in the Joicey Collection. 93 



first segment ; the remaining segments metallic cupreous, 

 with the segmental joints darker. 



Expanse 46 mm. 



Hah. E.O. Peru, Chanchamayo. 



Type in Coll. Joicey. 



Delphyre leucomela, sp. n.* 



Fore coxae orange, mid and hind coxaa black ; palpi black; 

 collar orange ; thorax and abdomen black. Fore wing daik 

 brownish black, with a semihyaline roundish discocellular 

 spot; discal area paler brownish, with elongated black 

 divided streaks along the veins ; median area of wing blackish ; 

 a triangular semihyaline spot near base within the cell and a 

 large elongated spot immediately below. Hind wing with 

 the larger basal half semihyaline; a broad black marginal 

 band, broadest at apex and narrowest at lower corner of cell. 

 Underside of fore wing dull black except for hyaline spots; 

 hind wing as above, except for some brownish scaling at outer 

 margin. 



Expanse 28 mm. 



Ilab. French Guiana. 



Type in Coll. Joicey. 



Family Sphingidae. 



TiMORiA, gen. nov. 



Type, T. concolorata. 



$ ? . Antenna slender, rather short, ending in a short 

 hook and bristle at the apex. Tongue very long. Palpus 

 rather short, not conspicuously protruding. Eyes large, not 

 lashed. Wings long and rather narrow. Abdomen long. 

 Legs long, without spines on tibiae. Tarsi very heavily 

 spined ; mid and hind tarsi with long combs at base ; first 

 segment of hind tarsus very long, and longer than the other 

 four joints together ; hind tarsus altogether less than twice 

 tlie length of the cell. Veins 6 and 7 of hind wing from 

 angle of cell. Pulvillus and paronychium present, the latter 

 with two flaps on each side. 



Hah. Timor Laut. 



The genus differs from Meganoton by the shorter antennae 

 and much shorter hook, the non-stalking of veins 6 and 7 

 of hind wing, and by the shorter and less robust legs; the 

 palpus is also markedly smaller and less protruding. 



Timoria concolorata, sp. n. 



$ . Fore wing dull blackish brown, with small pale discal 

 spot; several indistinct darker striae ; a dark brown elongated 



