1382 CATALOGUE OF 



Phaleena rivulosa, Drury, Must. Ins. ii. pi. 14, f. 5. Cram. Pap. 



Exot. ii. 15, pi. 107, f. A. 

 Bombyx rivulosa, Oliv. Enc. Meth. Ins. v. 38, 54. 



Group of D. vagans P 



Surinam. 



Genus CIKINA. 



Fcem. Corpus crassum. Proboscis non conspicua. Palpi 

 brevissimi. Antennse serratae, thorace non longiores. Pedes valid! ; 

 tibiae posticae calcaribus duobus minutis apicalibus. Alas latae, lon- 

 giusculae ; anticae apud costarn subconvexae, apice rotundatae, mar- 

 gine exteriore recto perobliquo ; posticae abdomen paullo superantes. 



Female. Body thick. Proboscis not visible. Palpi very 

 short, not extending as far as the head. Antennae serrated, not 

 longer than the thorax. Abdomen extending to three-fourths of the 

 breadth of the hind wings. Legs stout ; hind tibiae with two minute 

 apical spurs. Wings broad, rather long. Fore wings slightly con- 

 vex in front, rounded at the tips, straight and very oblique along 

 the exterior border ; second inferior vein very much further from 

 the third than from the first. 



This genus is very different from Dirphia, with which the cha- 

 racters in the Synopsis (p. 1199) associate it. 



1. ClRINA SEMICECA. 



Fcem. Cervina ; antenna nigrce ; alee fascia obliqua subobsoleta 

 cinerascente, posticce gu'tia semihyalina cliscali fusco mar- 

 ginata. 



Perisomena semicaeca, p. 1277. 



Bombyx patens ? Boisd. Delagorgue, Voy. Afr. et Austral. 509. 



Var. Female. Fawn-colour. Antennae black. Wings with a very 

 indistinct oblique grayish band, which is somewhat more apparent 

 on the under side, and extends from three-fourths of the length of 

 the costa of the fore wings to two-thirds of the length of the interior 

 border of the hind wings. Hind wings with a semihyaline brown 

 bordered dot at the tip of the discal areolet. Length of the body 15 

 lines ; of the wings 46 lines. 



a. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



Genus PHANETA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis non conspicua. Palpi 

 brevissimi ; articulus 3us minimus. Antennae thorace paullo 





