20 CATALOGUE OF 



Var. y. A little larger than var. /3 ; line ochraeeous. 



c. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Redman's collection. 



d. Trenton Falls, New York. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



West Indies. 



9. Chcerodes transponens. 



Mas. Obscure flavescens ; caput supra album ; pedes nigro gut- 

 tati ; alee tinea recta fusca, extus purpurascentes ; antiece 

 falcatce, margin e exteriore incisuris parvis, linea albo punctata 

 costam versus obsoleta, striga costali arcuata angulosa albida, 

 puncto discali parvo ; posticce macula magna exteriore nigra, 

 margine exteriore convexo, linea indistincta. 



Male. Dull yellowish, with numerous little transverse streaks* 

 which are blackish in the hind wings, brown and partly confluent in 

 the fore wings. Head white above. Legs with numerous black 

 dots. Wings with a straight brown line, between which and the 

 exterior border they have a purplish tinge ; under side brighter, with 

 more concise black points. Fore wings distinctly falcate ; exterior 

 border straight from the apical hook to the interior angle, excepting 

 a slight notch opposite each vein ; the line accompanied by white 

 points on the veins, obsolete towards the costa, where there is a white 

 curved zigzag streak, like that of the two preceding species, but 

 more distinct ; discal black point minute. Hind wings with a large 

 black exterior spot in front ; exterior border convex, not angular or 

 undulating; line indistinct. Length of the body 10 lines; of the 

 wings 26 lines. 



This Chcerodes differs much from all the North American 

 species, and with C. transcissa will form a new group in the genus. 



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



10. Chcerodes transtincta. 



Fcem. Cervina, nigro conspersa ; caput supra albidum ; alee linea 

 recta ferruginea subduplicata. spatio interiore subpurpurascente, 

 spatio exteriore obscuriore, puncto discali nigro distincto ; 

 antiece fa Lata, costa non convexa, margine exteriore subjlexo 

 non angulato ; posticce caudatce. 



Female. Fawn-colour, black-speckled, mostly cinereous beneath . 

 Head whitish between the antennae. Wings with a purplish tinge 



