1542 CATALOGUE OF 



punctis nigris, lunulis marginalibus nigris parvis, fimbria 

 rufa ; anticce linea basali arcuata annuloque nigricantibus. 



Male. Deep orange, a little paler beneath. Palpi porrect, 

 rostriform, extending very little beyond the head; third joint ex- 

 tremely small. Antennae setose. Abdomen a little shorter than the 

 interior bowler of the hind wings; apical tuft very small. Legs 

 slender; tarsi and fore tibiae black; tips of the joints of the tarsi 

 white beneath; a black point at the base of each pair of spurs ; the 

 latter black, white at the base and beneath. Wings ample; a 

 blackish antemedial point in the disk ; a blackish straight oblique 

 postmedial line, which is pale-bordered on the inner side; a 

 double row of black submarginal points; marginal lunules black, 

 small : fringe red. Fore wings acute, with a curved blackish line 

 near the base, and with an incomplete blackish ringlet in front of 

 the point; exterior border very slightly convex, very oblique. 

 Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



The black marginal lunules and other characters distinguish it 

 from D. impensata. 



a. South America. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 



Drepanodes Byblusaeia, C. L. H. xx. 79. 



Var. — Mas. Ochracea; palpi robusti, breves, oblique aseendentes, 

 articulo 3o minimo ; antenna subpectinatce ; tibicc posticce 

 subincrassatce ; alee latce, atomis lineaque recta obliqua satu- 

 ratioribus ; anticce valde falcatce, strigis duabus costalibus 

 fuscis obliquis, striga apicali fusca punctum album in- 

 clude nte ; posticce litura quadrata e punctis quatuor nigri- 

 cantibus. 



Male. Ochraceous, brighter beneath. Body whitish beneath. 

 Palpi stout, squamous, obliquely ascending, not rising so high as the 

 vertex; third joint extremely small. Antennae slightly pectinated. 

 Legs smooth; hind tibiae slightly incrassated. Wings broad, with 

 deep ochraceous speckles, and with a straight deep ochraceous line, 

 which is pale-bordered on the inner side and extends from some- 

 what beyond the middle of the interior border of the hind wing 

 nearly to the tips of the fore wing, where it is retracted ; this line is 

 represented beneath by a black line, which is dilated in the hiud 

 wings. Fore wings very falcate, with two oblique brown costal 

 streaks, of which the first is retracted and attenuated to the interior 

 border; a brown costal apical streak including a white point. Hind 



