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MTHOSlin.t;. CALLI.ArORPHA. 89 



f vix capitc longiorts : . Jil. Ettleima. 

 f 3-articulati : I 

 foblont^re, I Maxilla- ■{ 

 subelliptico- I | 



truncatse: | (^capite multo rsubdia- 



Palpi\ longiores: ( phanae: &1. Deiopeia. 



Aloe posticw -[ 



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I^opaca: . 84. Gnoi'HRIa. 



^ (^2-articulati : 83. Lithosia. 



subtrigona>, f 2-do multo breviori : 85. Setina. 



hand subtruncata : | 



_Palpi 3-articulati ; arikulo 3tio-{ 



L2-do subsequali : . 80. Cai.limokpha. 



Genus LXXX. — Callimohpha, Latj'eille. 



Falpi short, a little descending, or horizontally porrected, sUghtly hairy, triarti- 

 cuIatC;, the basal joint elongate-ovate, as long as the two following, which are 

 of equal length, and subovate or attenuated, with the terminal one acute : maxilla 

 longer than the head. Antcnvw setaceous, slightly ciliated in the males : head 

 small, rather hairy in front : thorax and abdomen clothed with silken scales ; 

 the latter somewhat robust in the female, slightly tufted in the males : mings 

 rather broad, anterior elongate- trigonate, with the hinder margin rounded, or 

 subelliptic : legs moderate ; tibice short, the posterior with two pair of spurs. 

 Larvw sparingly covered with hairs, or densely pilose, the head nearly naked: 

 pupa obtuse or acute. 



The two insects which I have, with the utmost reluctance, asso- 

 (.-lated together in this genus, differ so considerably, both in their 

 perfect and larva state, that it becomes necessary to notice their 

 respective distinctions. The porportions of the joints of the palpi* 

 are the same in both species, but in Ce. Jacobsese the palpi are com- 

 paratively stout, with the two apical joints abbreviated, and the 

 terminal one obtuse ; in Ce. miniata, on the contrary, they are slender, 

 with the apical joints greatly attenuated and elongated, the terminal 

 one being subulated and very acute : the form of the wings is very 

 dissimilar ; in the first species the hinder margin of the anterior is 

 afraduallv rounded, whereas in the second the costa is somewhat 

 obliquely truncated, and the hinder margin obtusely elliptic : other 

 differences of the perfect insects might be pointed out, especially the 

 singularity of colouring in the first species, which is the only indi- 



** Although these organs differ exceedingly in form and proportion in the various 

 groups of Lepidoptera, I think it questionable whether we ought to consider 

 the characters derived therefrom of a primary or secondary nature, inasmuch as 

 there is but slight difference in the method employed by those insects for taking 

 their pabulum, which consists of the nectareous juices of flowers alone. 



