1656 CATALOGUE OP 



Male. Whitish cinereous, paler beneath. Head ochraceous. 

 ■Palpi ochraceous, porrect, pale cinereous towards the base, extending 

 a little beyond the head ; third joint conical, minute. Antennae 

 stout, very minutely serrated. Fore tegulae of the thorax ochraceous. 

 Abdomen as long as the interior border of the hind wings; apical 

 tuft ochraceous, small. Hind tibiae incrassated, with only one apical 

 spur, which is very short. Wings thickly speckled with brown and 

 ferruginous; a less speckled broad middle band, which is bounded 

 by two narrow hardly undulating ferruginous bands; these are 

 indistinct, except on the costa of the fore wings and on the interior 

 border of the hind wings ; marginal points black. Fore wings acute ; 

 two lines of black points on the veins, one near the base, the other 

 on the middle band; exterior border almost straight, very oblique. 

 Hind wings with the exterior border acutely angular in the middle'. 

 Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 15 lines. 

 a ; North America. Presented by A. S. Packard, jun., Esq. 



Macaria stimulata. 



Fcem. Schistacea ; caput ferrugineum ; palpi porrecti, caput 

 perpaullo super -antes ; alee albido-cinerece, fusco cunspersa, 

 lineis duabus pallide ferrugineis, \a angulosa, 2a subrecta] 

 punctis postmediis nigris ; antica linea basali fasciaque mar- 

 ginali pallide ferrugineis, annulo medio fmiformi ferrugineo, 

 fascia submarginali obscure ferruginea ; posticce fascia subl 

 marginali schistacea, margine exteriore angulato. 

 Female. Slate-colour. Body pale cinereous beneath. Head 

 ferruginous. Palpi porrect, extending very little beyond the head. 

 Antennae and legs slender. Abdomen shorter than the interior border 

 of the hind wings. Wings whitish cinereous, brown-speckled, white 

 beneath; two pale ferruginous lines; first antemedial, zigzag; 

 second postmedial, nearly straight, acompanied by black points'; 

 marginal festoon dark ferruginous. Fore wings acute, with a pale 

 ferruginous line near the base and with a dark ferruginous band 

 along the outer side of the postmedial line ; an incomplete paler 

 ferruginous marginal band ; a fusiform transverse ferruginous ringlet 

 in the disk; exterior border hardly convex, rather oblique. Hind 

 wings with a slate-coloured band along the outer side of the post- 

 medial line; exterior border angular in the middle. Length of the 

 body 4£ lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 



a. Santa Martha, New Grenada. From Mr. Bouchard's collection. 



