VENILIA? SOSPETA. 



Plate XXII. fig. 3. 



Order : Lepidoptera. Section ; Noctiirna. Family : Geometridae, Steph. 



Genus. Venilia? Duponchel, Stepheits. Macaria p., Curtis. 



Venilia? Sospeta. Alls flavis; anticis punctis duobus parvis discoidalibus maculisque ti-ibus marginalibus ; 

 posticis macula unica versus angulum ani, bruuneis. (E.xpaus. Alar. 2 unc. 5 tin.) 



Syn. Phalaena (Noctua) Sospeta, Vrnry, App. vol. 2. 



Habitat : Jamaica. 



Upper Side. Antennae filifonn. Head pale yellow. Eyes dark brown. Tongue spiral. Thorax, 

 abdomen, and wings pale yellow. On the posterior edges of the anterior wings are placed two faint 

 brown streaks ; one, which is smallest, being about a quarter of an inch from the shoulders, the other 

 the same distance from the lower corners ; about the same distance from the tips, on the anterior edges. 

 is placed another very small one. Posterior wings having likewise two of these faint spots, one on the 

 anterior, the other on the abdominal edges. 



Under Side. Sides, breast, and abdomen pale yellow. Legs brown and yellow. Wings pale yellow, 

 with the same spots and marks as on the upper side, but more distinct. The wings are a little 

 angulated. 



EREBUS? OPIGENA. 



Plate XXII. fig. 4. 



Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Noetuma. Family: Noctuidas, S%jA. 



Genus. Erebus? Zo<r. Plialsna (Noctua), jDrHry. 



Erebus? Opigena. Alis angulatis badio-fiiscis, strigis nonnullis undulatis ct dentatis communibus obscurio- 

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



Syn. Phatena (Noctua) Opigena, Drury, App. vol. 2. 



Habitat : Jamaica. 



Upper Side. Antennae filiform. Head dark brown. Neck ash colour. Palpi long and greyish, 

 the extremities being black. Tongue spiral. Thorax, abdomen, and wings dark russet or grey brown ; 

 the latter having some faint dark indented lines crossing the middle of them, from the anterior to the 

 posterior and abdominal edges. The tips of the anterior wings tenninate in an obtuse angle. 



Under Side. Breast, sides, abdomen, legs, and wings very dark brown. A dark narrow line begins 

 at the anterior edge of the superior wings, about a quarter of an inch from the tips, and crossing them 

 and the posterior ones ends at the abdominal edges, just below the body ; dividing each wing into two 

 compartments, that above the line being a degree darker than that below it; in the centre of each of 

 these divisions is placed a faint black spot, and along the external edges are several of a smaller size, 

 and equally faint. Margins of the wings entire. 



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