( GO ) 



c? $ . Till' l)rii\v]iisli liliicl; inarkiiiLis (if llidvax and i'dvowing proiniiioiit, on tJio 

 greyish grt'cii gnjiiiul. The discal streaks R' — M" of tlie forewing, tliimgli ofti'u 

 thin, are liotli well marked. The markings of the nppersido, the marginal area of 

 till' hindwiiig, and the underside of the wings arc often more or less walnnt-lirovvn. 

 The mesial line of the abdomen is mostly jirominent, sometimes faint, or widely 

 interrupted. Both sc.\es with comb of spines on segments 2 to ^i of foretarsus. 

 Foretibia a little longer than first segment of foretarsus, this segment about twice 

 the length of the second. Slidtihia barely 1 mm., hindtibia 2A to ;? mm., shorter 

 than the respective first tarsal segment. 



tJ. Tenth abdominal tergite (PI. XXVll. f. 37. 38. 30. 40) prismatically 

 comiiressed, carinate below, slightly convex above, rounded-dilated distally, the 

 apex a little curved ventrad, with tliree broad and short teeth (PI. XXVII. 

 f 30), of which the middle one is the shortest ; ventral surface with long 

 bristles forming a beard before apex ; sternite flat, slightly convex ventrally, 

 sole-shaped (PI. XXVII. f. 40). f'lasjier smaller than in (hiponchd ; harpe 

 (PI. XXXVII. f. 7) with long curved process, which is somewhat ladle-shaped, 

 and is shar(ily dentate distally at lower and njiper edges, dorsal side of harpe 

 densely dotheil with bristles, a patch of very long bristles dorsally of base of 

 harpe. Peuis-sheath with two small teeth before the end (PI. XXIX. f. 13), the 

 upper one of them minute. 



?. The vaginal plate (PL XIX. f 7) less broad than iu diiponchel, the 

 mouth of the vagina snbapical, the edge of the opening raised, but there is no 

 special armatnre. 



Early stages unknown. 



Hah. Neotropical Region, exclusive of the Antilles. 



In the Tring Museum cjc?, ? ? from: Jalapa {t:/pi'); Orizaba; British 

 Honduras ; Costa Rica (Underwood) ; Rio Dagna, Colombia (Rosenberg) ; Aroa, 

 Venezuela. 



XVIII. AMPHIMOEA gen. nov.— Typus : walkeri. 



Amphnmjx, Boisduval (;m« Poey, 1832), Sjicc. Gen. Lip. UH. i. p. G7 (1875). 

 Cocytmx, Kirby (/«,»!. Hul)uer, 1822), Cm. Lrp. Ihl. i. p. C80 (1892). 



(??. A connecting link between Profoparcc and Con/tiii.<i. Terminal snrface 

 of palpns more square, and the third segment little more prominent, tiian in 

 I'rotoparce. S without the peculiar comb of spines on the foretarsus found 

 in Coct/tius, ? with prolonged ciliae at base of antennal segments. Paronychinra 

 with ttvo lobe.s on each side. Abdomen with fonr yellowish dorsal stripes ; 

 yellow Lateral jiatches of segment 3 and following longitudinal. Disc of hind- 

 wing semitranspareut. 



Larva and chrysalis are probably those figured as jntrophac by Burmeister 

 (see below). 



Hah. Tropical Continental America. 



The only species agrees in most characters with Coei/tiit.'i, \mt differs remarkably 

 in the third segment of the palpus not being prolonged to a naked horn. It does 

 not fit into (Jocytius, nor can it be jjlaced into Protopurce. 



