Upper Side. Antennæ filiform and brown. Head, thorax, abdomen, and wings white. The latter of a fine glossy hue, and immaculate. Cilia of the anterior wings brown.
Under Side. Tongue spiral. All the parts on this side are of the same white glossy colour as on the upper.
LIPARIS? RIVULOSA.
Plate [XIV]. fig. 5.
Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Nocturna. Family: Arctiidæ, Steph.
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 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.