214 CATALOGUE OF 



1. Brotis VULNERARIA. 



Ferrugineo-fusca, subtus schistacea ; caput et antenna ocliracea ; 

 alee plus minusve glaucescente suffusa, lineis duabus satura- 

 tioribus ; anticce linea exteriore saturatiore, vitta aut plaga 

 trigona costali lateritia ; postica? puncto discali albo. Var. /3. 

 — Alee quatuor gutta discali alba. 



Brotis vulneraria, Hilbn. Zutr. f. 319, 320; Verz. Schm. 303, 



2925. 

 Sphacelodes vulneraria, Guen. Phal. ii. 117, 1109, pi. 22, f. 9. 

 Brazil. 



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

 e. St. Domingo. From Mr. Hearne's collection. 



Genus 47. LYCIMNA. 



Mas. Corpus crassum. Frons non fasciculata. Proboscis 

 distincta. Palpi arcuati, latissimi, ascendentes, applicati ; articu- 

 lus 3us minimus. Antennae simplices, vix pubeseentes. Abdomi- 

 nis fasciculus apicalis quadratus. Pedes robusti ; femora fimbriata ; 

 tibia? postieae subincrassatae, calcaribus longissimis. Alee robustse, 

 amplae, fimbria brevi ; anticae falcatae, quadratae, margine exteriore 

 angulato, costa extus subconcava; postieae abdomen superantes, 

 margine interiore fimbriato apicem versus emarginato. 



Male. Body tbick. Front not tufted. Proboscis distinct. 

 Palpi curved, very broad, applied close to the bead ; third joint ex- 

 tremely minute. Autennae simple, very slightly pubescent. Abdo- 

 men with a quadrate apical tuft. Legs robust ; femora fringed ; 

 hind tibiae slightly incrassated ; spurs very long. Wings robust, 

 ample; fringe full. Fore wings falcate, quadrate behind the tips ; 

 exterior border forming a prominent angle in the middle, its hind 

 part straight and oblique ; costa slightly concave exteriorly. Hind 

 wings extending beyond the abdomen, somewhat acute at the 

 tips ; interior angle prominent ; interior border fringed, truncated 

 or emarginated towards its tip. 





