LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1579 
Male. Blackish brown. Abdomen and hind part of the tho- 
rax ferruginous. Fore wings with a slender oblique discal black 
band, which is recurved on its approach to the hind border, and un- 
eet thence to the base. Hind wings pale brown, ferruginous at 
the base. 
Country unknown. — 
Genus 14. DRACONIA. 
Corpus gracile. Antenne subpectinate ? thorace non longiores. 
Abdomen longum, alas posticas superans. Ale longe, subfalcata, 
sat late ; antice apud costam vix undulate, margine exteriore den- 
ticulato sat obliquo. 
Draconia, AMubn. Verz. Schmett. (Phalene Fodicantes Hepioli 
Caduce), 197. 
Body slender. Antenne slightly pectinated ? not longer than 
the thorax. Abdomen long, extending for about one-fourth of its 
length beyond the hind wings. Wings long, slightly falcate, rather 
broad. Fore wings hardly undulating in front, denticulated and 
rather oblique along the exterior border. 
This genus seems to connect the Hepialide with the Bom- 
bycide. 
1. Draconta PERIPHETA. 
Cervina ; ale fusco confertim liturate, guttis maculis plagisque 
limpidis. 
, Seba, Thes. iv. pl. 37, f. 9,10; pl. 57, f. 10, 11. 
Phalena Peripheta, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. 54, pl. 131, f. G 
Draconia he pres Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 197, 2013. 
West Indies. 
