952 CATALOGUE OF 



curved ; third lanceolate, much more slender than the second and 

 about half its length. Antennae stout. Abdomen extending a little 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth; femora and tibiae rather 

 broad. Wings rather broad. Fore wings acute, with seven pale 

 luteous brown-bordered mostly irregular and connected bands ; 

 fringe pale luteous, brown at the base, Hind wings much like the 

 fore wings ; exterior border slightly undulating. Length of the 

 body 3^- lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



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Cataclysta jEglesalis. 



Mas. Lutea; antenna graciles ; abdomen alas poslicas sat su- 

 perans ; ala sat angusta, fimbria albida ; anticce vix acutce, 

 lineis albidis, tinea interior e recta strigaque diseali cinereo 

 marginatis, striga postica porrecta, strigis duabus exterioribus 

 albis postice attenuatis et approximatis ; posticce pallidiores, 

 lituris discalibus pur pureo-auratis, fascia marginali saturate 

 purpurea annulos quatuor purpureo-auratos includente. 



Male. Luteous. Palpi slender, curved, ascending. Antennae 

 slender. Abdomen extending somewhat beyond the hind wings. 

 Wings rather narrow; fringe whitish. Fore wings hardly acute; 

 lines whitish ; straight interior line and discal streak cinereous-bor- 

 dered ; a longitudinal cinereous streak near the interior angle ; two 

 white exterior streaks attenuated and converging hindward, and 

 ceasing at some distance from the interior angle. Hind wings 

 a little paler, with some purple-gilded marks in the disk, and with a 

 deep purple marginal band, which contains four purple-gilded 

 ringlets. Length of the body 3£ lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



Allied to C. pyropalis. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



Cataclysta CjEsoalis. 



Mas. Albida; antenna robus tee ; thorax cupreo-fuscus ; abdomen 

 alas posticas paullo superans ; alee anticce apice subrotundatce, 

 basi fuscescentes. extus cervince, lineis albidis, linea interiore 

 subarcuata, linea exteriore valde flexa, linea submarginali 

 recta ; posticce albida?, fascia interiore fuscescente, fascia 

 media cervina, lineis exterioribus fuscis serpentinis, fascia 

 marginali atra ocellos quatuor purpureo-auratos includente. 



