﻿1550 CATALOGUE OF 



lituris lion diversis ; anticae subfalcatae ; posticae mavgine exteriore 

 apud medium subflexo. 



Argidia, Guen, Noct. iii. 345. 



Body rather stout. Frontal tuft thick, triangular, acute. Pro- 

 boscis short. Palpi curved, ascending; second joint densely pilose ; 

 third truncate at the tip, not more than one-fourth of the length of 

 the second. Antennae rather long, serrate-ciliate in the male, 

 pubescent in the female. Thorax robust, villose. Abdomen coni- 

 cal, hardly or not extending beyond the hind wings. Le(>s stout, 

 densely tufted, especially the bind pair ; hind tibiae with long 

 spurs ; hind tarsi densely tufted. Wings thick, entire, velvety, 

 alike in markings. Fore wings acute, subfalcate. Hind wings 

 very slightly bent in the middle of the exterior border. 



1. Argidia Tomyris. 



Rufo-ferruginea ; alee linea exteriore incompleta alba nigra margi- 

 nata^ linea submarginali e punctis elongatis albis nigro 

 yiotatis ; anticce linea basali alba^ linea interiore nigra postice 

 lata^ costa interiore nigra cyaneo punctata^ reniformi magna 

 * nigra marginata alba bipunctata ; posticcB fascia interiore 



plagaque apud angulum interiorem nigris cyaneo ptinctatis, 



Phalaena-Bombyx Tomyris, Cram, Pap. Exot. iii. 123, pi. 262, 



f. F, G. 

 Argidia Tomyris, Guen, Noct. iii. 346, 1812. 



Surinam. 



2. Argidia hyperythra. 



Mas. FerrugineO'fusca ; palpi extus late riifi, fusco cineraseente 

 marginati; pedes riifi^pilis nonnullis flavis et alba-purpureis ; 

 aide linea communi margaritaceo aut subroseo-alba, linea 

 maculari concolori, spatio intennedio saturate porphyreo^ linea 

 interiore alba valde fiexuosa nigra marginata^ umbra mediana 

 sat conspicua^ punctis submarginalibus albis nigro nebulosis^ 

 fimbria rufescente, subtus rufce lineis duabus nigris ; anticce 

 linea communi antice angulata, orbiculari et reniformi magnis 

 concoloribus marginatis, hac nigro bipunctata. 



Argidia hyperythra, Guen. Noct. iii. 346, 1813. 



Cayenne. 



