LEPIDOPTEKA HETEROCEKA. 



Genus 24. PACHYLIA. 



Corpus crassum. Caput magnum, productum, conicum. Pro- 

 boscis mediocriter longa. Antennae setaceae, thorace paullo lon- 

 giores. Abdomen oblanceolatum, thorace vix duplo longius. Pedes 

 longi, graciles ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longis. Alae longae, 

 mediocriter latae ; anticae acuminata?, apud costam vix convexae, 

 margine exteriore perobliquo subconvexo, antice concavo ; posticae 

 subacuminatae, margine exteriore subdenticulato aut subrecto. 

 Mas. — Antennae subpectiuatae aut subserratae. Fcem. — Antennae 

 simplices. 



Pachylia, Boisd. M SS. 



Pholus, p., et Clanis, Hubn. Verz. SchmetL 134. 



Body thick. Head large, prominent, conical. Proboscis mo- 

 derately long. Antennae setaceous, a little longer than the thorax. 

 Abdomen oblanceolate, nearly twice the length of the thorax. Legs 

 long, slender; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings long, mo- 

 derately broad. Fore wings acuminated, hardly convex along the 

 costa ; exterior border very oblique, very slightly convex, hardly 

 concave towards the tip of the wing ; second inferior vein much 

 further from the third than from the first ; third more than twice 

 further from the fourth than from the second. Hind wings slightly 

 acuminated ; exterior border very slightly deuticulated or almost 

 straight. Male. — Antennae slightly pectinated or slightly serrated. 

 Female. — Antennae simple. 



Pachylia has some affinities to Macroglossa and the neighbour- 

 ing genera. 



America. 



1. Pachylia Ficus. 



Cervino-fusca ; alee antica subglaueescentes, lineis transversis un- 

 dulatis aut fasciis latis fuscis guttaque discali nonnunquam 

 obsoleta fusca, plaga costali apicali testacea, posticce fasciculo 

 apud angulum interiorem albo ; posticce cervince, vittis duabus 

 nigricantibus aut fuscis, aut tota? nigro-fusca? aut cervino- 

 fusca. 



, Merian, Ins. Sur. pi. 33. 



Sphinx Ficus, Drury, III. Exot. Ins. ii. 44, pi. 26, f. 1. Cram. 



Pap. Exot. iii. 90, pi. 246, f. E; iv. 216, pi. 394, f. D. Linn. 



Mus. Lud. Ulr. 353. Clerck, Icon. pi. 49, f. 2. Fabr. Sp. 



Ins. ii. 145, 16; Mant. Ins. ii. 95, 29; Ent. Syst. iii. 1,366, 



31. Gmel. ed. Sgst. Nat. i. 5, 2380, 15. 



