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wings dull red-coloured, bordered with black, whereon are seven small white spots placed along the 

 external edges, and reaching from the upper to the abdominal corners. All the wings are dentated. 



Under Side. Palpi yellow. Breast white. Legs brown. Thighs white. Anterior wings marked 

 as on the upper side, but the colours are much duller. Posterior wings dirty red, bordered with black, 

 whereon are eight white spots, larger than those on the upper side; the colours of the whole being much 

 duller and fainter than on that side. 



ALCIS SCOLOPACEA. 



Plate XXII. fig. 1. 



Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Nocturna. Family: GeometriAss, Steph. 



Genus. Alois, Curtis. Boarmia, Treit. Phalaina (Noctua), Vrury. 



Alcis ScOLOPACEA. Alis dentatis griseis, fiisco atomosis, strigisque dentatis et undulatis conimunibus albidis et 



fuseis. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc. 6 lin.) 

 Syn. Phalsena (Noctua) Scolopacea, Drury, App. vol. 2. 

 H.4BITAT: Jamaica. 



Upper Side. Antennae filiform. Thorax, abdomen, and wings brownish grey: the latter varied 

 with dark indented brown streaks and lines, contrasted with white and ash colour, crossing them from 

 the anterior to the posterior and abdominal edges. 



Under Side. Legs, sides, abdomen, and wings yellow wainscot-coloured. About half the anterior 

 ones, from the tips towards the shoulders, are marked with faint dark brown- lines and streaks. Posterior 

 wings having a faintish dark brown cloud, situated near the upper corners. All the wings are deeply 

 dentated. 



CALLIMORPHA? MARGINATA. 



Plate XXII. fig. 2. 



Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Nocturna. Family: Arctiidoe, Steph. 



Gends. Callimorpha ? ia<r. Phalsena (Bombyx), />™?-//. 



CALLIMORPHA? Marginata. Alis anticis fusco-nigris, margine antieo baseos luteo, posticis atris basi macula 



discoidali, punctisque marginalibus, ocerulcseenti albis. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 5 lin.) 

 Syn. Phalsena (Bombyx) marginata, Drury, App. vol. 2. 

 Habitat : Jamaica. 



Upper Side. Antenna; 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. 



