PHYLLODIN^E. l6y 



GRAPHIGONA REGINA. 

 (Plate CXLL, Fig. 3.) 



Ophideres regina, Guene"e, Spec. Gn. Lpid. Noct. iii. p. 118 



(1852). 



Graphigona regina^ Walker, List Lepid. Ins. Brit. Mus. xiii. 

 p. 1230, no. i (1858). 



This is a South American species. It expands about three 

 inches and a half. The fore-wings are rich dark brown with 

 fine purplish striae, and a central lunule of the same colour, 

 marked outside by a large indistinct red spot. The hind- wings 

 are bright orange, with a few black hairs at the base, and a 

 black marginal band suffused with purple, decreasing towards 

 the anal angle. The fringes are black. The abdomen is 

 orange-coloured, with blackish hairs at the base, and the ex- 

 tremity grey. 



The head and collar are ferruginous. 



SUB-FAMILY II. PHYLLODIN^E. 



The species of this Sub-family are confined to the Tropics 

 of the Old World, and though less numerous than the 

 Ophiderina, are divided into better marked genera. The hind 

 margins are not dentated, and, as well as the inner margin of 

 the fore-wings, are straight, or rounded, though the tip of the 

 fore-wings is often more or less pointed. The two principal 

 genera, not here figured, are East Indian, and the wings are 

 shorter and broader than in Miniodes^ or Phyllodes. The'y 

 are dark brown insects, but Ischyja, Hiibner (Potamophora, 

 Guenee), has a short blue band on the upper side of the hind- 

 wings ; and Lygniodes^ Guenee, is glossed with blue above, and 

 is whitish beneath. 



