in the Collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq. 87 



vestitae, margine interiore lanuginoso ; anticae sub-falcatae, 

 non acutae ; posticae abdomen longe superantes. 



Male. — Body thick, very densely pilose. Proboscis obsolete. 

 Palpi very short. Antennae very short, very broadly pectinated. 

 Legs short, very densely pilose. Wings broad, densely clothed 

 with long, thick-set lanuginous hairs along the interior border. 

 Fore-wings sub-falcate, not acute ; exterior border straight. 

 Hind-wings rounded, extending much beyond the abdomen. 



Allied to Bombyx, Hubn. (Cat. Lep. Het. 1st Ser. 1505). 



Batatara fusifascia. 



Mas. — Cinereo-fusca, antennis luteis, abdomine pallide luteo, 

 alarum fasciis tribus obliquis difFusis albido-cinereis, anti- 

 carum litura discali indistincta obscure fusc4. 



Male. — Cinereous brown. Antennae luteous. Abdomen pale 

 luteous. Wings with three whitish-cinereous, diffuse, oblique 

 bands, which are more distinct but less regular in the fore-wings 

 than in the hind-wings ; 3rd band undulating and sub-marginal in 

 the fore-wings, marginal in the hind-wings. Fore-wings with a 

 dark brown indistinct discal mark. 



Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings %% lines. 



Amazon Region. 



Fam. APAMID^, Guen. 



Sub-fam. Xylophasides, Guen. 



Genus Laphygma, Guen. 



Laphygma obliterans. 



Mas. — Pallidissime cervina ; antennae serrato-ciliatae ; alfc an- 

 ticae lituris fuscis, claviformi et orbiculari vix determinatis, 

 reniformi obscuro sub-quadrato, lineis interiore et exteriore 

 indistinctis, bac flexa, linea sub-marginali albida angulosa 

 valde indistincta ; posticae albae. 



Male. — Very pale fawn-colour. Antennae serrate-ciliate. Ab- 

 domen paler than the thorax. Fore-wings shining, with brown 

 markings ; basal and orbicular marks slight, reniform mark dark 

 brown, sub-quadrate ; interior and exterior lines slight, indis- 

 tinct, the latter bent ; sub-marginal line whitish, zigzag, very 

 indistinct. Hind-wings white, shining. 



Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



Cape. 



