LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1185 



interior border in a line parallel to the hinder half of the exterior 

 border; under side paler. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 

 24 lines. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



2. Teratopteris angulata. 



Fusca ; alee antica obscure f usees, costa fasciaque lata submar- 

 ginali antice furcaia cervinis, vitta subcostali maculaque ex- 

 leriore glaucescentibus, macula antica strigaque postica mar- 

 gineque exteriore luteis ; posticce fasciis duabus abbreviates 

 margineque anteriore luteis, striga interiore margineque ex- 

 teriore glaucescentibus. 



Phalsena Attacus angulata, Cram. Pap. JExot. i. 96, pi. 61, f. E, F. 

 Bombyx angulata, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 172,26; Mant. Ins. ii. 110, 



29 ; Ent. Syst. iii. 1, 418, 34. GmeL ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2406, 



475. 

 Teratopteris harpago, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 151, 1583. 



Surinam. 



Genus 18. DKACONIPTERIS. 



Corpus gracile. Proboscis brevis, distincta. Palpi validi, 

 arcuati, ascendentes, longiusculi. Antennae mediocriter pectinatae, 

 thorace paullo longiores. Pedes validi, pilosi. Alee latae ; anticae 

 longiusculae, falcatae, apud costam convexae, margine exteriore in- 

 ciso perobliquo ; posticae multo latiores, abdomen longe superantes. 



Draconipteris, p., Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 150. 



Body slender. Proboscis short, distinct. Palpi stout, curved, 

 pilose, ascending, rather long, extending to the vertex. Antennae 

 moderately pectinated, a little longer than the thorax. Abdomen 

 extending to rather beyond half the breadth of the hind wings. Legs 

 stout, pilose. Wings broad. Fore wings rather long, convex along 

 the costa, much hooked at the tips, very oblique and with two long 

 shallow excavations along the exterior border ; interior angle obtuse, 

 well defined ; three inferior veins ; second further from the third 

 than from the first. Hind wings much broader and shorter than the 

 fore wings, convex along the exterior border, which forms a right 

 angle with the straight interior border. 



This genus has some affinities with the Saturnidce and the 

 Geometrites. 



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