390 LEPIDOPTERA HETERGCERA. 



9. Melanchroia TEPENS. 



Fusco-nigra ; palpi pedesque subtus albidi ; prothorax et abdomen 

 apice luteo-hirta ; ala Jlavo ciliatce, aniicce macula antica dis- 

 call subq-uadrata Jlava. 



Melanchroia Alerea, var. (Phalama vera, Hipocrita sphingiformis) 

 Hubn. Samml. Exot. Schmett. iii. 40, 297, f.593, 594. 



Brownish black. Palpi testaceous towards tbe base, whitish 

 beneath. Proboscis ferruginous. Prothorax and tip of the abdo 

 men clothed with luteous hairs. Legs whitish beneath. Wings 

 with a testaceous fringe which is broadest in the hind pair; vein: 

 mostly testaceous. Fore wings with an oblique transverse subquad- 

 rate testaceous spot near the fore border and beyond the middle 

 Hind wings with a small diseal mark which is most apparent be 

 neath. Length of the body 4^ lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 



a. Para. Presented by Mrs. C. Parker. 



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10. Melanchroia subcana. 



Niger ; corpus canesceas ; palpi pedesque subtus albidi ; ales subtus 

 canescentes, anticce maris macula, fesminse fascia brevi lata 

 media vix obliqua alba. 



Black. Body with a hoary tinge, whitish beneath. Palpi 

 towards the base and proboscis testaceous. Wings with a whitish 

 fringe; under side with a hoary tinge. Fore wings of the male with 

 a large white spot near the fore border, and beyond the middle ; — 

 of the female, with a short broad nearly upright diseal white band 

 traversed by white veins. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 

 16 lines. 



a. South America. From M. Becker's collection. 

 b. ? From Mr. Children's collection. 



11. Melanchroia clavigera. 



Nigra ; palpi pedesque subtus albidi ; abdomen apice luteum ; aim 

 apice albce, albo apud discum unimaculatce ; anticce macula 

 obliqua elliptica, posticce macula clavata strigisque subtus 

 albis. 



Black. Palpi and legs whitish beneath. Proboscis testaceous. 

 Abdomen luteous at the tip. Wings with a white fringe at the tips 



