﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEEOCERA. 1289 



Cyclopis caeciiliens, Hubn, Samml. Exot, SchmetL ii. Lep, iv. 

 Noct, iii. SemigeometrcB, vi. Ascalaphce, D. Undosce^ 5, f. 3, 4 ; 

 Vei^z. Schmeti, 274, 2701. Guen. NocL iii. 166, 1558; 274, 

 2701. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dysons collection. 



b. Brazil. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



c. Brazil. From Mr. Milne's collection. 

 d,€, Brazil. 



3. Cyclopis eespiciens. 



Fcem. Fusees cente -cervina ; thorax an tice fuseo faseiatus ; alee 

 purpurea suhtinctce^ faseiis duabas duplicatis undulatis nigro- 

 fuscis, fascia ititeriore unica incompleta, fascia exteriore 

 incompleta, guttis submarginalibus nigris ; anticcB orbiculari 

 et reniformi incompletis. 



Female. Brownish fawn-colour. Thorax with a brown band 

 in front. Winofs slightly tinged with purple, wiih two double un- 

 dulating blackish brown bands, the interior one more distinct than 

 the exterior one, and having a single incomplete undulating band 

 between it and the base ; another siniile somewhat zigzag band 

 between the double bands, and a row of submarginal black dots ; 

 exterior border not denticulated ; ciliae with whitish tips. Fore 

 wings with the orbicular and reniform spots incomplete, the latter 

 indistinct. Length of the body 12 lines ; of the wings 36 lines. 



a. South America ? Presented by the Entomological Club. 



Genus 15. EREBUS. 



Statura maxima. Corpus robustum. Proboscis valida, bre- 

 viuscula. Palpi longi, erecti ; articulus 2us validus, vix arcuatus, 

 subtus dense pilosus ; 3us subclavatus, gracilis, 2i dimidio paullo 

 longior. Antennae simplices, corporis dimidio multo longiores 

 Pedes validi, pilosi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus longis. Alae ampl®, 

 denticulatae ; anticae elongatae, apice subrotundatae, margine exte- 

 riore sat aut valde obliquo. 



Erebus, Lair.; Guen. Noct. iii. 166. 

 Otosema, Hubn. Verz. Schmett, 273. 

 Thysania, p., Dubn, 



Size very large. Body stout. Proboscis stout, rather short. 

 Palpi long, vertical ; second joint stout, very slightly curved, thickly 

 pilose beneath ; third subclavate, slender, a little more than half 



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