50 LIOPTILUS. 



described by him in the ' Annals of the Lyceum of 

 Natural History,' vol. x. p. 266, of which Ptero- 

 phorus sulphur eodactylus was one. 



Lioptilus homodactylus. 



(PLATE III. FIGS. 8, 9.) 



Pterophorus homodactylus, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. xxx. p. 941. 

 ? Lioptilus hololeucos, Zell. Verb. z.-b. Ges. Wien, xxiv. p. 445, 



VAK. a. Capite albo, palpis et antennis albidis. 



Alis anticis albis, squamis brunneis prcecipue apud 

 costam et in lacinia anteriore rare atomosis, 

 puncto ante fissuram brunneo, ciliis albidis ; alls 

 posticis et tibiis albidis. 



VAE. |3. Capite albo, occipite, ore et palpis brunneis. 



Alis anticis albis creberrime brunneo atomosis, ciliis 

 partim cinereo attinctis ; posticis cum ciliis dilu- 

 tissime cinereis. 



VAR. a, <f. Head entirely white ; palpi and antennae 

 whitish. 



Fore wings white, very thinly dusted with brownish 

 scales, especially towards the costa and on the 

 anterior lobe ; a brownish spot before and 

 slightly below the base of the fissure ; a group 

 of brownish scales, scarcely amounting to a spot, 

 sometimes observable halfway between this and 

 the base of the wing ; in some specimens there 

 is a faint indication of two brownish dots on the 

 extreme margins of the anterior lobe, the costal 



