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CATALOGUE OF 



2. Dyomyx Ancea. 

 Ferruginea ; alee anticce nigra -purpurea, fasciis nigris, guttis cos- 

 talibus subapicalibus Jlavis, margine exteriore maculaque 

 basali interiore luteis, ocello postico luteo pupilla alba ; pos- 

 ticcefuscce margine luteo. 



Phalaena-Noctua Ancea, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. 72, pi. 324, f. G. 

 Platyja Ancea, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 268, 2626. 

 Dyomyx Ancea, Guen. Noct. ii. 282, 1086. 



Surinam. 



3. Dyomyx megalops. 



Var. ? Obscure fusca ; alee sericece, purpuras cente tin eta ; anticce 

 lineis quatuor indistinctis transversis angulosis obscurioribus, 

 ocello apud angulum interiorem atro albo-pupillata macula 

 cervino marginato ; posticce lineis duabus transversis obscurio- 

 ribus, gutta postica marginali atra. 



Dyomyx megalops, Guen. Noct. ii. 282, 1087. 



Para. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 





Genus 2. DYOPS. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis sat longa. Palpi validi, pilosi, 

 subascendentes ; articulus 3us cylindricus, 2i dimidio brevior. An- 

 tennae simplices, corporis dimidio breviores. Abdomen alas posti- 

 cas superans. Pedes longi, validi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus qua- 

 tuor longis. Alae longiusculae, vix latae ; anticae apud costam rectae, 

 apice rotundatae, margine exteriore subconvexo valde obliquo. 



Dyops, Guen. Noct. ii. 283. 



Body stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi stout, pilose, 

 slightly ascending ; third joint cylindrical, rounded at the tip, less 

 than half the length of the second. Antennae simple, a little less 

 than half the length of the body. Abdomen extending somewhat 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs long, stout; hind tibiae with four 

 long spurs. Wings rather long, moderately broad. Fore wings 

 straight in front, rounded at the tips, slightly convex and very 

 -oblique along the exterior border. 





