LEPIDOPTERA HETEEOCERA. 315 



Deep black. Palpi and legs striped with white beneath. Ab- 

 domen with a white spot and a tuft of long white hairs on each side 

 towards the base ; under side with four rows of white spots. Wings 

 bluish towards the base. Fore wings with a broad entire nearly 

 linear hardl}' curved luteous band beyond the middle. Length of 

 the body 8 lines ; if the 22—23 lines. 



a. Demerara. Presented by J. S. Bowerbank, Esq. 



b. ? Presented by J. G. Children, Esq. 



Group 14. PHAVAILEA. 



Mas. Corpus longum, cvlindricum, sat gracile. Palpi capite 

 panllo breviores ; articulus 3us linearis, 2i quarta parte non longior. 

 Antennae usque ad bistrientem pectinatae. Abdomen longi-oblan- 

 ceolatum, alas posticas quadrario superans. Pedes sat graciles ; 

 tibiae anticae non dentatae, postieae calcaribus quatuor sat longis. 

 Alae lata?, longitudine mediocri ; posticarum margo interior apice 

 dilatatus. 



Male. Body long, cylindrical, rather slender. Palpi a little 

 shorter than the head ; third joint linear, about one-fourth of the 

 length of the second. Antennae pectinated to two-thirds of the 

 length. Abdomen elongate-oblanceolate, extending for one-fourth 

 of its length beyond the hind wings. Legs rather slender; fore 

 tibiae not dentated ; hind tibiae with four rather long spurs. Wings 

 broad, moderately long. Hind wings dilated at the end of the inner 

 border. 



42. Josia Eeynnis? 



Nigra; ala antica? fascia suhohliqua lutea. 



Centronia Erynnis ? (Sphinx papilionoides, Glaucopis ampla) Geyer, 

 Samml. Exot. Schmett. 18, 332, f. 663, 664. 



Black. Fore wings w r ith a slightly oblique luteous band, whose 

 sides are slightly undulating ; it is rather broader behind than in 

 front, and it approaches close to the fore border, and extends near to 

 the hind border by the tips of the hind wings. Length of the body 

 8 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Brazil. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



b. Brazil. From Mr. Milne's collection. 



Note. — According to Geyer, /. Erynnis inhabits Java. 



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