1364 CATALOGUE OF 



Dirphia speciosa, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. (Phalcence Sphingoides 

 Echidna Communiformes), 153, 1597. 



Surinam. 



Female. Head, thorax and legs luteous-tawny. Abdomen 

 blackish above, luteous-tawny at the tip and beneath. Wings 

 fawn-colour ; under side with a slight exterior brownish band, which 

 is most distinct in the hind wings. Fore wings with a white ob- 

 tusely angular discal streak, which is intersected by two black lines. 

 Length of the body 10 lines ; of the wings 32 lines. 



a. Demerara. From Mr. Milne's collection. 



Group 13. 



Mas. Corpus mediocriter robustum. Palpi breviusculi, valde 

 robusti. Antennae latissime pectinatae, thorace multo longiores. 

 Pedes validi, pilosi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor sat longis. 

 Alae laiae; anticae subangulatae, margine exteriore vix obliquo ; 

 posticae abdomen vix superantes. 



Male. Body moderately stout. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi 

 rather short, very stout and pilose, extending a little beyond the 

 head. Antennae very deeply pectinated, considerably longer than 

 the thorax. Abdomen extending nearly as far as the hind wings. 

 Legs stout, pilose ; hind tibiae with four moderately long spurs. 

 Wings broad. Fore wings convex towards the tip of the costa, 

 nearly rectangular at the tips, hardly oblique along the exterior 

 border; three inferior veins ; second more than twice further from 

 the third than from the first. 



25. DlRPHIA MULTICOLOR. 



Mas. Fulva ; palpi nigricantes ; abdomen supra nigrum, fasciis 

 luteis pilisque nonnullis albidis ; tarsi rufi ; alee anticce 

 afbido-testacece fasciis duabus diffusis undulosis subobliquis 

 viridcscentibus,vitta diffusa cos tali subpur pur ea nigro guttata, 

 subtus purpurascentes vitta costali fas ciisque duabus fuscescen- 

 tibus ; posticce rosece viridi-fusco varice. 



Male. Tawny. Palpi blackish. Antennae pale tawny. Ab- 

 domen above black, with some whitish hairs; a slender luteous 

 band on the hind border of each segment. Tarsi reel. Fore wings 

 whitish testaceous, with two diffuse undulating slightly oblique dull 

 greenish bands; one at tvvo^thirds of the length ; the other submar- 

 ginal; a diffuse irregular pale dull purplish stripe, with some black 



