644 CATALOGUE OF 



alas posticas longe superans. Pedes mediocriter longi ; tibiae pos- 



ticae calcaribus quatuor longiusculis. Alae sat longae et angustae ; 



anticae lanceolatae. 



Empusa, p., Hubn. Verz. Schmctt. 170. 



Phalaena, p., Cram. 



Body linear, cylindrical, rather long and stout. Proboscis less 

 than half the length of the body. Palpi long, ascending, thickly 

 pilose beneath, curved ; second joint about twice the length of the 

 first; third lanceolate, a little longer than the first. Antennae slen- 

 der, serrated beneath. Abdomen extending far beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs moderatelv long ; hind tibiae with four rather long 

 spurs. Wings rather long and narrow. Fore wings lanceolate, 

 almost straight in front ; ducal fold distinct in the discal areolet; 

 first and second inferior veins almost contiguous at the base ; third 

 full six times further from the fourth than from the second. Hind 

 wings slightly convex in front, with three inferior veins. 



A. Abdomen non fasciatum. 



A. Alae anticae dimidio apical] argenteo. - - vitrea, Cram. 



B. Alae antics fusco-testaceae. - Tybris, Cram. 



B. Abdomen fasciatum. - Scyton, Fabr. 



1. Empusa vitrea. 



Fulva ; caput fasciis duabus nigro-fuscis ; palpi nigri ; antenna 

 fulva; thorax fasciis nigro-fuscis ; abdomen subtus testaceum ; 

 pedes albidi^fcmoribus anticis supra fusco vittatis ; alee anticce 

 fusco-fulva?, guttis nigris albido marginatis, basalibus, vittisque 

 nigris albis cyaneisque, triente apicali oblique cyaneo-alba 

 nigro triguttata ; posticus rufo-fulvce, marginibus venisque 

 albis. 



Phalaena vitrea, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. 151, pi. 276, f. c. 

 Empusa vitrea, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. (Phalcena: Verce Hipocritcp 

 Sphingiformes) 170, 1748. 



Surinam. 



Tawny. Head with two blackish brown bands. Proboscis 

 testaceous. Palpi black. Antennae tawny, whitish above. Thorax 

 with blackish brown bands in front, the third interrupted ; a blackish 

 brown spot on the disk and two tufts of the same colour behind. 

 Abdomen testaceous beneath. Legs whitish ; fore femora striped 

 above with brown. Fore wings brownish tawny, with some black 

 whitish bordered dots near the base, and with black stripes, with 

 which are three white and blue stripes ; there are also two white 



