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A YEAR IN BRAZIL. 



Div. II. HETEROCERA. 



List of Moths collected by H. C. Dent in Brazil. 



All the insects were taken in the province of Minas Geraes, 

 except those marked *, which were collected from the neighbour- 

 hood of Rio de Janeiro. 



The nomenclature is from specimens in the British Museum 

 Collection. I have also referred to Lederer's " Wiener Entomo- 

 logisher Monatschrift," vol. vii. 



The classification is from " List of the Lepidoptera Heterocera 

 in the Collection of the British Museum," 1854, etc., by Francis 

 Walker, F.L.S. I have also examined most carefully MM. 

 Boisduval and GueneVs " Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species 

 general des Lepidopteres He"teroceres," Paris, 1852-1857. This 

 book, however, is incomplete. Dr. J. A. Boisduval issued, in 1874, 

 the volume on " Sphingidae, Sesiidae, and Castniidae : " but, owing 

 to his death, the parts on "Zygaenidae" and "Bombycites" have 

 never appeared. 



Fam. I. SPHINGII. 

 Sub-fam. Sphingidce, 

 Eupyrrhoglossum. 



Ceculus,* Cram. 

 Chaerocampa, Dup. 



tersa,* Drury. 

 Pachylia, Boisd. 



ficus,* Linn. 

 Macrosila, Boisd. 



Hannibal,* Cram. 

 Amphonyx. 



Tapayusa,* Moore (N.S.). 

 Sphinx, Linn. 



sp. allied to gordius (?).* 



Fam. III. CYDIMONII. 

 Ssematura, Dalnt. 



Diana,* Guen. 

 Urania, Latr. 



brasiliensis,* Swains. 



Fam. IV. CASTNII. 

 Castnia. 



Fons-columbii,*Za/r.and Godt. 

 Euphrosyne, var. (?) * 



Ardalus,* Dalm. 

 Chremes,* Jones. 



Fam. V. ZYG^ENIDES. 

 Isanthrene. 



incendiaria,* Hiibn. 



Chalciope,* Hiibn. 

 Cosmosoma. 



erubescens, Butl. 

 Eurota, 



picta, var. 

 Charidea. 



jucunda, Walk. 

 Saurita. 



cassandra,* Linn. 



Fam. VI. BOMBYCITES. 

 Sub-fam. Lithosiida. 

 Scea. 



auriflamma, Hiibn. 

 sp. 

 Eucyane. 



melaxantha,* Hiibn. 

 Chrysauge. 



chrysomelas, Walk. 



