Plate XXIII. fig. 4.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Nocturna. FAMILY: Arctiidæ.
GENUS. CALLIMORPHA? _Latr._ Sphinx p. _Drury_.
CALLIMORPHA? VINOSA. Alis nigris subdiaphanis, anticarum marginibus
anticis et posticis rufo fulvis maculâ magnâ externâ (in medio albâ
margine nigro); posticis fasciâ submarginali rufo-fulvâ. (Expans. Alar. 2
unc. fere.)
SYN. Sphinx Vinosa, _Drury, App. vol._ 2.
HABITAT: Antigua.
{44}_Upper Side._ The antennæ are black, small, and pectinated. The
tongue not discoverable. Thorax and base of abdomen yellow orange; the
remainder of the abdomen rusty grey, with a black stripe down the top of
it. Anterior wings black and transparent, like gauze; the anterior and
posterior margins bordered with orange. The tips of the wings are
likewise broadly orange, through the middle of which runs a broad bar of
white, from the anterior to the middle of the external edge, where it is
narrowest, being edged with black. Posterior wings black, and like gauze;
the external edge having a narrow orange stripe running from the anal
margin, half way to the exterior angle. The wings are entire.
_Under Side._ The abdomen is grey, with a black line running from the
thorax to the tail. Anterior wings not edged with orange; the tips are
black, where the white bar is plainly seen, having an orange spot on the
edge, near the external and lower corners. Posterior wings as on the
upper side.
This insect seems to form the type of a distinct subgenus between Nudaria
and Callimorpha.