Notes on the Lepidoptera of the Family Zygnid, with ... - Wallace Online

370 MIL A. 0. BUTLER ON THE
Genus QAURITA, Boisduvul.
1. SAunxTA CRY PTOLEUCA=hchromia (Pampa) cryptoleuca,M;aZker,
L. H. i. p. 239.
Par6 (Bates). Tspe, B.M.
2. S. CAASANDRA = Sphinx Cassandra, Linneus, 6. N. ii. p. 806.
Veneruela (Becker e/ Dyson). B.M.
This species was placed by Mr. Walker under Calonotos : it is,
ho,vvcvG:r, cleilrlp distinct from that grop, and Dr. Boisduval has
clone well in inaking a genus for its reception : in the general
form and coloration of the body it resemble8 Felder's genus
Jomceocera.
CfCllUS PSEUI)OSPIIE~OPT~RA, 11. gell. 1'1. xx\rIII. fig. 4.
Closely resembling Calonotos (Sectiou Spkanoptwa), but easily
separated by the neuratioii of secondaries, the two median
branches not being emitted in the usual way from one point,
innsniuch as the first branch leaves the iiervure before the end of
the cell, also in the subcostals being placed upon a footstalk. Type
Pseudosphenoptera baaalis, Walker.
1. PSECDOSPH ENOPTERA BAsALI~ =Eucllromiti (Macrocueme) basalis,
Walker, Lep. IIet. i. p. 251.
Ega (Bates). Type, B.M.
Very like C. yefezis of Cramer.
Genus ICUOUIA, n. geu. PI. XXVIII. fig. 9.
Wings long and narrow; nearly allied to Calonotos; but the
branches of the median nervure in secondaries placed upon a
long footetalk, and the lower discocellular receding.
Type I; quakigutta.
1. IcHonIA QUADHIGUTTA =Euchromia (Aclytia) quadrigutts, Walker,
L. H. i. p. 245.
Mexico (Hartweg). Type, B.M.
2. I. TRICINCTA = Glaucopis tricincta, Herrich-Sch. Auss. Schrnett.
fig. 300.
Brazil.
3. I.? CONCISA =Eiichromia (Autochloris) concise, It'alker, Lep. Het. i.
p. 243.
Parti (Bates). 'lj~l~e, B.M.