LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1091 



7. Parathyris MICROPS. 



Mas. Cinerea; abdomen cervinum, a pice fuscescens, maculis sub - 

 tus lateralibus albis ; alee anticeefasciis duabus undulosis gut- 

 tuque intermediis fuscis, macula subquadrata subapicali vitrea 

 pallide flava ; posticce cervinee, fascia fusca. 



Male. Cinereous. Antennae whitish. Abdomen fawn-colour, 

 brownish towards the tip ; under side with two lateral rows of white 

 dots. Fore wings with two undulating brown bands, between 

 which there is a row of brown dots ; a pale yellow vitreous sub- 

 quadrate spot on the second band near the tip of the wing ; fringe 

 brown. Hind wings fawn-colour, with a brown band ; under side 

 ferruginous with a darker band and with brown veins. Length of 

 the body 8 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Brazil. Presented by W, W. Saunders, Esq. 



8, Parathyris jEgina. 



Mas. Cervina ; alee f usees, luteo fimbriates ; anticee strigis trans- 

 versis obscure fuscis, fasciaque apud marginis exterioris plus 

 dimidium posticum lutea, 



Phaleena-Bombyx iEgina, Cram. Pap, Exot, iv. 191, pi. 384, 



f. D, E. Oliv. Enc. Meth. v. 52,'99. 

 ^Miinallo uEgina, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 190, 1957. 



Male. Fawn-colour. Wings brown, with a luteous fringe. 

 Fore wings with four or five oblique transverse darker brown streaks, 

 and with a luteous stripe which is dilated in front, and extends 

 along more than the hinder half of the exterior border ; under side 

 with a blue subapical spot. Hind wings beneath pale testaceous, 

 with two brown bands, and a brown discal ocellus, which, like the 

 inner band, is bordered with white. 



Surinam. 



Genus 70. ANTICYKA. 



Mas et fcem. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis brerissima. 

 Palpi mediocriter longi, porrecti, pilosissimi, caput superantes ; arti- 

 culus 3us minimus. Abdomen alas posticas paullo superans. Pedes 

 sat validi, longe pilosi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor parvis. 

 Alae anticae sat longae et angustae, apice subacuminatae, margine ex- 

 teriore obliquo subconcavo. Mas. — Antennae mediocriter pectinatae, 

 corporis dimidio aequales. Fcem, — Antennae subpectinatae, corporis 

 dimidio breviores. 



