lepidoptera heterocera. 389 



6. Melanchroia ? Leontia. 

 Nigra ; alee testaceo ciliatce, posticce apice albce. 

 Phalaena Bombyx Leontia, Stoll, Pap. Exot. v. 155, pi. 34, f. 6. 

 Brazil. 



7. Melanchroia? inconstans. 



Mas. Nigra ; thorax luteo maculatus ; alee cyaneo-nigrce, subtus 

 basi lutece aut rufa?; anticce albo marginatce. 



Melanchroia inconstans (Phalaena vera, Hipocrita sphingiformis)? 

 Geyer, Samml. Exot. Schmett. v. 17, 431, f. 861, 862. 



Mexico. 



Div. 2. Spurs long, not near together. 



8. Melanchroia Pylotis. 



Nigra ; prothorax luteus ; abdomen apice testaceum ; alee apice 

 albo ciliatce, anticce macula suhrotunda antica discali albo- 

 hyalina. 



Zygaena Pylotis, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. 106, 47; Ent. Syst. iii. 1, 



400, 49. 

 Sphinx Zvgsena Pylotis, Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2397, 142. 

 Phalaena Aterea, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. 158, pi. 370, f. F. 

 Melanchroia Aterea, Hubn. Samml. Exot. Schmett. ii. Lep. iii. 



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



Surinam. 



Black. Prothorax luteous. Abdomen testaceous at the tip. 

 Wings with a white fringe at their tips. Fore wings with a nearly 

 round white hyaline spot in the disk beyond the middle and near 

 the fore border. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 



a. Para. Presented by Gordon Graham, Esq. 

 6, c. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



d, e. — ? Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



/. Brazil. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



g. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



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