494 CATALOGUE OF 



contains silky hairs. Female. — Abdomen thick, tumid ; apical tuft 

 trifid. * 



1. CONCHYLODES DIPHTERALIS. 



Mas. Alba, nigro maculata ; alee semihyalince, iridescentes ; an- 

 tica? maculis costalibus et apicalibus fasciaque media albo- 

 guttata nigris ; posticce apicibus et marginibus posticis nigro 

 maculatis. 



Lypotigris diphteralis (Pyralis vulgaris, Elophila strigata), Geyer, 



Zutr. Samml. Exot. Sehmett. 24, 346, f. 691, 692. 

 Conchylodes diphteralis, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 288, 287. 



a. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 



b, c. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



The three specimens above-mentioned agree partly with the 

 characters of C. diphteralis, partly with those of C. hebraalis, and 

 these two may be one species. 



2. Conchylodes hebr^ealis. 



Foem. C. diphterali simillima, paullo major ; from et palpi 

 pallide viridescentes ; abdominis segmenta omnia nigro macu- 

 lata ; aim anticce macula 2a costali punctum album inclu- 

 dertte, fascia 2a bipunctata, annulo major e, annulo 2o posteriore 

 contiguo, macula Sa costali lineam integram angulosam fin- 

 gente, fascia submarginali angustiore angulum interiorem non 

 attingente ; posticce macula apicali nulla. 



Conchylodes hebraealis, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 288, 288. 



Haiti. 



Genus 3. LYPOTIGRIS. 



Corpus robustum, lseve. Proboscis sat longa. Palpi validi, 

 squamosi, ascendentes, arcuati, frontem paullo superantes ; articulus 

 3us minimus. Palpi maxillares obsoleti. Antenna? longae, setaceae. 

 Abdomen conicum, acutum, alas posticas sat superans. Pedes 

 longi, graciles, laeves ; calcaria valida. Alas valde iridescentes; 

 anticae elongatae, subacute, margine exteriore perobliquo. 



Lypotigris, H'ubn. Verz. Schm. 361. 

 Hyalitis, p., Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 289. 



