928 CATALOGUE OF 



Desmia JBulisalis. 



Mas. Fusca, subtus alba ; pectus niveum ; abdomen alas posticas 

 paullo superans ; alee subcuprece^ apud discum subpurpurea ; 

 anticce fascia opalina costam non attingente postice interrupta, 

 puncto contiguo maculaque exteriore magna oblonga transversa 

 bidentata opalinis ; posticus fascia obliqua opalina lineam pos- 

 ticam fuscam includente. 



Male, Brown, white beneath. Pectus pure white. Abdomen 

 extending a little beyond the hind wings. Wings with a cupreous 

 tinge, more purple in the disk. Fore wings with an opaline band, 

 which does not extend to the costa, and is interrupted near the inte- 

 rior border; an opaline point on its outer side ; a large exterior ob- 

 long transverse opaline spot, which has two notches on its outer side. 

 Hind wings with an oblique opaline band, which contains a brown 

 line, the latter abbreviated in front. Length of the body 5 lines ; 

 of the wings 12 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



Desmia Nerinalis. 



Fcem. Nigricans , gracilis ; palpi porrecti, breves, lati, acuti, sub- 

 nivei ; antennce graciles ; abdomen alas posticas vix superans ; 

 alee linea exteriore obliqua pallida vix conspicua ; antica. 

 acutce, linea exteriore apud costam dilatata, guttis quatuor dis- 

 calibus albis ; posticaz fascia interiore attenuata albida. 



Female. Blackish, slender, whitish beneath. Palpi porrect, 

 short, broad, acute, pure white beneath, as is also the fore part of 

 the pectus. Antennae slender. Abdomen hardly extending beyond 

 the hind wings. Wings with an exterior oblique pale very indis- 

 tinct line ; fringe mostly white at the base, here and there wholly 

 white. Fore wings acute ; exterior line ending in a costal white 

 dot, and having three white dots on its inner side ; a white interior 

 discal dot. Hind wings with an interior incomplete white band, 

 which is attenuated hindward. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the 

 wings 8 lines. 



Allied to D. Opisalis in structure. 



Brazil. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



