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ing beyond the hind wings in the male, shorter in the female. 

 Legs slender ; hind tibiae with two small apical spurs. Wings of 

 moderate length, rather narrow. 



1. C. dimas Cram. Pap. Exot. I, 91, pi. 59, f. C. 



Whitish. Head, thorax in front and hind wings, red. Fore 

 wings with the costa red, with a median, oblique thickly spotted 

 black band. 



West Indies. 



WALKER. 



TTRAGA WALKER. 



Male. Body nearly linear and cylindrical, moderately stout and 

 long. Palpi longer than the head ; third joint lanceolate, a little 

 shorter than the second. Antennae moderately pectinated. Ab- 

 domen extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs slender ; 

 hind tibiae with four small spurs. Wings of moderate length, 

 rather broad. Fore wings rounded and not angular on the hind 

 border. 



1. U. hoemorrhoa Walker, 465. 



Black. Head and prothorax clothed with crimson hairs. Palpi 

 crimson, with black tips. Abdomen blue, crimson towards the tip 

 beneath and with a slender crimson stripe on each side. Femora 

 blue. Fore wings with a narrow, linear, straight, slightly oblique 

 whitish band with testaceous borders at two- thirds of the length. 

 Hind wings bluish beneath towards the base. Length of the body 

 6 lines; of the wings 15 lines. 



Jamaica. 



WALKER. 



FAM. IY. PERICOPIDAE. 



This family is composed of large species, which often have 

 pale dots on the head and thorax, and whose wings are ample 

 and frequently more or less vitreous. It is connected with 

 the Melameridae, and has some affinities with the Arctiidae. 



