GLAUCOPIS PHOLUS. 



Plate XXVIII. fig. 3. 



Order; Lepidoptera. Section: Crepuscularia. Family: Zygoenidae. 



Genus. Glaucopis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. (Zygtena, Fabr. olim.) 



Glaucopis Pholus. Atra, alis omnibus basi fiilvis. (Expans. Alar. 1 imc. 3 lin.) 



Syn. Sphinx Pholus, Dmry, App. vol. "2. 



Zygfena Pholus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. 111.1. 40G. No. 27. Gmel. Linn. S. N. 2399. 165. (Sphinx). 



Habitat: New England, New York, Maryland, Virginia, Carohna. 



Upper Side. AntenneB black, and thickest in tiie middle. Head, eyes, thorax, and abdomen black. 

 Shoulders and half the superior wings deep orange yellow ; the apical half black. Posterior wings, 

 next the body, paler yellow ; the remaining two-thirds black. 



Under Side. Tongue curled up. Breast, sides, abdomen, and legs black. Wings coloured as on 

 the upper side, but not quite so brilliant. 



GLAUCOPIS? ASTREAS. 



Plate XXVIll. fig. 4. 



Order : Lepidoptera. Section : Crepuscularia. Family : Zygseuidap. 

 Genus. Glaucopis, Fnbr. Ent. Syst. (Zygasna, Fabr. olhn.) 



Glaucopis? Astreas. Alis subhyalinis albidis, macula media apicerpie t'uscis, thoraee nigro niaculato, abdo- 

 mine roseo. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc.) 



Syn. Sphinx Astreas, Dniry, App. vol. 2. 



Noctua Astrea, Fabr. Ent. Sijst. 111. 2. p. 19. No. 36. Gmel. Linn. S. N. 2634. 693. 



Habitat: Bengal (/Jriwy J. New Holland fFafirieitfSJ. 



Upper Side. Antennse filiform, light brown, being thickest in the middle. Head cream-coloured, 

 spotted with black. Neck the same, with a red cleft in the midcUe, and a black spot on each side. 

 Thorax cream-coloured, spotted with black. Abdomen scarlet. Anterior wings transparent, whereof a 

 third next the tips is opake and of a light hair colour, running about half way up the anterior edge of 

 each wing ; where is a streak of the same colour running half way across the wing. Anterior and poste- 

 rior edges dark cream-coloured. Posterior wings transparent, the anterior edges and upper corners being 

 dark cream-coloured. 



Under Side. Palpi white externally, but red within; the extremities being black. Tongue 

 curled up. Breast white, with a black spot on each side. Legs red. Under sides of the thighs white. 

 Abdomen cream colour ; having a narrow white streak on each side, whereon are several black spots. 

 Wings coloured as on the upper side. 



This insect is evidently the type of a subgenus, sufficiently distinct from any of the 

 preceding. 



