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second along its outer side bordered with brown ; a tawny tinge 

 along the exterior border, and a brown dot on the disk. Hind wings 

 with two black bands ; one near the base, curved and diffuse ; the 

 other exterior, diffuse in front, very slender hindward. Length of 

 the body 16 lines ; of the wings 56 lines. 



a. ? From Mr. Children's collection. 



Genus 22. DYSD.EMONIA. 



Fcem. Corpus robustum, aut sat gracile. Proboscis capitis, 

 latitudine multo longior. Palpi longiusculi, sat graciles, caput 

 superantes, subaseendentes ; articulus 3 us obtusus, brevissimus. 

 Antennae subpectinatae, thoracis longitudine ; rami crassi, aequales. 

 Pedes validi, aequales; tibiae posticae calcaribus duobus minutis 

 apicalibus. Alae amplae, margine exteriore angulato et indentato ; 

 anticae apud costam convexae ; posticae abdomen longe superantes. 

 Dysdaemonia, Hubn. Verz. SchmetL 151. 

 Phalaena-Bombyx Attacus, p., Cram. ; Gmel. 

 Bombyx, p., Fabr.; Oliv. 



Female. Body stout, or rather slender. Proboscis much 

 longer than the breadth of the head. Palpi rather long and 

 slender, extending some distance beyond the head, slightly ascend- 

 ing; third joint obtuse, very short. Antennae as long as the thorax, 

 slightly pectinated ; the branches equal, very stout. Abdomen ex- 

 tending to about two-thirds of the breadth of the hind wings. Legs 

 stout, pilose ; hind tibiae with minute apical spurs. Wings ample, 

 angular and indented along the exterior border. Fore wings con- 

 vex in front, truncated at the tips ; interior angle rounded ; second 

 inferior vein full thrice further from the third than from the first. 

 Hind wings a little broader than the fore wings. 



1. Dysdjemonia glaucescens. 



Foem. Fuse a ; antenna testacece ; alee anticce obscure glaucescentes 

 strigis fuscis fasciaque nigricante cyaneo notata ; posticce basi 

 fasciaque angulosa exteriore pallide fuscis. 



Female. Brown. Antennae testaceous. Fore wings obscurely 

 glaucous, with brown streaks, and with a blackish blue-speckled 

 band, which disappears towards the costa and joins the interior 

 border at two-thirds of the length of the latter ; the streaks between 

 this band and the base of the wing are transverse, but the exterior 



