CHARACTRRS OF SEVENTY-SIX UNDESCRIBED SrECIES 



OF 



II E T E R C E R U S L E P I D P T E R A, 



FROM CONGO, WEST AFRICA. 



WITH THREE PLATES. 



BY 



FRANCIS WALKER, F.L.S. 



T)i& Specimens were Exhihited at a Meeting of the NattirnI History 

 Society of Glasgov; April 27th, 1860, and arc in the possession of 

 Thomas Chapman, Glasgow. 



Tribe. SPHINGITES. 

 Family. Smerinthid^. 

 Genus. Smeriiithus, Latr. 

 S. subjectus. 



Genus. Ambulyx, Boisd. 



A. constrigilis. 



Genus. Basiana, Walk. 



B. suffusa. 



Tribe. BOMBYCITES. 



Family. Agaristid.e. 

 Genus. Eusemia, Dalm. 

 E. pardalina. 



Family. Nyctemerid^. 

 Genus. Nyctemera, Hubn. 

 N. simplex. 

 N. decisa. 



Family. Zyg^nid^. 

 Genus. Balacra, WalTc. 

 B. ochracea. 



Family. Melamerid.e. 

 Genus. Leucopsumis, Hubn. 

 L. cryptochroma. 



Family. Pericopid^:. 



Genus. Aletis, Hubn. 



A. postica. 



Genus. Phasgorista, Boisd. 

 P. similis. 



Family. Hypsid^. 

 Genus. Surina, n. 

 S. liypsoides. 



Genus. Hypsa, Hubn. 

 H. dissociata. 



Genus. Zaracha, n. 

 Z. extranea. 



Family. Lithosud^. 

 Genus. Soloe, Walk. 

 S. quadriguttata. 



Genus. Barsine, Walk. 



B. indecisa. 



Family. Arctiid.e. 

 Genus. Spilosoraa, Steph. 

 S. ramivitta. 



Genus. Sciatta, n. 

 S. inconcisa. 



Family. Liparid.i-:. 

 Genus. Artaxa, Walk. 

 A. squamiplaga. 



