LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 2U 



8. ECCHROMIA LlCHAS. 



Nigra, viridi-micans ; alee rufce striga media viridi punctoquc albo ; 

 abdomen airum, cingulis duabus aureis. 

 Zygeena Lichas, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 505 ; ManU Ins. ii. 104, 34 ; Ent. 



Syst. iii. 1, 397,36. . 



Sphinx Zygama Lichas, GmeL ed. Syst. 2V«*. l. 5, 2394, 121. 

 Empvreuma Lichas, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 120, 1297. 

 Eupyreuma Pugione, Hiibn. Verz. Schnett, 120, 1298 ; Samml. 



Exot. Schmett. 12, 21, f. 41, 42. 

 a. Cuba. Presented by Mens. Sonimer. 

 6. St. Domingo. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



9. Euchromia Pugione. 



Niqro-cyanea ; antennce apice fulvce ; abdomen cyaneum,aut viride, 

 fasciis duabus interruptis alb is ; ales antica? rufo-purpurea 

 apice nigro-purpurece ; posticce rufce nigro marginata. 



Sphinx Pugione, Linn. Syst. Nat. Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 163, 33 ; Mant. 



Ins. ii. 105,40. 

 Sphinx adscita Lichas, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. pi. 4o, t. ti. 

 Sphinx Zygama Pugione, GmeL ed. Syst. ISat. i. 5, 2397, 4o. 



a, b. South America. 



Group 5. BELEMNIA. 



Corpus sat longum et angustum, metallicum. Antennae maris 

 sat late pectinata?. Alae longae ; antica? opacae, metallieae, micantes, 

 maculate ; posticae margine interno angulatae. Pedes graciles, non 

 plumosi. Tibiarum calcares breves. 



Body rather long and narrow. Body and wings brilliantly 

 metallic. Antennae setaceous, much more than half the length of 

 the body, thickly and rather deeply pectiuated to full three-fourths 

 of the length in the male. Fore wings long, moderately broad, 

 opaque and squamose, with red or yellow semi-hyaline spots towards 

 the tips HindNvings angular on the hind border near the base. 

 Abdomen nearly linear, not petiolated. Legs slender, not plumose. 

 Tibia? with short spurs. Nearly allied to the group Chrysocale. 



South America. 



