882 CATALOGUE OF 



less than half the length of the second. Antennae rather short. 

 Wings rather narrow, with diffuse denticulated lines or bands of 

 brown speckles ; marginal lunules black. Fore wings acute; reni- 

 form mark indicated by a black lunule. Male. — Third joint of the 

 palpi pilose. Antennae setose, with a tuft at a little before the 

 middle. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. 

 Female. — Third joint of the palpi bare. Length of the body 

 4 — 4^ lines; of the wings 9 — 10 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



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MEGATOMIS ? JUDICATAL1S. 



Fcem. Cinerea, gracilis ; palpi longi, compressi, fimbriati, vix 

 ascendentes, articulo 2o supra late fimbriate, 3o acuto brevi ; 

 abdomen alas posticas non superans ; pedes antici nigri ; alee 

 latiuscula?, nigro subconspersce, lineis interiore et exteriore 

 ochraceis subdenticulatis, linea submarginali cinerea indis- 

 tincta incompleta, punctis submarginalibus lineaque mar- 

 ginali nigris ; anticce acuta, punctis costalibus, orbiculari 

 punctiformi, reniformi bipunctiformi maculaque apicali 

 nigris, fascia cinerea, margine exteriore vix flexo ; posticce ex 

 maxima parte nigra. 



Female. Cinereous, slender, white beneath. Palpi long, com- 

 pressed, fringed, hardly ascending; second joint broadly fringed 

 above ; third acute, about one-fourth of the length of the second. 

 Antennae rather slender. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs smooth, slender; fore legs mostly black. Wings 

 rather broad, slightly and minutely speckled with black ; interior 

 and exterior lines ochraceous, slightly denticulated ; submarginal 

 line cinereous, indistinct, incomplete ; submarginal points and mar- 

 ginal line black. Fore wings acute; costal points, punctiform 

 orbicular mark, bipunctiform reniform mark and apical spot 

 black ; a cinereous band adjoining the inner side of the exterior 

 line ; exterior border hardly bent. Hind wings with the band 

 mostly black. Length of the body A\ lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



This and the following species do not accord well in struc- 

 ture with the characteristic species of the genus. 



a. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



