LEPIDOPTERA HSTBROOERA. 



|a. Silhet. From the Rev. J. StainfortrTs collection. 

 y. Java. From the East India Company's collection. 

 e. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuinm-'s collection. 



Genus 30. SYSSISPH1XX. 

 Corpus robustam. Proboscis non conspieua. Palpi brefiaaimi . 

 f Antennae thorace breviores. Pedes robiisti ; tibia poatica calcan- 

 eus duobus apicalibus minimis. Alee longiuscula, sat anguattt ; 

 anticae apud costam vix convex*, apice acuminata, margine exte- 

 riore perobliquo. Mas. — Antennae latissime pectinata, dimidio 

 ipicali serratae. Abdomen alas posticas paullo raperaas. Ala an- 

 nexe margine exteriore undulato subangulato. Fcem.— Antenna 1 

 simplices. Abdomen alas posticas non superans. Alae antics 

 margine exteriore subconvexo. 



[Syssisphmx, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 143. 

 Phalaena-Bombyx, p., Cramer. 



Body thick. Proboscis not visible. Palpi extremely short, 

 ot extending near so far as the head. Antennae shorter than the 

 horax. Legs thick; hind tibiae with two very minute apical spurs. 

 kVings somewhat long, rather narrow. Fore wings hardly convex 

 n front, slightly acuminated at the tips, very oblique along the ex- 

 terior border; second inferior vein about twice further from the 

 fhird than from the first. Aide. — Antenna very deeply pectinated 

 or half the length from the base, serrated from thence to the tips. 

 Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. Fore wings 

 slightly undulating and angular along the exterior border. 

 Female. — Antennae simple. Abdomen extending as far as the hind 

 wings. Fore wings slightly convex along the exterior border. 



1. Syssisfhinx Molina. 

 Cervina ; alee anticcefaschs duabus obHquis fuscis maculaqw 

 tus nigra ; posticce rosea? macula discali nigra, fascia ex* / 

 ferruginea, margine exteriore late cervino. .Mas. — Ala 

 tica pfaga postica marginali subpwrpurea, 

 Phalama-Boinbyx Molina, Cram. Pap. ExoU if. 25, pi. 302, f. 



F. (Fcem.)>21, pi. 396, f. B. (Mas). 

 'Syssisphinx Molina, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. (Pltalana Sphtngc 

 j Dimorpha Hy brides), 143, 15 



(Surinam. 



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