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22. Xylophasia diminuta. 



Mas. X. (lenternae simillima, minor; abdomen omnino ochra- 

 ceum ; alcB anticce denticulis brevioribus, angido interno minus 

 conspicuo striga ochracea duplicata diviso, liiura marginali 

 nigricante longiore maculam reniformem attingente. 



Xylophasia diminuta, Guen. Noct. i. 141, 223. 



Brazil. 



Genus 5. DIPTERYGIA. 



Corpus validum. Proboscis niediocriter longa. Palpi porrecti, 

 loiifi^iusculi ; arliculus 3us cvlindricus, 2i triente non brevior. An- 

 tennae simplices, corporis dimidio longiores. Abdomen cristatum, 

 alas posticas paullo superans. Pedes validi ; tibise posticse calcari- 

 bus quatuor longis. Alae mediocriter latse ; anticae apud costam 

 rectae, apice subrotundatae, margine exteriore subobliquo. 



Calliergis, p., Hiibn. Verz. Schmett. 244. 

 Xylina, p., Treit. ; Dup.; Meig. 

 Cloantha, Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 

 Luperina, p., Boisd. 

 Dipterygia, Steph. ; Guen. Noct. i. 145. 



Body stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi porrect, longer 

 than in most genera of the first group ; third joint cylindrical, 

 about one-third of the length of the second. Antennee simple, more 

 than half the length of the body. Abdomen crested, extending for 

 full one-fourth of its length beyond the hind wings. Legs stout ; 

 hind tibiee with four long spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore 

 wings straight in front, somewhat rounded at the tips, slightly ob- 

 lique along the exterior border ; second inferior vein at some 

 distance from the first, contiguous to the third ; fourth moderately 

 remote from the third. 



1. Dipterygia Pinastei. 



Picea ; thoracis discus posticus et abdomen testacea ; ala anticce 

 annulis discalibus strigis lanceolatis interioribus lineisque 

 exterioribus nigris, fascia postica marginali fusco varia intiis 

 undulata nigro marginata apicem versus dilatata testacea ; 

 posticce subcinerece, margine lato obscuriore. 



Engr. Pap. d'Eur. 458, c — e. 



Phalaena-NoctuaPinastri, Linn. Syst. Nat. 160; Faun. Suec. 118y 

 Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2568, 160. 



