38 CATALOGUE OF 



incomplete oblique bands, one of the bands including a white mark 

 and a white dot in the disk. Length of ihe body 6 — 8 lines; of the 

 wings 22 — 24 lines. 



a, b, Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



South America. 



DiPHTERA EnCELADA. 



Fusco-alba ; ales anticcs fusca, apud marginem exteriorem alhido 

 nigroque varice, fascia latissima alha-nigro marginata fiisco- 

 nigroque maculata ; posticce glaucte cervino marginatce, fasdis 

 duahus maculisque marginalibus nigris. 



Phalfena Encelada, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. 130, pi. 181, f. F. 



Surinam. 



Country unknown. 



Group 1. 



Corpus crassum, aut sat robuslum. Proboscis breviuscula. 

 Palpi brevissimi. Antennae simplices, corporis dimidio non lon- 

 giores. Abdomen alas posticas non superans. Pedes validi ; tibiee 

 poslicae calcaribus quatuor parvis. Alae longiusculce, mediocriter 

 lalae ; anticai apud costam subconvexae, apice rotuudata?, margine 

 exteriore sat obliquo. 



Nearly allied to the Bombycites. as are also the two preceding 

 groups. JBody thick or rather stout. Proboscis rather short. 

 Palpi extremely short. Antennae simple, about half the length of 

 the body. Abdomen extending as far as the hind wings. Legs 

 stout; hind tibiae with four short spurs. Wings moderately broad, 

 rather long. Fore wrings slightly convex in front, rounded at the 

 tips, rather oblique along the exterior border. 



8. DiPHTERA SAGATA. 



Alba^ crassa ; caput subtus et pectus anticenigra; abdomen lateribus 

 ochraceis, fasciis ventreque nigris; alee anticce ex parte cer- 

 vina, fasciis angustis ubliquis angvlosis maculisque margina- 

 libus nigris ; posticce fulvce, nigra bifasciatce, apud margines 

 albida. 

 White, thick. Head beneath and fore part of the pectus 

 black. Abdomen with irregular black bands ; sides orange-tawny ; 



