lepjdopteka hetekoceba. 883 



Megatomis? Nealcesalis. 



Mas. Pallide cinerea, sat gracilis, ferrugineo conspersa ; palpi 

 ascendentes, fimbriati, longiusculi, sat graciles, articulo So 

 lanceolato ; antenna subpubescentes ; abdomen alas posticas 

 superans, segmentis albo marginatis, apice compresso ; pedes 

 sat validi ; alee elongates, margine exteriore subfiexo ; anticce 

 subfalcatce, punctis costalibus albis, fasciis duabus ferru- 

 gineis, la vix obliqua intus diffusa extus concisa, striga pos- 

 tica obliqua albida, macula fusca strigaque angulata ferru- 

 ginea basalibus, striga disc ali arcuata ferruginea. 



Male. Pale cinereous, rather slender, ferruginous-speckled. 

 Palpi ascending, fringed, rather long and slender ; third joint lan- 

 ceolate, nearly half the length of the second. Antennae slender, 

 very minutely pubescent. Abdomen extending rather beyond the 

 hind wings; hind borders of the segments white; tip somewhat 

 compressed. Legs smooth, rather stout. Wings elongate; exte- 

 rior border slightly bent. Fore wings subfalcate, with white points 

 along the exterior part of the costa ; two ferruginous bands; the 

 first concise on the outer side, diffuse on the inner side, almost up- 

 right ; the second irregular, accompanied by a hind ward oblique 

 whitish streak ; a brown spot and an angular ferruginous streak 

 between the base and the first band, and a curved ferruginous 

 streak between the two bands. Hind wings more thickly speckled 

 than the fore wings. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 

 10 lines. 



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



Megatomis Dokcandeealis. 



Mas. Testacea, sat gracilis, antice ferruginea ; fasciculus front- 

 alis acutus ; oculi albo cincti ; palpi longi, ascendentes, 

 articulo 2o lato vestito, So nudo lineari gracillimo ; antenna: 

 setosce ; abdomen alas posticas perparum superans ; pedes an- 

 tici nigricante-cinereo fimbriati ; alee concolores, lineis tribus 

 dentatis indistinctis , punctis submarginalibas lineaque mar- 

 ginali nigricantibus ; arrticce longce, acutce, punctis costalibus 

 albis, orbiculari et rehiformi annularibus magnis, margine 

 exteriore subconvexo valde obliquo ; posticce breviusculce, mar- 

 gine exteriore subfiexo, Utura apud marginem interiorem 

 nigricante et albida. 



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