GENUS. LIPARIS? _Ochs._ Phalæna (bombyx), _Drury_.
LIPARIS? RIVULOSA. Alis fuscis, strigis transversis undulatis
pallidioribus et obscurioribus, anticis fasciâ latâ centrali alterâque
basali badiis. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc.)
SYN. Phalæna (Bombyx) rivulosa, _Drury, App. vol._ 2. _Oliv. Enc. Méth._
5. 38. 54. (Bombyx r.)
HABITAT: Surinam.
_Upper Side._ Antennæ pectinated. Head, thorax, abdomen, and wings pale
reddish brown, or {29}fawn-coloured. The latter with several indented and
waved lines, some being darker and some lighter than the general colour
of the wings. On the anterior is a large chocolate patch, situated on the
middle of the wings, and joining to the anterior edge; between which and
the shoulders is another that is much smaller.
_Under Side._ Tongue obsolete. Palpi, breast, abdomen, and wings brown,
as on the upper side; the latter immaculate, except a dark patch on each
wing near the shoulders. Margins of the wings slightly dentated.