194 CATALOGUE OF 



verse line proceediDg hindward from the apical white spot. Hind 

 wings white, pearly, pale brown on the border about the tip. 

 Length of the body 5 — 6 lines ; of the wings 10 — 12 lines. 



a — c. Georgia. From IMr. Abbot's collection. 

 d. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



West Indies. 



6. Peodenia plagiata. 



Cervina ; abdomen testaceum, alee antic(p basi strigaque obliqua 

 exteriore cinereis, striga obliqua intermedia margineqiie inte- 

 riore testaceis, annulis testaceo nigroque margiriatis, lineis 

 transversis strigaque basali nigris maculaque oblonga subopi- 

 cali alba ; posticce albcs, opaliiKB, marginibus angustis pallide 

 fuscis. 



Fawn-colour. Abdomen testaceous. Fore wings gray at the 

 base, and with a gray oblique streak which extends from the exte- 

 rior ringlet to the middle of the exterior border; a testaceous oblique 

 streak between the ringlets extending to a testaceous space along 

 the interior border ; ringlets with testaceous black-bordered out- 

 lines; the usual black transverse lines; a black basal streak, and a 

 white oblong subapical spot ; median vein white at the tip. Hind 

 wings white, pearly, with pale brown narrow borders. Length of 

 the body 5 lines ; of the wings 11 lines. 



a. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 



Var. ? Mas. Testacea ; ala anticcE cinerecs, fusco ex parte varies, 

 lineis nonniiUis transversis siibundulatis nigris^ maculis dua- 

 bus discalibus exteriore nigro varia, vena mediana plagaque 

 apicali albis, strigis nigris lineaque alba subrnarginalibtis, 

 guttis marginalibus nigris ; posticcB albce, opalina, semihya- 

 lina, linea marginali fusca. 



Male. Testaceous. Fore wings cinereous, j^artly shaded with 

 brown, traversed by some slightly undulating black lines ; two tes- 

 taceous discal marks, the outer one accompanied wiih black and 

 with a forked white streak on the median vein ; a white patch at the 

 tip of the wing, emitting a white line hindward near the exterior 

 border, which has a row of black dots, and at a little distance from 

 the latter there are some black streaks. Hind wings white, semi- 

 hyaline, opaline, with a brown line along part of the exterior 

 border. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 



Para. In Mr. J. P, G. Smith's collection. 



