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moderately deeply pectinated, nearly as long as the thorax; branches 

 ciliated, in pairs, one in each pair rather shorter than the other. 

 Abdomen extending nearly as far as the hind wings. Legs very 

 stout and pilose ; fore tibiae with a lateral appendage ; hind tibiae 

 with two very short apical spurs. Wings moderately broad, densely 

 pilose, especially towards the base. Fore wings very slightly con- 

 vex in front, hardly angular at the tips, straight and slightly 

 oblique along the exterior border; interior angle rounded ; second 

 inferior vein very much further from the third than from the first. 



1. DlEPHlA TaRQUINTA. 



Mas. Fulva ; thorax niger ; alee antica? albida, macula nigra 

 albo cincta alboque furcatim vittata, vitta brevi costali sub- 

 apicali flava basi apiceque nigra, fasciaque apicem versus 

 e maculis nigris ; posticce albo marginatum, nigro unimaculata 

 fuscoque arcuatim bifasciatce. Foem. — Nigro-fusca ; alee 

 anticce fascia ad basim fulva albo mar ginata, vitta discali fur- 

 cata alba, fasciaque ante apicali alba guttis albis marginata ; 

 posticce fulva fusco testaceoque marginatum, strigaque in disco 

 transversa brevi undulata nigra, 



Phalsena-Bombyx Attacus Tarquinia, Cram, Pap. Exot. i. 6, 7, pi. 



4, f. A— C. ; iv. 148, pi. 367, f. F. Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 



2419, 521 ; 2420, 522. 

 Bombyx Tarquinia, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 198, 120, 121 ; ManU Ins. ii. 



128, 170, 171 ; Ent. Syst. iii. 1, 469, 194 ; 470, 195. 

 Echidna communiformisTarquinius, Hubn. Samml. Exot. Schmett. 



i. hep. iii. Bomb. i. Sphingoides, v. Echidna, B. Communi- 



formes, b. f. 1,2. 

 Echidna communiformis Tarpeius, Hubn. Samml. Exot. Schmett. 



i. Lep. iii. Bomb. i. Sphingoides, v. Echidna?, B. Communi- 



formes, b. f. 3, 4. 

 Dirphia Tarquinia, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. (Phalance Sphingoides 



Echidnce Lunata? Communiformes) 153, 1595. 

 Dirphia Acidalia, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 153, 1596. 



a, b. Brazil. From M. Parzudaki's collection. 



c. Brazil. From M. Becker's collection. 



d, e. Brazil. 





