988 CATALOGUE OF 



black point on its inner side; costa red. Length of the body 

 9 lines ; of the wings 24 lines. 



a. East Florida. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



POAPHILA SCITA. 



Mas et foem. Pallide cinereo-cervina (mas) aut albida (foem.); 

 caput et thorax anticus cervina ; palpi oblique ascendentes, 

 articulo So longi-conico ; alee anticce subfalcata?, lineis tribus 

 ferrugineis pallido marginatis, \a valde arcuata, 2a recta, Sa 

 brevi subarcuata ; posticce Jiavescente-cinerece, mari fuscescente 

 marginatce, 



Male and female. Pale cinereous fawn-colour (male) or whitish 

 (female). Head and fore part of the ihorax fawn-colour. Palpi stout, 

 pubescent, obliquely ascending, not rising higher than the vertex ; 

 third joint elongate-conical, about one-third of the length of the 

 second. Antennae setose in the male, setulose in the female. Ab- 

 domen extending a little beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft of the 

 male rather large. Fore wings sub falcate, with three ferruginous 

 pale-bordered lines; first line near the base, much curved outward ; 

 second straight, extending from the tip to two-thirds of the length 

 of the interior border; third slightly curved, extending obliquely 

 outward from two-thirds of the length of the costa to the second ; 

 exterior border convex, rather oblique. Hind wings yellowish 

 cinereous, brownish in the male about the exterior border. Length 

 of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



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



POAPHILA ADUSTA. 



Foem. Cervina, subtus lutea ; palpi lati, squamosi, oblique as- 

 cendentes, veriicem paullo superantes ; pedes Iceves ; alee antica 

 cano conspersce, lineis quatuor ochraceis, la arcuata, 2a 

 angulosa, Sa vix undulata, 4a submarginali subrecta punctis 

 nigris marginata, striga lata nigricante interlineas Sam et 

 4am, reniformi ochraceo marginata ; postica pallide lutece, 

 linea fas ciaque exteriore fuscis diffusis. 



Female. Fawn-colour, bright luteous beneath. Palpi obliquely 

 ascending, rising a little higher than the vertex ; second joint 

 broad, squamous; third lanceolate, about one-third of the length of 

 the second. Abdomen pale luteous. Legs smooth. Wings with 

 an ochraceous marginal festoon. Fore wings hoary-speckled, with 



