LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 495 



Body stout, smooth. Proboscis moderately long;. Palpi stout, 

 squamous, ascending, curved, rising a little above the front; third 

 joint very minute. Maxillary palpi obsolete. Antennae long, 

 setaceous. Abdomen conical, acute, extending rather far beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs long, slender, smooth ; spurs stout. Wings 

 very iridescent. Fore wings elongated, slightly acute, very oblique 

 along the exterior border. 



Lypotigris reginalis may be considered as the type of this 

 genus ; the two following species should probably be removed to 

 other genera. 



1. Lypotigris reginalis. 



Alba; caput nigro maculatum ; thorax nigro vittatus ; abdomen 

 nigro fasciatum ; alee anticee nigra, cyaneo purpureoque 

 micantes, albo quadrifasciatce ; posticce albce, semihyalinee, 

 nigro marginatce. 



PhalaenarPyralis reginalis, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. 163, pi. 372, 



f. C. 

 Lypotigris reginalis, H'ubn. Verz. Schm. 361, 3455. 

 Hyalitis reginalis, Guen. Belt, et Pyral. 290, 189. 



Surinam. 



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



2. Lypotigris? bajulalis. 



Mas et fcem. Nigra ; thoracis tegulee longce; alee violaceo-nigri- 

 cantes, maculis hyalinis leete opalino-azureis ; anticee maculis 

 duabus magnis elongatis transversis, maculis aut fasciolis dua- 

 bus basalibus fere contiguis ; posticee disco late hyalino lunu- 

 lam discalem nigram includente, macula submarginali hyalina, 

 fimbria nigra postice alba. 



Hyalitis bajulalis, Guen. Belt et Pyral. 291, 294. 

 Cayenne. 



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