266 lepidopteba heteboceba. 



median and apical spurs of the hind tibiae rather long. This group 

 connects the Zygamidce with the Bombycidce. 



115. ElJCHROMIA PlEEUS. 



Cinerea; aloe anticce cance, maculis basalibus fasciisque incompletis 

 et macularibus quatuor nigris ; posticce nigra, antice basim 

 versus albidce. 



Sphinx adscita Pierus, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. 148, pi. 367, f. E. 

 Eucereon Pierus, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 123, 1336. 



Surinam. 



116. EUCHBOMIA SUBPLENA. 



Mas. Nigro-fusca ; caput rufo fasciatum ; scutellum ferrugi- 

 neum ; pectus strigis duabus obliquis albis ; abdomen supra 

 apice coccineum, subtus triente apicali excepta albidum ; alee 

 anticce maculis duabus magnis transversis limpidis ; posticce 

 fere nigra, macula una basali limpida, basi lobatce, margine 

 postico basali albo ; femora postica apice albida. 



Male. Blackish brown. Head with an interrupted red band 

 behind. Proboscis testaceous. Scutellum ferruginous. Pectus 

 with an oblique white streak on each side. Fore wings with two 

 large irregular transverse limpid spots, one at the base, and one be- 

 yond the middle ; veins pale brown. Hind wings almost black, with 

 a large divided limpid spot at the base in front ; hind part widened 

 into a brown lobe, not so large as that of JE. tetragramma, white 

 along part of the hind border from the base. Abdomen crimson at 

 the tip above ; under side whitish for two-thirds of the length from 

 the base. Hind femora whitish at the tips. Length of the body 4 

 lines; of the wings 13 lines. 



a. Rio Janeiro. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



117. EUCHBOMIA VAEIA. 



Fcem. Nigro-fusca ; caput luteo subfasciatum ; scutellum flavum ; 

 abdomen apicem versus fascia latissima aurantiaca, subtus fus- 

 cum; alee anticce macula parva albida semihyalina fascia que 

 irregulari obliqua fusca , subtus albido maculates; posticce lim- 



pidce nigro marginatum ; pedes fusci, coxis luteis, femoribus 



posticis apice testaceis. 



