944 CATALOGUE OF 



Hymenia Actealis. 



Faem. Fusca, sat gracilis ; palpi porrecti, brevissimi ; abdomen 

 alas posticas paullo superans, segmentis albido marginatis ; 

 alee purpurascentes, maculis, guttis punciisque plurimis semi- 

 hyalinis flavescente-albis, fimbria albido- drier ea fusco] inter- 

 lineata, margine exteriore vixflexo ; anticce subfalcatee. 



Female. Brown, rather slender, white beneath. Palpi por- 

 rect, very short, moderately broad ; third joint very minute. Abdo- 

 men extending a little beyond the hind wings ; hind borders of the 

 segments whitish. Wings purple-tinged, moderately broad, with 

 many yellowish white semihyaline spots, dots and points, which form 

 a very irregular and diffuse oblique band ; fringe whitish cinereous, 

 interlined with brown ; exterior border hardly bent. Fore wings 

 inclining to a subfalcate form. Length of the body 3 lines ; of 

 the wings 8 lines. 



a. Villa Nova. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



ins. 



Hymenia? Phrasitjsalis. 



Fcem. Testacea, gracilis ; abdomen alas posticas paullo superans, 

 segmentis albido marginatis, segmento apicali nigricante ; 

 alee (posticce prcesertim) fusco conspersce, linea marginali fim- 

 briaque extus albidis ; antica vix acuta, lineis duabus tes- 

 taceis, linea interiore subundulata, linea exteriore valde flexa 

 ex parte alba scmihyalina ; posticce fascia alba semihyalina 

 extus dentata fasciaque testacea approximates, litura submar- 

 ginali testacea, margine exteriore antice inciso. 



Female. Testaceous, slender, paler beneath. Head wanting. 

 Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings ; hind borders 

 of the segments whitish ; apical segment mostly blackish. Wings 

 moderately broad, with brown speckles, which are most prevalent 

 and confluent in the hind wings; marginal line whitish; fringe 

 whitish exteriorly, here and there wholly whitish. Fore wings 

 hardly acute, with two testaceous lines ; interior line slightly undu- 

 lating ; exterior line very much bent, partly white and semihyaline. 

 Hind wings with a white semihyaline band, which is dentate on the 

 outer side, and is separated by a brown line from a testaceous band ; 

 a subniarginal testaceous mark ; exterior border very slightly 

 notched at one-third of the length from the tip. Length of the 

 body 4^ lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



