634 CATALOGUE OF 



1. GlPPIUS SUMPTUOSTJS. 



Atra ; caput, pro thorax et pedes coccineo hirta ; palpi fulvi, subtus 

 nigri; thorax fascia antica vittisque guatuor luteis ; abdomen 

 e guttis luteis bivittatum, fasciis duabus subtus apiceque coc- 

 cineis ; alee flavo guttatce, posticce subtus gutta basali rufa. 



Deep black. Head crimson about the eyes and with a triangu- 

 lar crimson spot on the vertex. Palpi tawny, black beneath. Pro- 

 thorax with crimson hairs. Thorax with a luteous band in front, 

 from whence four luteous stripes proceed hindward, and there have 

 a crimson hue. Abdomen above with two rows of luteous dots; two 

 stripes on the under side and tip crimson. Legs, except the tarsi, 

 thickly clothed with black and crimson hairs. Fore wings with 

 many yellow dots, which occupy the whole breadth for more than 

 one-third of the length, and thence extend along the fore border 

 and along the hind border nearly to the tips. Hind wings with 

 yellow dots along the borders, and with one or two in the disk near 

 the base ; under side with a red dot on the hind border near 

 the base. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



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



Genus 16. GLANYCUS. 



Fcem. Corpus crassum, breve. Proboscis breviuscula. Palpi 

 sat parvi; articulus 2us lo multo longior ; 3us longiconicus. An- 

 tennae graciles, simplices. Abdomen alas posticas triente superans. 

 Pedes sat validi ; tibiae posteriores subciliatae ; tibiae posticae ealca- 

 ribus minimis apicalibus. Alae antica? angustae, posticis duplo 

 longiores. Alae posticae breviusculae, latiusculae, costa basi con- 

 vexa, margine postico undulato. 



Fcem. Body thick, short. Proboscis rather short. Palpi 

 rather small ; second joint much longer than the first ; third 

 elongate-conical. Antennae slender, simple. Abdomen extending 

 for about one-third of its length beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 rather stout; hinder tibiae slightly ciliated; hind tibiae with very 

 minute apical spurs. Fore wings narrow, about twice the length of 

 the hind wings ; first and second inferior veins nearly contiguous 

 at the base ; third very near the second ; fourth remote from the 

 third. Hind wings rather short and broad ; fore border convex near 

 the base ; hind border undulating. 



