252 NOCTUiDi!-:. 



*1484. Nephelistis furva. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 3.) 



Conservula furva, Scliaus, J. K.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 235 (1*J03). 



c? . Head and tegulae bright ferruginous slightly mixed with 

 white, the latter tipped with white ; thorax red-brown irrorated 

 with white ; pectus and legs rufous, the tarsi ringed with white ; 

 abdomen rufous irrorated with white, the anal tuft more fnlvous. 

 Fore wing bright chestnut ; the costal area purplish fuscous ; a 

 purplish band before the obliijue antemedial line from cell to inner 

 margin ; orbicular and reniform puri^ish with ill-defined whitish 

 annuli, the former very oblique elliptical ; some white points on 

 terminal half of costa ; postmedial line chestnut defined by white on 

 outer side, straight, very oblique from below costa to inner margin, 

 with a pur])lish band on its outer edge ; subtcrminal line very ill- 

 defined, whitish towards costa, slightly angled outwards at vein 7, 

 then oblique ; the veins of terminal area with slight dark streaks ; 

 cilia purplish brown. Hind wing yellowish white, the veins, 

 terminal area, and a terminal line tinged with rufous ; the under- 

 side with the costal area irrorated with rufous, a diseoidai point 

 and curved postmedial line. 



Ilab. Mexico, Orizaba, type f J in Coll. Schaus. Exj). 30 

 millim. 



1485. Nephelistis differens. 



Hadena differetis, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 294, pi. 27. f. 26 



(1889). 

 TcBniocampa vellerea, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am , Het. ii. p. 484, pi. 94. f. 8 



(nee Schaus). 



2 . Head and thorax deep purjjlish grey, the tegulie and thoracic 

 crest cupreous ; abdomen fuscous brown, the dorsal crest cupreous. 

 Fore wing dark purplish grey ; the subbasal line represented by 

 white stvia3 from costa and median nervure with cupreous suffusion 

 before it ; antemedial line indistinct, oblique, defined by the medial 

 area below discal fold and stigmata being cupreous ; orbicular and 

 reniform defined by a slight blackish line except above and with a 

 fuscous patch between them, the former oblique elliptical, confluent 

 at lower extremity with the latter which is constricted at middle ; 

 postmedial line double, oblique, very slightly curved and not quite 

 reaching costa; some whitish points on terminal half of costa; 

 subterminal line defined by the area beyond it being cupreous 

 except the veins and an apical patch, slightly angled outwards at 

 vein 7, strongly inwards in_ discal fold, then somewhat dentate ; a 

 fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing fuscous brown with a 

 reddish tinge, the interspaces whitish except towards termen ; cilia 

 whitish with a brown line near base ; the underside whitish, the 

 costal area brown irrorated with white, a dark diseoidai point and 

 sinuous postmedial line. 



Hah. Mexico, Jalapa {Trujillo),\ $ ; Panama, Chiriqui (C7ia?H- 

 j)ton), 3 $ type, Godman-Salvin Coll. Exji. 36-40 millim. 



