336 LEPIDOPTEKA HETEEOCEBA. 



29. DlOPTIS HYALINA. 



Nigra ; corpus cinereo-tomentosum, subtus albidum ; palpi hasi et 

 proboscis testacea ; pedes albidi ; alee hyalince, nigro venosa et 

 marginatce et subfasciatce. 



Black. Body with gray tomentum, whitish heneath. Palpi 

 towards the base and proboscis testaceous. Legs whitish. Wings 

 hyaline with black veins and black borders, and a slight blackish 

 band across each at the tip of the discal areolet. Length of tha 

 body 5§ lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. South America. From Mr. Johnson's collection. 



30. DlOPTIS DIAPHANA. 



Alee diaphance, marginibus et externis strigaque transversa e mar- 

 gine antico ad angulum posticum ducta, nigris. 



Phalaena (Noctua) diaphana, Drury, App. iii. III. Exot. Ins. iii. 



30, pi. 22, f. 4. 

 Callimorpha? diaphana, Westw. ed. Drury, iii. 31, pi. 22, f. 4. 



Fore wings more elongated and acuminated than those of D. 

 hyalina. 



Brazil. 



Group 13. NEPE. 



Mas, Corpus cylindrieum, gracile, lineare, non longum. Palpi 

 ascendentes, recti, capite paullo breviores ; articulus 3us conicus, 

 minimus, 2i sexta parte non longior. Antennae subpectinatae. Ab- 

 domen alas posticas non superans. Pedes graeillimi ; tibia? anticse 

 subtus non dentatae ; posticse calcaribus quatuor minutis. Alas 

 longae, angustae, discis hyalinis, venis inferioribus tribus. 



Male. Body cylindrical, slender, linear, not long. Palpi as- 

 cending, straight, a little shorter than the head ; third joint conical, 

 very small, about one -sixth of the length of the second. Antennae 

 very minutely pectinated. Abdomen extending as far as the hind 

 wings. Legs very slender ; fore tibiae not clentated beneath ; hind 

 tibiae with four minute spurs, Wings long and narrow ; their disks 

 hyaline ; three inferior veins. 



