288 LEPIDOPTERA HETEEOCEBA. 



2. Lycomorpha CENTRALIS. 



Mas. Nigra ; antenna late pectinatce ; prothorax luteus ; alee 

 quatuor triente basali lutea, anticce basi postica nigra. 



Male. Antennae rather deeply pectinated. Prothorax luteous. 

 Wings luteous towards the base. Fore wings with the outline of 

 the luteous part not oblique as in L. Pholus, and with a very short 

 black streak on the hind border at the base. Length of the body 3^ 

 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. ? Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



3. Lycomorpha Coleoptbata. 



Nigra; abdominis segmenta luteo marginata ; thorax fulvo bivitta- 

 tus ; alee anticce basi fulvo strigatce^ fasciaque media angnlosa 

 testacea ; posticce macula magna subapicali lutea ; pedes luteo 

 fasciati. 



Black. Palpi pale testaceous benaath. Thorax with a tawny 

 stripe on each side. Hind borders of the abdominal segments 

 luteous. Fore wings with tawny streaks at the base, and in the 

 middle with an angular testaceous band, which beneath is luteous 

 broad and hardly angular. Hind wings with a large luteous spot 

 in a line with the band of the fore wings. Legs with luteous bands. 

 Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Tapayos, Brazil. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus 5. JOSIA. 



Corpus plerumque fere lineare et cylindricum. Palpi breves 

 aut mediocres, non elongati ; articulus 3us 2o plus minusve brevior. 

 Antennae maris sae.pissime pectinatae, fceminae simplices. Abdomen 

 alarum margines posticas nonnunquam, plerumque superans. 

 Pedes graciles ; tibiae posticae quadricalcaratae, rarissime bicalca- 

 ratae. Alae angustae, rlavo luteo aut albo varii. 



Phalaena, p., Linn. ; Cram. ; Fabr. 

 Hipocrita, p., H'ubn. Samml. Exot. Schmett. 

 Josia, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 176. 

 Ephialtias, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 176. 

 Epidesma, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 176. 

 Callimorpha, p., Pert]). 

 Leucopsumia, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 177. 



