LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 747 



Genus 56. CANOPUS. 



Fcem. Corpus subfusiforme. Caput parvum. Proboscis cor- 

 poris dimidio non longior. Palpi longiusculi, subascendeutes; 

 articulus 2us subarcuatus, lo vix longior; Ous subclavatus, 2o bre- 

 vior. Antennas simplices, graciles, corporis dimidio multo longiores. 

 Abdomen alas posticas paullo superans. Pedes longiusculi, sat 

 graciles; tibiae posticoe calcaribus quatuor longissimis. Alae sat 

 longae et angustae. 



Fern. Body nearly fusiform. Head small. Proboscis about 

 half the length of the body. Palpi rather long, slightly ascending ; 

 second joint slightly curved, hardly longer than the first ; third 

 subclavate, shorter than the second. Antenna? simple, slender, full 

 three-fourths of the length of the body. Abdomen extending a 

 little beyond the hind wings. Legs rather long and slender ; hind 

 tibiae with four very long spurs. Wings rather long and narrow. 

 Fore wings nearly straight in front; discal fold distinct; first and 

 second inferior veins nearly united at the base ; third more than six 

 times further from the fourth than from the second. Hind wings 

 slightly convex in front ; their veins like those of the fore wings in 

 structure. 



1. Canopus Bubo. 



Fcem. Albus ; palpi nigro bifasciaii ; antennce nigra ; thorax 

 nigro 14-maculatus ; abdomen e maculis nigris bivittatum ; 

 femora supra lutea, antica apice nigra ; tarsi subtus fulvi ; 

 alee anticce basi nigro triguttatce. 



Female. White. Proboscis tawny. Palpi with three black 

 bands. Antennae black, white towards the base. Prothorax with 

 six black spots, two in the disk, and two on each side. Mesothorax 

 with a band of six black spots between the fore wings, and with 

 four spots behind arranged in a square. Abdomen with a row of 

 black spots on each side above and beneath. Femora luteous 

 above; tarsi tawny beneath; anterior femora with black tips. Fore 

 wings with three black dots at each base. Length of the body 

 9 lines ; of the wings 28 lines. 

 a. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



2. Canopus rufifemur. 



Fcem. Albus; palpi nigro tr if as ciati ; antenna fulvce ; prothorax 

 nigro biguttatus ; abdomen e guttis nigris bivittatum ; tarsi 

 subtus fulvi ; femora antica supra rufa; ala antica: ad cos- 

 tam subtestacea. 



