954 CATALOGUE OF 



erect, rising a little higher than the vertex ; third joint elongate- 

 conical, about one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae 

 setulose. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings; apical 

 tuft very slightly compressed. Legs stout ; femora and tibiae 

 densely pilose. Wings with a straight oblique pale cinereous post- 

 medial line which extends from near the end of the interior border 

 of the hjnd wings to near the lip of the costa of the fore wings ; 

 fringe cinereous-bordered. Fore wings elongate, acute; orbicular 

 mark forming a deep black point; reniform brown, narrow; exterior 

 border almost straight, rather oblique, Hind wings broad, brown 

 towards the exterior border. Length of the body 10 lines ; of the 

 wings 24 lines. 



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



OPHISMA ? ANTICA. 



Mas. Cervina , crassa ; caput et thorax aniicus ferruginea ; palpi 

 erecti, pubescentes, caput paullo superantes, articulo So lincari; 

 abdomen subtus lanuginosum ; pedes antici dense fasciculati; 

 alee nigro subconspersa?, linea post media ferruginea recta 

 cinereo marginata ; antiea? linea post media apud costam 

 retracta, linea ante media ferruginea vix undulata, orbiculari 

 e puncto fusco, reniformi atra, plaga postica ferruginea ; 

 postica? apud marginem ex teriorem ferruginea?. 



Male. Fawn-colour, very stout, a little paler beneath. Head 

 and fore part of the thorax ferruginous. Palpi ferruginous, erect, 

 rising a little higher than the vertex ; third linear, much more 

 slender than the second, and hardly half its length. Antennae 

 minutely setulose. Abdomen lanuginous beneath, extending rather 

 beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft small, slightly compressed. 

 Legs stout; fore femora and fore tibiae densely tufted ; spurs long, 

 slender. Wings elongate, thinly black-speckled, with a straight 

 oblique ferruginous postmedial line, which is bordered with cinereous 

 on the outer side and is retracted near the costa of the fore wings. 

 Fore wings with a ferruginous hardly undulating line on the inner 

 side of the orbicular mark, which is represented by a brown point; 

 a nearly straight ferruginous line on the inner side of the reniform, 

 which is deep black and is excavated on the outer side, and has 

 behind it a ferruginous patch which is limited by the exterior line, 

 and hides the hind part of the middle line. Hind wings ferruginous 



