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CATALOGUE OF 



18. DlRPHIA SOMNICULOSA. 



Phalaena-Bombyx somniculosa, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. 6, pi. 100, 



f. A, B. 

 Plateia somniculosa, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 187, 1931. 



Surinam. 



The moth here described is much smaller than that in Cramer's 

 figures, and in the latter the fore wings are white at the base, and 

 the hind wings have but one lilac band. 



Mas et fcem. Rufescens ; antennce citrince ; abdomen fasciis dor- 

 salibus nigris ; tarsi rosei ; alee viridi-cervince, anticce fasciis 

 quatuor, posticus tribus pallide purpureis, anticce striga per- 

 brevi transversa discali albida nigro notata. 



Male. Reddish. Antennae very pale lemon-colour. Abdomen 

 with broad blackish bands, the intervals whitish. Tarsi rosy. Wings 

 greenish fawn-colour. Fore wings with four oblique pale purple 

 bands, and with a short transverse whitish streak, which is flecked 

 with black. Hind wings a little paler than the fore wings, with 

 three pale purple bands. Length of the body 9 — 12 lines ; of the 

 wings 30—40 lines. 



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



19. DlRPHIA LITURA. 



Mas. Nigra ; palpi apice testacei ; antennce testacece ; thorax 

 tesiaceo hirtus ; tarsi testacei ; alee fuscG, fasciis duabus ob- 

 scurioribuSt ciliis albis nigro maculatis ; anticce strigis duabus 

 albis ; posticce basi albidce, litura subtus discali nigra. 



Male. Black. Palpi with testaceous tips. Antennae testa- 

 ceous. Thorax with long erect testaceous hairs. Abdomen above 

 with testaceous bands. Tarsi testaceous. Wings brown, with 

 a slender undulating dark brown exterior band, which has a whitish 

 border on its outer side ; a diffuse and indistinct dark brown band 

 across the middle of each wing; fringe white, with blackish spots. 

 Fore wings with two short white streaks ; the one longitudinal near 

 the base ; the other oblique, in the disk. Hind wings whitish and 

 with testaceous hairs near the base ; under side with a black streak 

 on the veinlet of the discal areolet. Length of the body 16 lines ; 

 of the wings 42 lines. 



Santa Fe de Bogota. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



