phyllis Drc. (180 d). Forewing yellowish hyaline, brownish at the base, the costal and inner margins 
orange. Hindwing hyaline, fringe brown. Head, thorax and abdomen brownish black, prothorax yellowish, 
the 3rd abdominal segment yellow, the others with traces of yellow. Palpi and collar yellow. Antennae black, 
yellow at the base. Legs brown. 32 mm. Guatemala, Cerro Zunil. 
S. alopecura sp. n. (180 f). Head dark brown, silvery white between the eyes. The first joints of the 
antennae yellowish brown (the rest of the antennae absent). Palpi yellowish brown. Thorax brownish, slightly 
scaled, evidently without any further marking, lighter beneath. Abdomen rusty reddish yellow, turning brownish 
at the base, anal tuft lightest, almost orange. Beneath dingy whitish, opalescent, anal tuft light orange. All 
the legs rusty reddish yellow, the coxae turning greyish brown. Forewing yellowish hyaline, margins, veins 
and the indistinct discal vein brownish black, more thickly scaled in the distal area, especially the veins, where 
they terminate into the distal margin. Between them near the margin and at the discal mark outwardly slightly 
scaled yellowish hyaline. Hindwing yellowish hyaline, veins and the narrow margin brownish black, fringes 
of all the wings yellowish brown. 22 mm. Colombia, Umbria. 1 $. Type: Coll. Zukowsky. 
S. confusa Btlr. is an uncertain form; Butler places it to S. basalis Wkr. (176 c) and says that the 
antennae are very short and thick, the abdomen decidedly fusiform and differently coloured in the two sexes, 
though he does not dare to separate the sexes, proposing the name confusa for the 
S. lytaea Drc. (180f). Forewing hyaline, yellow at the base, the costal margin and apex brownish 
black. Hindwing hyaline, fringe brown. Head, thorax and antennae black. Palpi greyish white below, black 
above. Abdomen black, each segment with fine white rings, anal tuft greyish white. Legs black, set with a 
few white hairs. 19—20 mm. Guatemala, Zapote. 
S. maeonia Drc. (185 f). Forewing and hindwing hyaline, the costal and distal margins of the forewing 
narrowly edged with black, the fringes of all the wings black, the inner margin of the forewing covered with 
yellow from the base almost to the anal angle. Head, thorax and abdomen black. Palpi bright yellow, tegulae 
striped yellow. Antennae and legs black. 25 mm. Mexico: Omilteme, Guerrero, 2700 m. 
S. manilia Drc. (185 c). Forewing and hindwing yellowish hyaline, the costal margin of the forewing 
and the fringes of all the wings black. Head, thorax and abdomen black, the last 4 segments of the abdomen 
broadly edged with yellow. Anal tuft yellow. Antennae and legs black. Palpi frontally yellow. 25 mm. Mexico: 
Sierra de los Aguas Escondidas, Guerrero. 2400 m. July and August. 
S. cambyses Drc. (180 f). Forewing whitish hyaline, the costal margin and apex black. Hindwing hyaline, 
margins and fringe black. Head, thorax and abdomen black. Antennae and legs black, the tarsi mixed with a 
few yellow hairs. 20 mm. Panama, Bugaba. 
37. Genus: Cotaena Wkr. 
Body rather robust. Proboscis remarkably short. Palpi soft, slender, slightly bent upward, not longer 
than the head is broad; 3rd joint pointed, shorter than the 2nd. Antennae bristle-like, rather slender. Abdomen 
fusiform, its whole length projecting beyond the hindwings. Legs strong, spurs long and robust. Wings long 
and narrow, entirely scaled, fringes rather long. Forewing rounded at the distal margin, convex, very oblique. 
C. mediana Wkr. $: dark metallic blue. Proboscis brownish yellow. Thorax orange, dark in front. 
Abdomen with a broad ochreous stripe extending from the base to half the length. Wings with dark ash-coloured 
fringes. Forewing orange at the base, purple towards the distal margin, under surface pale golden yellow along 
the costa from the base on two thirds of its length. Hindwing purple, costa pale golden yellow on % of its length. 
32—34 mm. Para. 
* 38. Genus: Ecrectica Wkr. 
Body slender, straight. Proboscis absent. Palpi compressed, slender, hairy, erect, much longer than 
the head is broad, the 3rd joint with an obtuse point, shorter than the 2nd. Antennae hairy. Abdomen with 
its whole length projecting beyond the hindwings. Anal tuft quadrangular. Legs scaled, rather long and slender, 
hind tibiae without middle spurs. Wings long, narrow, scaled. Forewing rather rounded outside, distal margin 
uncommonly oblique. 
E. fasciata Wkr. : dark copper-coloured. Palpi and antennae black. Thorax red at the anterior edge. 
Abdomen beautifully red, except the apex. Hind tibiae with yellow bands towards the joints, hind tarsi basally 
yellow. Forewing yellow at the base with an irregular postmedian band. 25 mm. Ega (Teffe). 
