LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 819 



white streak. Hind wings white, with a broad brown border, which 

 contains a white streak near the interior angle ; marginal line white ; 

 three small blackish marks near the end of the interior border. 

 Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



Nearly allied to P. rufatrix,fwm which it may be distinguished 

 by its large size and by several differences in the markings of the 

 fore wings. 



a, b. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



EUTELIA APICALIS. 



Mas. Ochracea ; palpi subarcuati, oblique ascendentes y veriicem 

 lonye superantes, articulo So lanceolato ; thorax postice 

 cinereus ; abdomen basi cinereum, lateribus fasciculalis, seg- 

 ments albo marginalia ; alee ant.icce purpurascente-cinerece, 

 nigrivante conspersce, linea an gulata, fascia exteriore obliqua 

 diffusa linoolaque antica ferrugineis, linea adhuc exteriore 

 nigricante denticulala indistincta, macula discali nigra ob- 

 longa ; poslicce cinereoe, fuscescenle marginatce. 



Male. Ochraceous, cinereous beneath. Palpi slightly curved, 

 obliquely ascending, rising much higher than the vertex ; second 

 joint clothed with short hairs; third lanceolate, more than half the 

 length of the second. Antennas minutely pubescent. Hind part 

 of the thorax cinereous. Abdomen tufted along each side, cinereous 

 towards the^ base, extending for more than half its length beyond 

 the hind wings ; hind borders of the segments while. Legs long, 

 slender. Pure wings purplish cinereous, acute, blackish-speckled, 

 with a ferruginous band which extends from a little before the 

 middle of the costa to the interior angle, and is diffuse onjts outer 

 side, where it is interrupted by a small oblong black spot ; a fer- 

 ruginous angular line nearer the base, and another ferruginous 

 line extending from the costa to the outer side of the band 

 and accompauied on its outer side by an indistinct denticulated 

 blackish line ; marginal festoon brown ; live whitish points on the 

 costa. Hind v\ings cinereous, irregularly brownish-bordered. 

 Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



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



EUTELIA DISTRACTA. 



Mas et foem. Subcervino-cinerea, subtus alba ; palpi laves, 

 oblique ascendentes, articulo So lanceolalo ; abdomen nigra 

 bilitieatum, maculis dorsalibus albis; alee anticce fuscescente- 



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