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932 I. Horama castrensis. (Plate XIV. fig. 30.) 



Horama castrensis, D. Jones, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1908, p. 144. 



cS . Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown slightly shot with 

 bine ; tegulse with white points at middle and sides ; pectus with 

 lateral white spots ; abdomen with small subdorsal white spots on 

 1st segment, the 2nd and 3rd segments with sublateral white spots 

 and ventral bands ; wings black-brown faintly shot with blue along 

 the veins. 



Hab. Brazil, Castro Parana, type f 3 in Coll. D. Jones. JSxp. 

 36 millim. 



937. Empyreuma lichas. 



Zygeena lichas, Fabr. is probably a Zygsenid, the locality given is 

 Arabia, and Martyn's Psyche is unpublished beyond the 1st two 

 parts ending with pi. 4. 



The species will stand as follows : — 



Empyreuma sanguinea. 



Sphinx sanguinosa, Martyn's Psyche, pi. 26. ff. 68, 69 (ined.) ; Kirby, 



Cat. Het. p. 121 (non descr.). 

 Empyreuma' sanguinea, Roths. Nov. Zool. xix. p. 155 (1912). 

 Empyrewma sanguinea portoricensis, Roths. Nov. Zool. xix. p. 155 



(1912). 



Cuba, type f c? , 2 i» Coll. Rothschild ; Porto Rico, type f 5 

 portoricensis in Coll. Kothschild. 



937 a. Empyreuma affinis. (Plate XIII. fig. 31.) 



Empyreuma affinis, Roths. Nov. Zool. xix. p. 155 (1912). 

 Empyreuma affinis haitensis, Roths. Nov. Zool. xix. p. 156 (1912). 

 Envpyreuma pugione, Oberth. Et. Lep. Comp. vi. p. 329, pi. 127. ff. 1123- 

 1126 (nee Hiibn.). 



Head and thorax dark-brown with a faint greyish tinge in parts, 

 the tegulse at base of middle and sides, the shoulders, and patagia 

 on upper edge near base with white points ; abdomen dark-brown 

 dorsally suffused with metallic green, the two basal segments with 

 dorsal white points, lateral white spots on 2nd and 3rd segments 

 and sublateral spots on basal segment. Fore wing scarlet suffused 

 with brown except the base of inner margin and a streak below 

 costa to near apex, the terminal area browner; a white point at 

 base. Hind wing crimson-scarlet with black-brown terminal band 

 rather broader towards costa and its inner edge somewhat irregular. 

 I T nderside of fore wing scarlet, the costa and terminal area fuscous 

 brown emitting a wedge-shaped fascia from apical area into end of 

 cell ; hind wing with the costal half tinged with fuscous brown 

 except towards base. 



