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CATALOGUE OF 
1. SONTIA NEUROPTERA. 
Fuscescens ; caput et thorax testaceo marginata ; antennce corpore 
vix hreviores ; abdomen luteum , disco nigro , vitta dorsali pos- 
tica lutea ; alee vix vestitce , marginibus obscurioribus , venis 
nigricantibus. 
Phalaena-Bombyx neuroptera, Anon. Ins. Surinam , i. 83, pi. 38. 
Surinam. 
2. SONTIA CITRINA. 
Citrina ; antennce corpore vix breviores ; alee anticce f asciis linea- 
ribus venisque obscurioribus, nigro vix notatce : posticce albidce , 
venis citrinis. 
Phalaena-Bombyx citrina, Anon. Ins. Surin . 113, pi. 53. 
Closely allied to the Limacodidce , and also to the genus Euce- 
rea . The larva feeds on the leaves of Inga vera . 
Surinam. 
3. Sontia Sesia. 
Citrina ; antennce corpore vix breviores , maris subpectinatce ; tho- 
rax fusco bivittatus ; alee anticce f asciis obliquis fuscis , pos- 
ticce albee. 
Phalaena-Bombyx Sesia, Anon. Ins. Surin. 115, pi. 54. 
Like the preceding species in structure. The larva feeds on 
the leaves of Inga vera. 
Surinam. 
4. Sontia rhomboidea. 
Mas. Citrina ; antennce corpore vix breviores ; alee anticce strigis 
transversis fulvis , vitta arcuata media lituraque subquadrata 
discali nigricantibus. 
Phalaena-Bombyx rhomboidea, Anon. Ins. Surin. 129, pi. 61. 
This may be associated in a new genus with the two preceding 
species, or may form a new genus of itself, for it seems much less 
allied than the others to the Limacodidce. The larva feeds on 
Paspalium indicum. 
Surinam. 
