

LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1369 



in other respects ; the double hand much more distinct beneath 

 than above. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 19 lines. 



*Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



Group 17. 



Foam, Corpus vix robustum. Palpi brevissimi, caput non su- 

 perantes. Antennae simplices, subsetosae, thorace non lougiores. 

 Abdomen alas posticas paullo superans. Alae sat angustae ; anticae 

 apud costam subconvexae, apice vix acuminatae, margine exteriore 

 Tecto perobliquo. 



Female. Body hardly stout. Palpi very short, not extending 

 as far as the head. Antennae simple, minutely setose, not longer 

 than the thorax. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind 

 wings. Wings rather narrow. Fore wings very slightly convex in 

 front, hardly acuminated at the tips ; exterior border straight and 

 / very oblique ; second inferior vein rather further from the third than 

 from the first. 



The following species differs from all the other Dirpkice by the 

 • abdomen, which extends beyond the hind wings, and in this respect 

 it agrees with the genera Mimallo and Eacles, but is sufficiently 

 distinct from them in other characters. 



30. DlRPHIA VAGANS. 



Fcem. Fusca ; antennce testacece ; abdomen nigro-fuscum fasciis 

 testaceis, apice fulvum ; tibice tarsique rosea; alee fasciis non- 

 nullis subobsoletis undulosis obscure fuscis, anticce guttis dua- 

 bus discalibus testaceis. 



Bombyx vagans, MSS. 



Female. Brown. Antennae testaceous. Abdomen above 

 blackish brown, with testaceous bauds, tawny at the tip. Tibiae 

 and tarsi rosy. Wings with slight indistinct undulating darker 

 brown bands. Fore wings with two testaceous discal dots, one 

 behind the other. Length of the body 10 lines ; of the wings 26 

 lines, 

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



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