844 CATALOGUE OF 



bus, fascia 2a apud costam dilatata, punctis submarginalibus 

 nigris, margine exteriore angulato ; posticce luteal, fusco late 

 marginata. 



Female. Purplish ferruginous, ochraceous beneath. Head and 

 fore part of the thorax ochraceous. Fore wings with some darker 

 irregular lines and with two darker bands, of which the second is 

 dilated along ihe costa nearly to the first ; a suhmarginal row of 

 black points; exterior border distinctly angular in the middle. 

 Hind wings luteous, with a broad brown border. Wings beneath 

 browu-speckled, with a small brown discal streak, and with two 

 exterior brown lines. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 

 16 lines. 

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



Plusiodonta com mo da. 



Mas. Obscure ochracea ; caput cris latum, lineis duabus trans- 

 versis argenteis ; palpi verticem longissime superanles, articulo 

 2o densissime fimbriato, So lanceolato ; alee anticce subfalcatce, 

 lineis cinereis nitentibus undulatis, fascia basalt, macula 

 discali, maculis tribus submarginalibus lineaque brevi un- 

 dulata auratis, spatio marginali ochraceo, litura marginali 

 dentata fusca, margine exteriore flexo, margine interiore 

 fasciculato ; postica? caprece. 



Male. Dark ochraceous, cinereous beneath. Head with two 

 transverse silvery lines, and with a prominent crest. Palpi rising 

 much higher than the vertex; second joint very densely fringed ; 

 third lanceolate, full half the length of the second. Fore wings 

 subfalcste, with several transverse undulating shining cinereous 

 lines, with an irregular gilded band near the base, with a gilded 

 spot in the disk, and with three submarginal gilded patches, of which 

 one is bordered with dark brown ; these are included in an ochraceous 

 marginal space, which also contains a short gilded undulating brown- 

 bordered line and a dark brown marginal acutely dentate mark ; ex- 

 terior border bent ; interior border tufted in the middle. Hind 

 wings cupreous. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 18 

 lines. 

 a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



Plusiodonta detracta. 



Mas. Cinereo-fusca ; palpi oblique ascendentes, capitis latitudine 

 fere duplo longiores, articulo 2o late fimbriato, So lanceolato; 



