254 LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



a - ? Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



b. Venezuela. From M. Becker's collection. 



c. Ega, on the Amazon. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



d. e. Brazil. 



94. EUCHROMIA PECTINATA. 



Ala virescentes nitidce, apice obscuriores ; abdomen fulvum. 



Zygsena Butus, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. 105, 39; Ent. Sust iii 1 

 398,41. y ' ' 



Sphinx Zygaena pectinata, Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2396, 136. 

 South America. 



Var. ? Nigro-fusca; caput posticum et thorax amicus rufo-hirta ; 

 proboscis testacea ; antennce sat late pectinatce ; abdomen ru- 

 fum ,• ales antica apice pallidiores, posticce apud discum sub- 

 limpidce ; pedes f us ci. 



Male. Blackish brown. Head behind and thorax in front 

 with red hairs. Proboscis testaceous. Palpi curved, rather long ■ 

 third joint nearly one-third of the length of the second. Antenna? 

 rather deeply pectinated. Fore wings slightly paler towards the 

 tips. Hind wings nearly limpid in the disks. Abdomen red. Legs 

 brown ; fore tibiae short, with a long tooth; hind tibia* with long 

 spurs. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Para. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 



b. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



95. EUCHROMIA fNSTRUCTA. 



Mas. Nigra, sublinearis ; caput saturate viride ; proboscis lutea ; 

 palpi basi testacei; antennce latissime pectinate; abdomen 

 rufum, subfusiforme; alee nigricantes angustce, anliccc maculis 

 duabus cxnereo-hyalinis ; pedes fusci, graciles. 



Male Black, nearly linear. Head mostly emerald green. 

 Proboscis luteous. Palpi short, testaceous towards the base; third 

 joint not more than one-fourth of the length of the second. An- 

 tennae closely and very deeply pectinated. Wings blackish, narrow, 

 lore wings with two grayish hyaline spots, the hinder one larger 

 than the other which is on the discal areolet. Abdomen bright red 

 subiusitorm ; appendages testaceous, very much developed. Legs 



