38 CATALOGUE OF 



incomplete oblique bands, one of the bands including a white mark 

 and a white dot in the disk. Length of the body 6 — 8 lines; of the 

 wings 22 — 24 lines. 



a, b. Venezuela. From Mr. Dvson's collection. 



South America. 



DlPHTERA ENCELADA. 



Fusco-alba ; alee anticce fuscce, apud marginem exteriorem albido 

 nigroque varice, fascia latissima alba-nigro marginata fusco- 

 nigroque maculata ; posticce glaucce cervino mar ginatce, fasciis 

 duabus maculisque marginalibus nigris. 



Phalaena Encelada, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. 130, pi. 181, f. F. 



Surinam. 



Country unknown. 



Group 1. 



Corpus crassum, aut sat robustum. Proboscis breviuscula. 

 Palpi brevissimi. Antennae simplices, corporis dimidio non lon- 

 giores. Abdomen alas posticas non superans. Pedes validi; tibiae 

 posticae calcaribus quatuor parvis. Alae longiusculae, mediocriter 

 latae ; anticas apud costam subconvexae, apice rotundatae, margine 

 exteriore sat obliquo. 



Nearly allied to the Bomby cites, as are also the tw r o preceding 

 groups. Body thick or rather stout. Proboscis rather short. 

 Palpi extremely short. Antennae simple, about half the length of 

 the body. Abdomen extending as far as the hind wings. Legs 

 stout; hind tibiae with four short spurs. Wings moderately broad, 

 rather long. Fore wings slightly convex in front, rounded at the 

 tips, rather oblique along the exterior border. 



8. DlPHTERA SAG ATA. 



Alba, crassa ; caput subtus et pectus antice nigra ; abdomen lateribus 

 ochraceis, fasciis ventreque nigris; alee anticce ex parte cer- 

 vince, fasciis angustis obliquis angulosis maculisque margina- 

 libus nigris ; posticce fulvce, nigra bifasciaice, apud margines 

 albidce. 



White, thick. Head beneath and fore part of the pectus 

 black. Abdomen with irregular black bands ; sides orange-tawny ; 



