856 CATALOGUE OP 



3. Dyops confligens. 



Mas. Fuseescente-cervina ; alee anticceapud marginem exteriorem 

 purpurascente tincta?, maculis triplici serie suhcoslalibus fus- 

 cis, guttis submarginalibus nigricantibus, lineis nonnullis 

 transversis fuscis indistinclis undulatis duplicatis, macula 

 apud angulum interiorem chalybea ; posticce pallide cervince 

 fuscescente nebulosa?, margine latissimo fusco e fascia cervina 

 interrupto, plaga chalybea maculam atram lineolam cervinam 

 strigaque duas albas includente. 



Dyops Hatuey? Guen. Noct. ii. 284, 1090. 



Male. Brownish fawn-colour. Abdomen a little paler than 

 the thorax. Fore wings with a slight purplish tinge along the ex- 

 terior border, with three rows of brown spots along the costa, and 

 with blackish submarginal dots ; several indistinct undulating 

 double transverse brown lines ; an indistinct chalybeous spot by the 

 interior angle. Hind wings pale fawn-colour, slightly clouded with 

 brown, and with a very broad brown border, which is divided by a 

 fawn-coloured band and a chalybeous patch; the latter includes a 

 deep black spot with two white streaks and a fawn-coloured fore 

 border. Length of the body 10^— 12^ lines ; of the wings 23 — 25 

 lines. 



This species is very nearly allied to D. Hatuey, from which it 

 may be distinguished by not having the red mark at the interior 

 angle of the fore wings, and by some other slight characters. 



a, b. Honduras. From Mr. Dyson's collection, 

 c. West Coast of America. Presented by Capt. Kellett and Lieut. 

 Wood. 



Tribe 2. VARIEGATE. 



Statura parva aut mediocris. Proboscis longa aut mediocris. 

 Palpi bene determinata, saepe crassi ; articulus 3us linearis. Alae 

 anticae metallicae, aut sericeo nitentes, aut margine interno angu- 

 lato vel dentato ; posticae unicolores, aut pallidas margine nigro. 



Variegatae, Guen. Noct. ii. 286. 



Body small, or of moderate size. Proboscis long, or of 

 middling length. Palpi well-developed, often thick; third joint 

 linear. Fore wings metallic, or with silky lustre, or with the inte- 

 rior border angular or denticulate. Hind wings of one colour ; 

 occasionally pale or yellow, with a dark border. 



