48 LIOPTILUS. 



Lioptilus sulphureus. 



(PLATE III. FIG. 7.) 



Pteropliorus sulphur eodactylus, Packard, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New 

 York, vol. x. no. 9, p. 266 (1873). 



Capite et alls anticis sulphureis ; antennis supra sul- 

 phur eis, infra brunneis. 



Alls anticis costa media et ciliis apicalibus extremis 

 brunneis; punctum in basi fissurce brunneum 

 strigce costali vix indicatce oblique subjacet : pos- 

 ticis dilute cinereis. 



Abdomine sulphureo. 

 Tibiis posticis pallidioribus. 



Head sulphur - y ello w ; the palpi sulphur -yellow, 

 touched with brownish at their sides ; antennae 

 very pale sulphur (almost white) above, brownish 

 beneath. 



Fore wings bright sulphur-yellow ; the costa slightly 

 shaded with brown about the middle ; a brown 

 dot at the base of the fissure, having a slight 

 dash of the same colour on the costa obliquely 

 above it. The cilia pale yellow, having a 

 scarcely perceptible brownish tinge, except at 

 the extreme apex, where they are distinctly 

 brownish. 



Hind wings pale cinereous. 



Abdomen bright sulphur-yellow; the legs decidedly 

 paler, the first and second pair having a slender 



