

388 LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



Phalaena Geometra Chephise, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. 182, pi. 381, 



f. E. 

 Melanchroia Cephise, H'ubn. Samml. Exot. Schmett. ii. Lep. ii. 



Phal. ii. Verce vii. Hypocritce A. Sphingiformes, 17, f. 1 — 4 ; 



Verz. Schmett. 175, 1789. 



Deep black. Head, prothorax, sides of the thorax in front, 

 and breast clothed with luteous hairs. Palpi, legs and hind borders 

 of the abdominal segments whitish beneath. Wings fringed with 

 white, and with an elliptical white spot on each tip ; veins some- 

 what cinereous. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



Surinam. 



a. Mexico. Presented by Dr. Pablo Martinez del Eio. 

 £, c. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 



d. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



e. South America. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 

 f—l. Honduras. From Mr. Miller's collection. 



3. Melanchroia? fulvilumbis. 



Foem. Nigra, subtus alba ; abdominis later a fulva ; alee apice 

 albce ; posticce subtus anticceque vittis cyaneis. 



Melanchroia fulvilumbis (Phalaena vera, Callimorpha sphingiformis), 

 Geyer, Samml. Exot. Schmett. iv. 21, f. 679, 680. 



East Indies. 



4. Melanchroia Arne. 



Nigro-fusca ; abdomen rufum ; alee antica vittis strigisque palli- 

 dioribus, posticce apice albce. 



Phalaena Arne, Cram. Pap. Exot. i. 23, pi. 15, f. E. 

 Eudmoe delumbis, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 173, 1787. 



Surinam. 



5. Melanchroia? Pellex. 



Fusca ; abdomen album, apice rufum ; alee anticce lineis tribvs 

 maculaque transversa albis ; posticce alba margine fusco albo 

 tripunctato. 



Phalaena Noctua Pellex, Linn. Mus. Lud. Vlr. 388 ; Syst. Nat. ed. 

 12, 838, 104 ; Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2550, 104. 



South America ? 







