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Male. White, rather stout. Antenna? broadly pectinated. 

 Wings thinly and minutely brown speckled, with several very indis- 

 tinct zigzag testaceous lines ; interior and exterior lines blackish, 

 the latter much bent, and with several angles ; discal mark pure 

 white, convex, irregular, brown-bordered. Hind wings beneath with 

 a brown costal mark. Length of the body 5J lines ; of the wings 

 16 lines. 



a. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 



36. BOARMIA IDONEARIA. 



Mas etfcem. Albido-cinerea ; thorax fuscescente fas ciatus ; tibia 

 posticce incrassatce ; alee fuscescente conspersce, lineis interiore 

 et exteriore punctisque marginalibus nigris, annulo discali 

 angusto ; anticce linea exteriore valde flexa. 



Male and female. Whitish cinereous. Thorax with a brownish 

 band in front. Hind tibiae incrassated, especially in the male. 

 Wings with pale brownish speckles, which form undulating and very 

 indistinct bands ; interior and exterior lines black, slender, the 

 former widely interrupted, the latter much bent in the fore wings ; 

 marginal points black ; discal ringlet narrow, oblique ; under side 

 with a brown submarginal band. Fore wings beneath with a brown 

 discal dot, and a white apical spot. Male. — Antennae broadly pec- 

 tinated, except towards the tips. Female. — Antennae minutely ser- 

 rated. Length of the body 5—6 lines ; of the wings 14—16 lines. 



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

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



South America. 



The South American species may be divided into five groups, 

 of which the first is like the first European group, the second is like 

 the third European group, and the other three do not agree with any 

 of the preceding divisions. 



Group 1. 





A. Alae carneae. - 



Merops, Cram. 



B. Alae viridescentes. - - - - 



- rectilinearia, Guen. 



C. Alae ochraceae. - 



condensaria, Guen. 



D. Alae cinereae. 





A. Abdomen basi fasciatum. 



vacillaria, Walk. 



B. Abdomen basi non fasciatum. 





