478 LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



ribus quatuor longis. Alae mediocriter amplae ; anticae ad costam 

 vix convexae, postice subangulatae, venis la et 2a inferioribus basi 

 conjunctis. 



Apistosia, p., Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 163. 

 Bombvx, p., Fahr. ; Gmel. ; Oliv. 



Male. Body nearly linear, rather stout, moderately long. 

 Palpi stout, very much shorter than the head ; third joint conical, 

 very small. Proboscis of moderate length. Antennae moderately 

 pectinated. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs stout ; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings moderately 

 long and broad. Fore wings very slightly convex in front, obtusely 

 angular behind; first and second inferior veins united at the base; 

 third rather more than four times nearer to the second than to the 

 fourth. 



1. Apistosia Judas. 



Nigro-viridis ; caput et thorax luteo-hirta ; alee albo ciliata, pos- 

 ticce fusco-nigrce. 



Apistosia Judas, Hubn. Samml. ExoU Schmett. 13, 26, f. 51, 52; 

 Verz. Schmett. 163, 1693. 



a. Honduras. Fnfm Mr. Dyson's collection. 



2. Apistosia? terminalis. 



Cyaneo-purpurea ; caput, thorax anticus, abdomen apice et coxce 

 anticce coccinea ; pedes purpureo-nigri ; alcB nigrce, viridl et 

 pur pur eo varice. 



Body linear, bluish purple. Head, fore part of the thorax, tip 

 of the abdomen and fore coxae crimson. Palpi shorter than the 

 head ; third joint conical, less than one-fourth of the length of the 

 second. Antennae wanting. Abdomen extending for one-third of 

 its length beyond the hind wings. Legs purplish black, moderately 

 stout. Wings black, tinged with green and purple, rather long and 

 narrow ; first and second inferior veins of the fore wings near to- 

 gether at the base ; third full twice further from the fourth than from 

 the second. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 19 lines. 



a. Mexico. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



The characters of this and of the following species, of which 

 the specimens described are deprived of their antennae, partly differ 

 from those of Apistosia. 





