LEPIDOPTEEA HETEKOCEKA. 311 



Body linear, cylindrical, rather stout, moderately long". Palpi 

 ascending, a little longer than the head ; third joint obliquely trun- 

 cated at the tip, less than half the length of the second. Antennae 

 slightly pectinated nearly to the tips in both sexes. Abdomen not 

 extending beyond the hind wings. Legs slender ; fore tibiae of the 

 male slightly dentated beneath ; hind tibiae with four rather short 

 spurs. Wings moderately long and broad, slightly angular. 



36. Josia Circe. 



Fusco-nigra, sabtus alba ; caput et protkorax rufo-hirta ; thorax 

 albido tristrigatus ; abdomen apice subtus luteum ; ales anticce 

 venis cinereis fasciaque apicem versus subobliqua alba ; posticce 

 nigro-cyanece albo ciliataz. 



Var. Nigra ; prothorax subtus luteo-hirtus ; palpi basi et pro- 

 boscis lutea ; abdomen apice subtus luteo-hirtum ; pedes subtus 

 albi ; alee anticce fascia obliqua discali nonnunquam abbre- 

 viata alba. 



Phalaena Bombyx Circe, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. 124, 147, pi. 263, f. 



D; pi. 274, f. E. 

 Leucopsumis Circe, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 177, 1826. 



Brownish black. Body and legs white beneath. Palpi and 

 proboscis luteous. Head and thorax in front with red hairs. Tho- 

 rax with three slight whitish streaks. Abdomen tinged with blue, 

 luteous at the tip beneath. Fore wings with hoary veins and with a 

 white slightly oblique band beyond the middle, occasionally short- 

 ened towards the hind border. Hind wings bluish black, fringed 

 with white. Length of the body 4^- — 6 lines ; of the wings 14 — 

 16 lines. 



a — c. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



d. Para. From Mr. Johnson's collection. 



e , Brazil. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 

 f Brazil. From Mr. Milne's collection. 



37. JOSIA COLLARIS. 



Atra ; proboscis testacea ; prothorax luteo-hirtus ; ala anticce 

 macula pone medium alba, subtus cyanescentes, albo fimbriate? . 



Phalaena (Noctua) collaris, Drury, App. iii. ; III. Exot. Ins. iii. 27, 



pi. 21, f. 2. 

 Leucopsumis collaris, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 177, 1825. 



