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My own impression is that ruMcundaria of Hiibner and rubri- 

 cosa of Harris is a variable insect, and that ferruginosa of Walker, 

 and perhaps brevicornis, are not true species. I am much more 

 uncertain, however, respecting the latter than the former. 



4. C. cupraria Walker, 536. 



Testaceous. Fore legs mostly brown. Wings slightly rosy 

 testaceous, subhyaline, with a slight cupreous tinge towards the 

 tips. Length of the body 3 4 lines; of the wings 9 11 lines. 



Jamaica ? S. America. 



WALKER. 



5. C. laeta. Litho'sia laeta Boisd. Guer. Icon. Reg. An. Ins. pi. 88, f. 6, 



p. 519. C. laeta Walker, 537. 



Grayish-black. Tongue testaceous. Abdomen red, with a black 

 stripe which is broader beneath than above. Fore wings red along 

 the costa. Hind wings red, with a broad grayish-black border. 

 Length of the body 3 lines ; of wings 9 lines. 



N. America? 



WALKER. 



CISTHRENE WALKER. See p. 254. 



FAM. 



TRICHROMIA HUBNER. 



Body slender, rather long. Palpi short. Antennas setaceous, 

 simple, slender. Abdomen exceeding the hind wings by one-third. 

 Feet slender, hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings rather nar- 

 row, scarcely elongated. Fore wings slightly convex along the 

 costa, somewhat oblique along the apical border, posterior angle 

 rounded. 



1. T. trigemmis Hiibner. Exot. Schmett. Ill, 22, 239, f. 477, 478. 



Dark brown. Fore wings with a yellow median band, and a 

 spot of the same hue at the tips. Hind wings white, the hind 

 margin and more than one-third of the tip gray. 



St. Domingo. 



WALKER. 



