1366 CATALOGUE OF 



Group 14. 



Mas. Corpus dense pilosura, sat robustum. Palpi breves, 

 validi, pilosi. Antennae late pectinatae, thorace multo breviores. 

 Pedes validi, pilosi, breviusculi. Alae lata?; anticae apud costam 

 vix convexae, apice vix angulatae, margine exteriore mediocriter ob- 

 liquo ; posticae abdomen superantes. 



Male. Body densely pilose, moderately stout. Palpi stout, 

 pilose, extending almost as far as tbe head; first and third joints 

 very short. Antennae deeply pectinated, much shorter than the 

 thorax. Abdomen extending to a little beyond two-thirds of the 

 breadth of the hind wings. Legs stout, pilose, rather short. Wings 

 broad. Fore wings very slightly convex along the costa, hardly 

 angular at the tips, moderately oblique along the exterior border; 

 interior angle very obtuse, not well defined; three inferior veins; 

 second further from the third than from the first. Hind wings with 

 the interior very slightly obtuse, more distinct than that of the fore 

 wings. 



27. DlRPHIA SATELLITIA. 



Mas. Pallide lutea ; palpi extus nigricantes ; antennce fulvce ; 

 abdomen testaceum ,• tihice tarsique nigricantia, ex parte albo 

 pilosa ; alee fascia angusta perobliqua rufescente intus purpu- 

 reo marginata, anticce macula guttaque albis discalibus. 



Male. Pale luteous. Palpi blackish on the outer side. An- 

 tennas tawny. Abdomen testaceous. Tibiae and tarsi blackish 

 partly clothed with white hairs. Wings with a slender very oblique 

 reddish band, which extends from near the tip of the costa of the 

 fore wings to one-fourth of the length of the interior border of the 

 hind wings ; it is bordered with pale purple on its inner side, and 

 the fore wings have a pale purplish tinge towards their tips between 

 the band on the costa, also a small white discal spot, which is 

 accompanied in front by a white dot ; under side of the wings with 

 a few blackish flecks, and with two black spots placed transversely 

 in the disk, also with a black spot near the tip of the costa. Length 

 of the body 14 lines ; of the wings 36 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



