1970 CATALOGUE OF 



Fam. FOCILLIOE, C. L. H. xv. 1522. 



Genus THYRIDOSPILA, C. L. H. xv. 1526. 



Thyridospila recusans. 



Mas. Ochracea, sat robusta ; fasciculus frontalis porrectus, acutus ; 

 palpi graciles, squarnosi, cinerei i nigro conspersi, verticem longe 

 superantes, articulo 3o lineari acuto ; antenna? pubescentes, 

 breviusculce, sat robusta ; alee lata?, ochraceo-cinerece, linea 

 basali ferruginea subangulosa, fascia marginali angusta obscure 

 ochracea nigro marginata ; antica striga basalt ferruginea, 



fascia media ochracea nigro marginata strigam albidam inclu- 

 dente, fascia submarginali ochracea postice abbreviata plagam 

 apicalem cineream parvam includente, margine exteriore sub- 



fiexo ; postica puncto nigro, fascia media obscure cinerea 

 nigricante marginata, linea exteriore ochracea, margine exte- 

 riore subdentato. Fcem. — Pallide cinerea; ala: lituris obscu- 

 rioribus. 



Male. Ocbraceous, rather stout, pale cinereous beneath. 

 Frontal tuft porrect, acute. Palpi slender, squamous, cinereous, 

 black-speckled, very much longer than the breadth of the head, 

 rising much higher than the vertex; third joint linear, acute, rather 

 shorter than the second. Autenua? pubescent, rather short and stout. 

 Abdomen ochraceous-cinereous, not extending beyond the hind 

 wings; apical tuft small. Legs smooth, stout. Wings ocbraceous, 

 cinereous, broad, not long; a ferruginous slightly zigzag line near 

 the base ; a narrow dark ocbraceous marginal bund, which is bordered 

 by a festooned black line on each side ; fringe blackish. bordered. 

 Fore wings acute ; a transverse ferruginous costal streak very near 

 the base; an ocbraceous middle band, which is bordered on the 

 outer side by an undulating black line and contains a transverse 

 whitish streak, the latter representing the reniform mark; an ochra- 

 ceous submarginal band, containing a small apical cinereous patch 

 and abbreviated towards the interior angle; exterior border slightly 

 bent in the middle. Hind wings with a black point in the disk, and 

 with a dark cinereous middle band, which is bordered on the inner 

 side by an undulating blackish line and on the outer side by a less 

 concise slightly zigzag blackish line, the latter irregularly bordered 

 with ocbraceous on its outer side; exterior border slightly festooned. 

 Female. — Pale cinereous. Wings with darker markings ; the band 



