£64 CATALOGUE OF 



forming a whitish point; reniforra represented by a slender dark 

 brown lunule. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



It has some affinity to B. Nisosalis. 



Kio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



Bleptina Opitebalis. 



Fcem. Obscure fusca, sat valida ; palpi arcuati, ascendentes, ar- 

 ticulo 3o lanceolato longiusculo ; abdominis segmenta albido 

 marginata ; alee latiuscula ; antica fascia media latissima 

 testacea lineas tres fuscas incompletas includente, linea submar- 

 ginali pallida denticulata indistincta, margine exteriore sub- 

 obliquo apice rectangulato ; postica fuscescente-cinerea. 



Female. Dark brown, moderately stout, cinereous beneath. 

 Palpi curved, ascending high above the vertex ; third joint lanceo- 

 late, nearly half the length of the second. Abdomen cinereous- 

 brown, hardly extending beyond the hind wings ; hind borders of 

 the segments whitish. Wings rather broad. Fore wings with a 

 very broad testaceous middle band, which occupies half the surface, 

 and contains three slight incomplete brown lines ; submarginal line 

 pale, denticulated, slender, indistinct; tips rectangular; exterior 

 border slightly oblique. Hind wings brownish cinereous. Length 

 of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



Agrees with B. Nisosalis in structure. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



Bleptina Oppialis. 



Mas. Ferrugineo-fusca, sal robusta ; fasciculus frontalis porrectus ; 

 palpi ascendentes, articulo 2o arcualo, 3o lanceolato ; antennae 

 subsetulosa ; abdominis segmenta albido marginata ; alaelon- 

 gatce ; anticce vix acuta, basi pallida, linea basali obliqua 

 nigra, linea interiore fusca subrecta, lineis media et exteriore 

 undulatis, spatio marginali obscuro lineam submarginalem 

 pallidum denticulatam includente, guttis duabus subapicalibus 

 punctisque marginalibus nigris, reniformi e punctis duobus ; 

 postica albido- cinerea, fusco marginata . 



Male. Ferruginous-brown, rather stout, cinereous beneath. 

 Frontal tuft prominent. Palpi rising high above the head ; second 



