996 CATALOGUE OF 



wings acute, with a brown point in the disk before the middle; a 

 straight ochraceous line extending from a little beyond the middle 

 of the exterior border, on approaching which it is joined by an 

 indistinct oblique cinereous line from the costa ; exterior border 

 bent in the middle, not oblique in front, very oblique hindward. 

 Hind wings with an aeneous tinge, darker fawn-colour towards the 

 exterior border ; fringe whitish cinereous. Length of the body 

 8 lines ; of the wings 17 lines. 



St. Domingo. In Mr. Saunders* collection. 



Phurys arcuata. 



Mas. Pallide cinereo-cervina ; palpi pubescentes, erecti, verticem 

 longe super antes, articulo 3o lanceolato ; antenna setulosa ; 

 pedes robusti, fimbriati ; alee anticce peracutce, nigro subcon- 

 spersce, fasciis duabus diffusis nigro-fuscis, la angusta, 2a 

 lata} linea exteriore e punctis nigris, punctis duo bus ante 

 mediis nigris ; posticce fusco marginata. 



Male. Pale cinereous fawn-colour, with a pale ochraceous 

 tinge beneath Palpi pubescent, erect, rising much higher than 

 the vertex ; third joint lanceolate, less than half the length of the 

 second. Antennas stout, setulose. Abdomen not extending beyond 

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

 stout ; femora and tibiae fringed. Wings with black marginal 

 points. Fore wings very acute, thinly and minutely black-speckled ; 

 two blackish oblique bands, concise on the inner side, passing 

 diffusedly into brown on the outer side; first band narrow; second 

 broad, convex on the inner side, accompanied by a row of black 

 points on the outer side ; a black point near the interior border on 

 the inner side of the first band and another near the fore part of 

 the outer side of that band. Hind wings with a *brown marginal 

 band, which is narrower and submarginal towards the interior border. 

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



Phurys biangulata. 

 Foem. Albido-cinerea ; palpi graciles, laves, Mique ascendentes, 

 verticem paullo superantes, articulo So lanceolato ; pedes Iceves ; 

 ala anticce vitta fusca apice dilatata angulumque acutissimum 

 rejiciente, linea postica ochracea, lineis tribus exterioribus 

 obliquis fuscis antice connexis^ vitta costali cervina ; posticce 

 pallide Jlavce, fimbria albida. 



