—91— 



iiTj; out a)i<l extending:; nearly to tlie rnarLjin of tlie \vi g. Tliis is of a richer shade 

 tlian the patches of the supeiior win^^s. Anal tuft black. The markings are re- 

 jeated beneath. Exp. wings, 55 mm. 3 examples. — No. 59. 



This beautiful insect has ver}- much the system of coloration of the 

 species of Jusiades. 



Kam. ZYG^qENIDiE, 



Triprocris basalis n. sp. 



llc-ad, ihoiax, abdomen, legs and upper surface of primaries l)right brassy 

 greenisli Idack. .Secondaries with wide dull black margins, the discal area sordid 

 white, seemingly somewhat transijarent. Under surface of both wings brassy black, 

 the whitish patch less di-'tinct than al)t)ve. — No. 96. Lxp. wings, 25 mm. 



Ctenucha imitata n. sp. 



Head Idack, with the front orange, with black hairs intermixed. Collar, base 

 of palpi, pectus, base of fCmora, lower side of abdomen, and the last segment above, 

 bright orange. The lest of the body and wings dull brassy black. Lower wmgs 

 dull black. — No. 99. Exp. wings, 36 nun. 



Nearly allied to C. ?)iodulaki Hy. Edw., but abundantly distinct. 



Ctenucha scepsiformis n. sp. 



Thoiax, abdomen, and lower wmgs, bluish black. Primaries dull Idack, with a 

 yreenisli shade. Head with the front and base of antennae bright crimson. Base of 

 palpi also crimson, the tips black. " Clypeus brassy. — No. 98. Exp. wings, 28 mm. 



With the aspect of Scepsis, and probably uniting that genus with 

 Clenucha. It has ho\ve\er no vitreous space in the lower wings, 



Lycomorpha augusta n. sp. 



Wings a little wider than is usual in the species oi Lycomorpha, the antenna: are 

 longer, and with deeper pectinations. It may thus form the type of a new genus. 



Head, antennae, thorax, abdomen and legs bright bluish black. Primaries very 

 vivid crimson, with bluish black border, very broad apically, narrowing along post- 

 erior margin, very narrow on interior margin, and a mere line on costa. Apex clear 

 white. Below this the fiinge is dusky. Secondaries dull black, costal edge crimson, 

 apex white, and fringe dusky. The markings are repeated on the lower side. 



Exp. wings, 35 mm. — No. 97. 

 A very magnificent species. 



Fam. ARCTIIDiE. 

 Euhalisidota lurida n. sp. 



Entire color very pale, testaceous, with a few faint darker clashes, obliquely 

 from base to apex of primaries, and a dark shade on the middle abdominal segments 

 of the (^ . The primaries are sharply produced at the apex in both sexes, and the 

 lower wings are slightly hyaline. Antennae of the (^' dark testaceous, very long, and 

 deeply pectinated — those of the 9 'H'C concolorous and simply serrate. 



Exp. wings, 52 mm. Length of body, 25 mm. — No. 67. 



Fam. BOMBYCIDiE. 



Bombyx habitus n. sp. 



Mouse color. Thorax whitish on the disk, and at the sides. Base of the prim- 

 aries with a white blotch, interrupted by the ground color. The exterior line is also 

 white, dentate from internal angle to behind the cell, where it is lost in a whitish 

 cloud, containing a round mouse-colored spot. The space between this and the base 



