LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1551 



slightly excavated in front of a prominent acute angle near the tip, 

 its hind part very oblique. Hind wings a little paler than the fore 

 wings, with a whitish oblique postmedial line, which is diffuse on its 

 outer side. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



«. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



Genus METANEMA, C. L. H. xx. 202. 



Metanema determinata. 



Mas. Cinerea ; -palpi graciles, porrecti, articulo So minimo ; 

 antennae subpectinatoe ; pedes graciles ; alee fusco conspersce, 

 linea obliqua pallide flavescente fusco marginata ; anticce tinea 

 antemedia pallide flavescente fusco marginata, puncto nigro, 

 costa basi arcuata, margine exteriore angulato antice sub- 

 truncato ; posticce margine exteriore subflexo. 



Male. Cinereous. Palpi slender, porrect, extending somewhat 

 beyond the head, shorter than the breadth of the latter; third joint 

 very minute. Antennae slightly pectinated. Abdomen not extending 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs slender. Wings brown-speckled, 

 with a pale yellowish line, which is brown-bordered on the inner 

 side and extends from two-thirds of the length of the interior border 

 of the hind wing to the tip of the fore wing. Fore wings acute, 

 with an anlernedial pale yellowish line, which is brown-bordered on 

 the outer side; a black point in the disk; costa rounded towards 

 the base ; exterior border angular in the middle, its fore half slightly 

 truncated. Hind wings with the exterior border slightly bent in 

 the middle. Length of the body 5 — 6 lines; of the wings 14 — 16 

 lines. 



a, b. ? 



Genus ENNOMOS, C. L. H. xx. 204. 



Ennomos concisaria. 



Mas. Pallide flava ; palpi robusti, oblique ascendentes, articulo 

 So minimo ; antenna late pectinatce ; tibice posticce incrassata? ; 

 alee linea lata antemedia subochracea, puncto nigro, fascia 

 marginali lata ferruginea ; antica? subfalcat.ee, plaga basali 

 ferruginea, fascia marginali strigam costalem flavam in- 

 cludente, margine exteriore vix flexo ; posticce margine exte- 

 riore dentato. 



Male. Pale yellow. Palpi stout, squamous, obliquely ascending, 

 not rising higher than the vertex; third joint extremely minute. 



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