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E. venata Btlr. (— aelia Schaus) (20 d). Forewings dirty whitish with brownish margins, veins and discoidal spots. Hindwings blackish, in the disc diaphanous. Body blackish-brown, abdomen towards the apex above suffused with blue. Forehips, as well as two spots each on the neck and shoulders are red. From Mexico: Jalapa, Tabasco, Misantla, taken in June; the type originates from the Amazon (Rio Jutahi).