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CATALOGUE OF 



1. Draconipteris MIRABILIS. 



Mas. Testaceo-fiava ; palpi supra fusci ; abdomen apice subtus 

 ferrugineum ; pedes ex parte fusci ; alee ex parte testaceo- 

 Jlavce vitta obliqua perangusta fusca, anticce cervince linea 

 albida guttisque tribus nigris albo cinctis ; posticce ferrugineae 

 guttis exterioribus nigricantibus, 



Phalaena Attacus mirabilis, Cram. Pap. JExoL iii. 143, pi. 272, 



f. B. 

 Draconipteris mirabilis, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett* (Phalcence Sphing- 



oides Platypterices Dentatce) y 150, 1580. 



Surinam. 



Male. Testaceous-yellow. Palpi brown above. Abdomen 

 ferruginous beneath towards the tip. Legs partly brown. Wings 

 testaceous-yellow for a space on each side of the thorax and of the 

 base of the abdomen; this hue having a subquadrate form, and oc- 

 cupying more than one-third of the length of the fore wings and 

 the base of the hind wings; a very slender brown stripe, which ex- 

 tends from the tips of the fore wings to a little beyond one-third of 

 the breadth of the hind wings. Fore wings with a whitish line 

 between the above-mentioned stripe and the exterior border, accom- 

 panied by three white-bordered black dots at its hind end. Fore 

 wings elsewhere fawn-colour. Hind wings ferruginous, paler 

 behind, with a row of blackish dots near the exterior border; under 

 side as in the fore wings much darker, and with a white spot by the 

 tip of the costa. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 32 lines, 



a. Demerara. From Mr. Children's collection. 



Genus 19. CRICULA. 



Proboscis brevis, distincta. Palpi brevissimi. Antennae tho- 

 race paullo breviores. Pedes validi, pilosi ; tarsi breves, robusti ; 

 tibiae posticae calcaribus duobus apicalibus minimis. Alae latae ; 

 anticae apud costam subconvexae, apice falcatae, margine exteriore 

 obliquo ; posticae abdomen superantes. Mas. — Antennae latissime 

 pectinatae. Abdomen sat gracile. Alae anticae valde falcatae, apud 

 marginem exteriorem concavae ; posticae abdomen longe superantes. 

 Fcem. — Antennae subpectinatae. Alae anticae vix falcatae, margine 

 exteriore subrectae ; posticae abdomen paullo superantes. 



Proboscis short, distinct. Palpi pilose, very short. Antenae a 

 little shorter than the thorax. Abdomen not extending so far as the 



