760 CATALOGUE OF 



interior border, and a short broad costal streak of the same hue ; 

 space along the exterior border mostly fawn-colour, including a 

 deeply dentate cinereous submarginal line. Hind wings cinereous, 

 irregularly fawn-coloured along the exterior border. Leugth of the 

 body 1 I lines ; of the wings 2fi lines. 



Bogota. In Mr. Birchall's collection. 



Nystalea ooellata. 



Mas. Cana, nigro conspersa ; antenna glabrce ; thorax linea 

 transversa arcuata nigra, postice eervinus ; alee anlicce costa 

 pallide cervina fusco nebulosa, vitta subcostali albida, lineolis 

 basalibus longitudinalibus nigris, macula apud angulum inte" 

 riorem nigra aryenteo marginata ; postica alba, semihyalina. 



Male. Hoary, minutely black-speckled, mostly white beneath. 

 Palpi stout, vertical, applied to the head and not rising above it; 

 third joint minute. Antennae smooth. Thorax with a transverse 

 black line, which is curved on each side ; hind part fawn-colour. 

 Abdomen pale cinereous, extending rather beyond the hind wings. 

 Le^s slightly pilose. Fore wings with a whitish subcostal stripe ; 

 costa pale fawn-colour, partly shaded with dark brown ; some black 

 longitudinal lines near the base ; one of these is much more con- 

 spicuous than the others ; a large black silvery-bordered spot by the 

 interior angle ; marginal line black. Hind wings white, semi- 

 hyaline, iridescent. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 

 22 lines. 



a. Oajaca, Mexico. From M. Salle's collection. 



Nystalea phaleroides. 



Mas. Cana ; caput pallide cervinum ; palpi fusci ; thorax plaga 

 antica pallide cervina fusco marginata ; abdomen f usees cens ; 

 alee antica lineis plurimis fuscis obliquis dentatis nigro sub- 

 notatis, lineis duabus longitudinalibus nigris, linea submar- 

 ginali e lunulis nigris ; posticcefuscce, basi cinerea. 



Male. Hoary, mostly brownish beneath. Head pale fawn- 

 colour. Palpi brown, slightly ascending ; second joint thickly 

 fringed; third lanceolate, less than half the length of the second. 

 Antennae pubescent, setulose. Thorax with the disk in front pale 

 fawn-colour, bordered with brown. Abdomen brownish, extending 



