866 CATALOGUE OF 



Bleptina Styrusalis. 



Mas. Cinereofusca, gracilis ; palpi longi, arcuati, subfimbriati, 

 ascendentes ; antennae subsetulosce ; abdomen alas posticas non 

 superans ; tibice apice alba ; alee fimbria longa ; anticce acutce, 

 subpurpurascentes, lineis interior e et exterior e incompletis e 

 atomis nigris, linea media fuscescente valde diffusa et indis- 

 tincta, linea submarginali pallida undulata diffuse fusco mar- 

 ginata, striga apicali obliqua nigricante, lunulis marginalibus 

 nigris, reniformi e guttis duabus albidis, margine exteriore 

 vix obliquo. 



Male. Cinereous-brown, slender. Palpi longs curved, slightly 

 fringed, rising high above the vertex ; third joint very acute, hardly 

 half the length of the second. Antennae very minutely setulose. 

 Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft small, 

 compressed. Legs smooth ; tibias with white tips. Wings mode- 

 rately broad ; fringe long. Fore wings acute, with a slight purplish 

 tinge ; interior and exterior lines incomplete, formed by black 

 speckles; middle line brownish, very diffuse and indistinct; sub- 

 marginal line pale, undulating, diffusedly brown-bordered ; a black- 

 ish oblique apical streak ; marginal lunules black ; reuiform mark 

 distinguished by two whitish dots ; exterior border hardly oblique. 

 Length of the body 4J- lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



Resembles B. Pollesalis in structure. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



Bleptina C^epioalis. 



Mas. Schistacea, gracilis ; palpi arcuati, pilosi, longiusculi, as- 

 cendentes, articulo So apice nudo acuto ; antennce subsetulosce ; 

 abdomen alas posticas non superans ; alee anticce acutce, lineis 

 fuscis, linea interiore nigricante recta extus diffusa, lineis 

 duabus mediis angustis undulatis parallelis, linea exteriore 

 subrecta, spatio adkuc exteriore fuscescente, linea submarginali 

 angulosa, lunulis marginalibus fuscis, orbiculari e punctonigro, 

 reniformi e lunula pallide lutea nigro submarginata, margine 

 exteriore sat obliquo. 



Male. Slaty, slender. Under side, abdomen and hind wings cine- 

 reous. Palpi curved, pilose, not fringed, rather long, rising above the 

 vertex ; third joint about half the length of the second, bare and acute 



