1322 



CATALOGUE OP 



Group 1. 



Mas. Corpus sat validum. Proboscis capitis latitudine non 

 longior. Palpi caput paullo superantes ; articulus 2us elongatus; 

 3us minimus, obtusus. Antennae late pectinate, thorace paullo lon- 

 giores; rami duplicati, subaequaliter longi. Pedes validi ; tibise 

 posticae calcaribus duobus posticis longiusculis. Alse antics fal- 

 catae, sat angustae, apud costam convexae, apice rotundatse, marline 

 exteriore concavo mediocriter obliquo, posticae lata?, abdomen dlmi- 

 dio superantes. 



Male. Body rather stout. Proboscis slight, not longer than 

 the breadth of the head. Palpi extending a little beyond the head ; 

 second joint long; third obtuse, very small. Antenna? deeply pec- 

 tinated, a little longer than the thorax ; branches in pairs ; one in 

 each pair more slender but very little shorter than the other, which 

 is ciliated. Abdomen extending to half the breadth of the hind 

 wings. Legs stout ; hind tibiae with two rather long apical spurs. 

 Fore wings rather narrow, much hooked, convex in front, rounded 

 at the tips, concave and moderately oblique along the exterior bor- 

 der ; second inferior vein full six times further from the third than 

 from the first. Hind wings broad. 



1. Khescyntis Hippodamia. 

 Mas. Fusco-cervina ; antenna pallide testacece ; abdomen supra 

 fuscum; aim anticce fascia basim versus testacea antice dila- 

 tata e lineis fuscis duplicatis marginata, costa testacea apice 

 albido macula oblonga nigra, fascia exteriore albida, fascia 

 marginali cinereo-fusca, gutta nigra, striga qlaucescente lineis- 

 que arcuatis albis fuscisque subapicalibus ; posticce fasciis 

 qmnque, la discali fusca, 2a cinereo-fusca, 3a albida, 4a fer- 

 ruqinea, 5a testacea. 



Phalsena-Bombyx Attacus Hippodamia, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. 43 



pi. 121, f. B. Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2404, 468. 

 Bombyx Hippodamia, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 169, 11; Mant. Ins. ii 



109, 13 ; Ent. Syst. iii. 1, 413, 18. Oliv. Enc. Mkth. Ins. v. 



^o, lo. 

 Khescyntis Hippodamia, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. (Phalcena Sphinq- 



oides Echidna Speculares), 156, 1635. 



