364 CATALOGUE OF 



submarginali pallida angulosa, litura discali e pilis squamosis 

 erectis ; antica vix dentatce ; posticae valde dentatce. 



Female. Ferruginous, slender. Antennae in in utely crenulated. 

 Thorax with a blackish band. Wings black -speckled, with indis- 

 tinct diffuse brown bands ; interior and exterior lines black, slender, 

 angular, serpentine ; submarginal line pale, zigzag ; discal mark 

 forming a tuft of erect squamous plumes ; under side with less dis- 

 tinct lines, with no submarginal band. Fore wings hardly dentate ; 

 marginal points less elongated than those of the hind wings, which 

 are much dentated. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 

 16 lines. 



Amazon Eegion. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Group 5. 



65. BOARMIA STRENUARIA. 



Fcem. Olivaeeo-viridescens, subtus cinerea ; antennae subpubes- 

 centes ; tibiae postica? vix incrassatae ; alee spissce, fusco con- 

 spersa?, fascia subtus fusca submarginali ; antica elongates, 

 lineis nonnullis transversis undulatis punctisque marginalibus 

 fuscis, lineis interiore et exteriore nigricantibus ; posticce litu- 

 ris nullis. 



Female. Dull olive-green, cinereous beneath. Antennae mi- 

 nutely pubescent. Hind tibiae very slightly incrassated. Wings 

 stout, brown-speckled ; under side with a brown submarginal band. 

 Fore wings elongated, with several brown transverse undulating 

 lines ; interior and exterior lines blackish, more distinct than the 

 others ; marginal points brown ; exterior border very oblique ; discal 

 mark indistinct. Hind wings without markings. Length of the 

 body 6 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



Africa* 



The African species will form five groups ; the first is like the 

 first European group ; the second is like the third European group, 

 and the other three groups are new. 



Group 1. 



66. BOARMIA EMUNCTARIA. 



Fcem. Pallide testacea ; ala subdentatee, fusco strigatce ; anticat 

 viridescente varia, fusco strigat<E 9 lineis duabus fuscis sinuatis 



