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Genus 5. EUGLYPHIA. 



Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis brevis. Palpi sat ffraciles, por- 

 recti, vix pilosi, caput non superantes; articulus 3us minutus, 

 conicus. Anteuiue sat breves. Abdomen alas poslicas superans. 

 Pedes breviusculi, sat graciles ; tibite posticie calcaribus quatuor 

 inediocriter longis. Alae latiusculc ; auticfe apud costara subrectee, 

 apice rotundatae, margine exteriore sat obliquo. Mas. — Antennae 

 serratag, ciliatfe. Fcem. — Antennae vix serratae. 



Bombyx, p., Fahr. ; Oliv. 

 Diphtheva, H'dhn. Exot. Schmett. 

 Eugiyphia. H'uhn. Verz. Schmett. 203. 

 Noropsis, Guen. Nod. i. 117. 



Body rather slender. Proboscis short. Palpi rather slender, 

 porrect, hardly pilose, not extending beyond the head ; third joint 

 minute, conical. Antennas rather short. Abdomen extending for 

 nearly one-third of its length beyond the bind wings. Legs rathei- 

 short and slender; hind tibise with four moderately long spurs. 

 Wings rather broad. Fore wings almost straight in front, rounded 

 at the tips, rather oblique along the exterior border; second inferior 

 vein a little nearer to the first than to the third ; third hardly twice 

 further from the fourth than from the second. Male. — AutennK 

 ciliated, distinctly serrated. Female. — Antennae hardly serrated. 



1. EUGLYPHTA HIEHOGLYPHICA. 



Pallide jiava ; thorax vittis trihus nigris metallicis iridescentihus ; 

 abdomen nigricans ; alee anticce striga basalt vittisque duabus 

 (una costali, altera obliqua angulata) nigris^ metallico irides- 

 centibus ; posticce nigricantes, ciliis albis. 



Phalsena hieroglyphica, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. 81, pi. 147, f. D. 

 Bombyx festiva. Fab. Sp. Ins. ii. 194, 109 ; Mant. Lis. ii. 127, 157 ; 



But. Si/st. iii. 1, 463, 177. Oliv. Enc. Meth. v. 85, 207. 

 Phalaena-Bombyx festiva, Gmel. ed. Sgst. Nat. i. 5, 2425, 540. 

 Diphthera festiva elegans, H'ubn. Samml. Exot. Schmett. i. Lep. 



iv. Noctua, i. Bombi/coides, ii. Diphthera, A. Festivce, Si^ i\ 



1—4. 

 Eugiyphia elegans, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 203, 2048. 

 Noropsis fastuosa, Guen. Noct. i. 117, 186. 



a. Brazil. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



&, c. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tvveedie's collection. 



d, e. Jamaica. 



