J 346 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 31. DIRPHIA. 



Corpus crassum aut sat valid um. Proboscis non conspicua.| 

 Palpi pilosi, caput rarissirae superantes. Abdomen alas posticasj 

 rarissirne superans. Pedes plus minusve validi et pilosi ; tibiae pos- 

 ticae vix calcaratae. Alae plus minusve latae ; anticae apud apices j 

 saepissime rotundatae ; posticae saepe abdomen superantes. Mas. — \ 

 Antennae pectinatae. Fcem. — Antennas simplices aut serratae, raris- , 

 sime pectinatae. 



Dirphia, Phricodia, Periphoba, Plateia et Hylesia, H'ubn. Verz. 



Schmett. 153,186, 187. 

 Phalaena-Bombyx Attacus, p., Linn. ; Cram.; Qmel. 

 Bombyx, p., Fabr. ; Oliv.; Feisth. 

 Metanastria? Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 186. 

 Ormiscodes, Blanch. 



Body thick or rather stout. Proboscis not visible. Palpi 

 pilose, very generally not extending beyond the head. Abdomen ! 

 very rarely extending beyond the hind wings. Legs more or less 

 stout and pilose; hind tibiae with two very short apical spurs. 

 Wings more or less broad. Fore wings very generally rounded at 

 the tips. Hind wings frequently extending beyond the abdomen. 

 Male. — Antennae pectinated. Female. — Antennae simple or ser- 

 rated, very rarely pectinated. 



Some of the sections into which this genus is divided may, 

 perhaps, be considered as distinct genera. 



A. Alae anticae litura discali. 

 A. Alae anticae gutta discali. 



a. Abdomen alas posticas non superans. 



a. Thorax fuscus. 



i. Alae posticae bifasciatae. 



* Alae anticae margine exteriore non glauco. 



f Abdomen nigro fasciatum. - Calchas, Cram. 

 ft Abdomen fusco fasciatum. - Ursina, MSS. 

 ** Alae anticae margine exteriore glauco. Hircia, Cram. 

 ii. Alae posticae unifasciatae. 



* Alae anticae gutta discali alba, cinnamomea, Blanch. 

 ** Alae anticae gutta discali nigra. - Amalia, Cram. 



b. Thorax fulvescens. 



i. Abdomen supra nigrum. - - plana, Walk. 



ii. Abdomen non nigrum. - - undulosa, Walk. 



c. Thorax fuscus, postice roseus. - - rosacordis, Walk. 



