334 LEPIUOPTERA OP NORTH AMERICA. 



second. Antennas bluish-black, simple, ferruginous beneath and 

 slightly thicker towards the tips, about twice the length of the 

 thorax. Abdomen red, black at the base ; apical tuft bluish- 

 black ; red towards the base. Fore wings bluish-black. Hind 

 wings limpid, with blackish tips and hind borders. Length of the 

 body 3 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



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SA1VNI1VA WALKER. 



Male. Body rather stout. Proboscis almost obsolete. Palpi 

 slender, curved, acuminated, obliquely ascending, almost bare ; 

 third joint very slender, just half the length of the second. An- 

 tennae filiform, simple, rather slender, acuminated at the tips, nearly 

 twice the length of the thorax. Abdomen about twice the length 

 of the thorax. Legs slender ; hind tibiae long and stout, some- 

 what pilose, as is also the hind metatarsus. Wings narrow, 

 opaque, squamous. Hind wings limpid at the base. Female ? 

 Palpi a little stouter than those of the male ; third joint shorter 

 and stouter. Antennas like those of the male. Abdomen about 

 twice the length of the thorax. Hind tibiae more slender and . 

 much shorter than those of the male ; hind metatarsus slender, 

 not pilose. Fore wings opaque. Hind wings limpid, opaque at 

 the base. 



1. S. uroceriformis Walker. C. B. M. VIII. 64. 



Male. Bluish-black. Head reddish behind. Palpi reddish, 

 black towards the tips above. Thorax somewhat ferruginous. 

 Abdomen with a broad orange band on the fourth segment. 

 Wings metallic green, mingled with blue and purple; cilice cupre- 

 ous. Hind wings limpid at the base. Length of the body 7 

 lines; of the wings 14 lines. Female 1 ? Head and palpi black. 

 Antennas whitish at the base. Abdomen with a red band. 

 Wings with black cilia?. Hind wings limpid, bluish-black at the 

 base. Length of the body 9 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



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