GENUS. CALLIMORPHA? _Latr._ Phalæna (Bombyx), _Drury_.
CALLIMORPHA? MARGINATA. Alis anticis fusco-nigris, margine antico baseos
luteo, posticis atris basi maculâ discoidali, punctisque marginalibus,
coerulescenti albis. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 5 lin.)
SYN. Phalæna (Bombyx) marginata, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2.
HABITAT: Jamaica.
_Upper Side._ Antennæ pectinated. Head black. Neck yellow. Tongue
distinct. Thorax and abdomen black; the latter having two rows of grey
spots placed along the upper side of it, and reaching towards the anus,
which is yellow. Anterior wings deep black, the anterior edges next the
shoulders being yellow. Posterior wings sooty black, with a whitish cloud
next the shoulders, and a white spot near the centre of each; a row of
whitish spots are also placed along the external edges, which become
fainter as they approach the upper corners.
_Under Side._ Breast, sides, legs, and abdomen black. All the wings are
the same; the anterior ones being edged with yellow next the shoulders,
and two faint grey spots near the middle; a small whitish streak is also
placed on the posterior ones, next the abdominal edges, about a quarter
of an inch from the shoulders, where is a small yellow spot on each wing.
Margins of the wings entire.
{41}VENILIA? SOSPETA.
Plate XXII. fig. 3.