CALLIMORPHA? DIAPHANA.
Plate [XXII]. fig. 4.
Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Nocturna. Family: Arctiidæ, Steph.
Genus. Callimorpha? Latr. Phalæna (Noctua), Drury.
Callimorpha? Diaphana. Alis diaphanis, marginibus anticis et externis strigâque transversâ e margine antico ad angulum posticum ductâ, nigris. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 9 lin.)
Syn. Phalæna (Noctua) Diaphana, Drury, App. vol. 3.
Habitat: Brazil, "Rio Janeiro, Mr. Bonifas, 1774" (Drury's MSS.).
Upper Side. Antennæ pectinated. Thorax brown. Abdomen black, brown above. Wings diaphanous, the edges being bordered with black, a black band also crosses the anterior, from the anterior edges to the lower corners.
Under Side. Tongue spiral. Breast and legs black. Abdomen grey. Anus yellowish. Wings coloured on this side as on the upper. Margins of the wings entire.