452 CATALOGUE OF 



Mexico. 



4. Bronchelia subroraria. 



Mas. Cinereo'flava ; tibia posticm valde incrassata ; alee sub- 

 ochraceo punctisque fuscis confusis varice, lineis tribus palli- 

 dis dentatis nigro-fusco ex parte marginatis, lunulis mar- 

 ginaiibus nigra- fuscis, fascia submarginali subtus fusca vaga 

 abbreviata, antica vesiculo basali ; postica dilatator, valde 

 dentata?. 



Male. Cinereous-yellow, paler beneath. Hind tibiae much 

 incrassated. Wings here and there dull ochraceous, with various 

 clusters of brown speckles; the three lines pale, dentate, partly 

 accompanied or bordered by blackish brown marks ; marginal 

 lunules blackish brown ; under side with, especially few speckles on 

 the hind wings; submarginal band brown, irregular, abbreviated 

 hindward. Fore wings with a vesicle near the base. Hind wings 

 much prolonged hindward and deeply dentate. Length of the 

 body 9 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



a. Mexico. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



West Indies. 



5. Bronchelia detexta. 



Mas. — Albido-cinerea ; antenna* apice fili forme s ; tibia posiiea 

 subincrassata ; ala? fusvo-cinereo conspersa, linea exteriore 

 nigricante angulata undulata, linea submarginali alba angu- 

 losa intus costam versus f us co marginal, linea media fusca ; 

 antica line a interior e fusca angulata. Fcem. — Alba; alee vix 

 conspersa?, lineis subobsoletis. 



Male. — Whitish cinereous, white beneath. Antenna? broadly 

 pectinated to beyond three-fourths of the length. Hind tibiae 

 slightly incrassated. Wings with cinereous-brown speckles; exte- 

 rior line blackish, angular, undulating; submarginal line white, 

 zigzag, bordered on the inner side with brown towards the costa of 

 the fore wings; marginal lunules blackish; middle line brown. 

 Fore wings very oblique along the exterior border, with an interior 

 brown angular line ; under side with a large brown subquadrate 

 apical spot, which is excavated on the outer side. Female. — Like 

 the male, but white, with the wings much less speckled, and with 



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