180 catalogue of 



22. Xylophasia diminuta. 



Mas. X. denternae simillima, minor; abdomen omnino ochra- 

 ceum ; alee anticce denticulis brevioribus, angvlo interno minus 

 conspicuo striga ochracea duplicata diviso, litura marginali 

 nigricante longiore maculam reniformem attingente. 



Xylophasia diminuta, Guen. Noct. i. 141, 223. 



Brazil. 



Genus 5. DIPTEKYGIA. 



Corpus validum. Proboscis mediocriter longa. Palpi porrecti, 

 longiusculi ; arti cuius 3us cylindricus, 2i tviente non brevior. An- 

 tennae simplices, corporis dinridio longiores. Abdomen cristatum, 

 alas posticas paullo superans. Pedes validi ; tibiae posticae calcari- 

 bus quatuor longis. Alas mediocriter latae ; anticas apud costam 

 recta?, apice subrotundatae, margine exteriore subobliquo. 



Calliergis, p., H'dbn. Verz. Schmett. 244. 

 Xylina, p., Treit. ; Dnp. ; Meig. 

 Cloantba, Guen. Ann. Soc. EnU Ft. 

 Luperina, p., Boisd. 

 Dipterygia, Steph. ; Guen. Noct. i. 145. 



Body stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi porrect, longer 

 than in most genera of the first group ; third joint cylindrical, 

 about one-third of the length of the second. Antennae simple, more 

 than half the length of the body. Abdomen crested, extending for 

 full one-fourth of its length beyond the hind wings. Legs stout ; 

 hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore 

 wings straight in front, somewhat rounded at the tips, slightly ob- 

 lique along the exterior border; second inferior vein at some 

 distance from the first, contiguous to the third ; fourth moderately 

 remote from the third. 



1. DlPTEBYGIA PlNASTKI, 



Picea ; thoracis discus posticus et abdomen testacea ; aim anticce 

 annulis discalibus strigis lanceolatis interioribus lineisque 

 exterioribus nigris, fascia postica marginali fusco varia intus 

 undulata nigro marginata apicem versus dilatata testacea ; 

 posticae subcinerem, margine lato obscuriore. 



-, Engr. Pap. d'Eur. 458, c — e. 



Phalaena-NoctuaPinastri, Linn. Syst. Nat. 160; Faun. Suec. 1188. 

 Gmel ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2568, 160. 



