l'LA(;(>i)is Hill. II,. I. I'hiif :.. tii-, n. 



riiiiioilis lliiliii., Vciz., 'J!M. Ic^-l-. 



J^iinomos Tifits. (in jiart ), Scliin. Km., vi (i), H, IfJT. 

 Kiirifiiuiii Dnp., Lep. Fiaiuc. vii (ivi, lHr>, l-ftjit. 

 A')<irf(/</)(ris Sti'pli. till pMiO, Ndiiicml. Br. Ins., .1-1, lP'J9. 

 Ki)miiiiiis Hdisil. (ill i)ar(). (irii. Iiiil,. IW-J, 1-J.li). 

 JCiiiiitmiic Dnp., C;it., '.'-JU, l-'-I-I, 

 ll.-S,Ii., iii. -..'>, I.-IT. 

 flKjimli-. .su-pli., Cut. Hr. I.op.. l.-^l, l-'.M. 

 I'.iiriimiiii l^cilriiT, \ fill, liiil. ZimiI. I ;(■^. W iin, ITi;. !>.'.:!. 

 (iiicn.. I'li;il., i, 1 II. |.<.-,T. 

 Wnlk.. l.i.Nl Lip. II. 1. l!i-. .Mils., w, 17(1. iMln. 



llciid imicli ;is in 1 1 ifjx-ir/is. imIIici- wide in tV,inl. l'al|ii louji', rallirr 

 l)roii<l, Jisc'endiiig, (wtciidcd well in rniiil uT tlic head. .Male antciiiiii' lather 

 less licavjlv pcct iiiatfd than in lli/j»'ir/is. .simple in Ihr Iriindc. Fore \viii<rs 

 with liic cd.-^ta t'ull. inncdi as in Jlifprnlis; outer cdi^i' (h'eplv excavated lieluw 

 tlic ape.x, which is eiliicr acute and much pi-ixhiced or nearlv rcctaiiiruhir; 

 Ixdow the hirye rouiuh-d an<,de in the uiiihUe, the wiui;- is, as a ride, siuhh'ulv 

 and very deeply excavated, tlie hollov\- Ix'ing deep and roumh'd or siiallow. 

 Hind u inirs rouiuh'd at the apex: t he outer edsre t'ull. shiihtl\ siuuoii.v, w it h 

 no prominent median angh' : the inner anale not reachinu lievmid the tip 

 ot" the abdomen. Venation: very simihir io Hi/jfi^refi.s; a short, rhomhoichil, 

 subcostal cell, the free end of the costal vein scarcely shorter than the lir.st 

 subcostal veuide: the disposition of the discal venules miudi as in Hi/pere/in. 



'J'his genus differs from Hijpcrt'tis in the female aiiteniue beiuif simple, 

 in the deep excavation below the middle of the oiitei- ediic of the l(»re wiiiijs, 

 and in the want of a d(>ci(led anule in th(_' hind w iiiiis In coloration, it 

 dillcrs in the extradiscal line beini) straiiiiit. not lieiit. sometimes beiiii^ 

 oi)solete, 



Larra. — "Caterpillar-s smooth, ramiform; not tiattened, having the third 

 ring strongly swollen laterally, especially in repose, and carrying on tiie 

 8tli a dorsal tubercle: head sipiare, bifid at the summit, tiattened anteriorly; 

 liviuir on trees, ('hrysalis red, shining, subterranean" — GiiiMiee. 



Si/riopsis of the Sjiec/es. 



Ocliremis, witli a ptii-plisU tint ; liue.s oi)li(iiio, but not .sinuous 1'. phloijomria. 



Lil<e plilogosai-ia, but no inner lino; and outer liuo broad, dill'use, sinuous P.fenidarUi. 



Fore winRs witli the notch shallower than in the two precediuj;; outer lineenrvcd inward : 



bevoud the wings often dark jiurple .' /*. keiitzinijuria. 



Wliitisli, speckled with oebreons; a discal ringlet; median angle of the wing large and 



rounded /'. nhoolaria. 



Kon^ wings scarcely excavatiMl; median angle well marked; pale straw-yellow: lines 



lu'oad, dift'use, purplisb-cclireous /'. arrinnrin. 



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