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femora red, with black tips. Fore wings sprinkled with brown, and 

 with brown dots along the eosta and on the veins. Hind wings 

 whitish. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines, 



a. Para. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 



b. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



Genus 47. APHYLE. 



Corpus mediocriter robustum. Proboscis sat longa. Palp? 

 validiusculi, subareuati, oblique ascendentes; articulus 2uslo valde 

 longior; 3us conicus, 2i dimidio paullo brevior. Abdomen alas 

 posticas paullo superans. Pedes mediocriter validi, longivtsculi i 

 tibia? postieae calcaribus quatuor sat parvis. Alae longiuscula?, sat 

 angustae ; anticae posticis multo longiores. 



Body moderately stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi 

 rather stout, slightly curved, obliquely ascending ; second joint very 

 much longer than tbe first ; third conical, rather less than half the 

 length of the second. Abdomen extending for one-fourth of its* 

 length beyond the abdomen. Legs moderately stout, rather long ; 

 hind tibiae with four rather small spurs. Wings rather long and 

 narrow. Fore wings much longer than the hind wings ; first, second 

 and third inferior veins contiguous at the base ; fourth moderately 

 remote. 



1. Aphyle maegakitaceus. 



Alhus ; caput antice luteum ; palpi supra nigri ; pedes anteriores- 

 fusco fasciati ; alee margariiacecz, anticce fasciis tribus inter- 

 ruptis fuscis. Mas.— Thorax nigro biguttatus ; abdomen et 

 alee postica? subcrocea. 



Male. White. Head luteous in front of the antennae, and 

 with luteous hairs beneath. Palpi black, white beneath. Proboscis 

 testaceous. Antennae brown. Thorax with a black dot on each 

 side. Abdomen saffron above. Fore and middle legs with brown- 

 bands. Wings with a pearly lustre. Fore wings luteous along the 

 costa, and with three brown oblique bands, the first composed of 

 three spots, the second of two streaks, the third entire, curved 

 inward; a black streak on the costa beyond it. Hind wings pale 

 saffron, white in front. Female. — White. Thorax without black dots. 

 Abdomen very slightly testaceous in the disk above towards the tip. 

 Wings less pearly than in the male. Fore wings indistinctly testa- 

 ceous along the costa ; middle spot of the first band wanting. Hind 

 wings quite white. Length of the body 4 — 5J lines ; of the wings. 

 12—14 lines. 



a, b. Para. From Mr. Bates* collection. 



