1026 CATALOGUE OF 



fuscas lineamque exteriorem nigram angulosam includentei 

 mar gine exterior e angulato. 



Female. Brown. Body whitish beneath. Palpi erect, ascend- 

 ing very high above the head ; third joint subclavate, as long as the 

 second. Antennae setulose. Abdomen not extending to the inte- 

 rior angle of the hind wings. Femora and tibiae thickly fringed. 

 Fore wings acute, subtalcate, with two transverse white streaks on 

 the costa, and with a very large yellowish ferruginous-speckled 

 patch, which contains the brown reniform mark and three transverse 

 brown lines, of which the first and third are denticulated ; a yellow- 

 ish patch extending from the outer angle of the first patch to the tip ; 

 a dark brown undulating submarginal line accompanied by white 

 points. Hind wings with a very large yellowish patch, which is 

 traversed by two brown lines and by an intermediate deeply exca- 

 vated brown band and by an exterior zigzag black line; exterior 

 border acutely angular in the middle. Length of the body 7 lines ; 

 of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Nanta. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Thyrtdospila.? compta. 



Mas. Rufescente-cinerea ; palpi ascendentes, capitis latitudine 

 plus duplo longiores, articulo 2o sub fimbriate, So lanceolato 

 subfasciculato ; alee nigricante nebulosce, tinea post media 

 nigricante obliqua subdentata cinereo marginata, linea submar- 

 ginali cinerea angulosa indeterminata, margine exteriore sub- 

 dentato subangulato ; anticce linea ante media nigra angulosa, 

 orbiculari e puncto albo, reniformi alba tenui undulata. 



Male. Reddish cinereous, mostly pale cinereous beneath. 

 Palpi curved, very slender, rising much higher than the vertex, more 

 than twice longer than the breadth of the head ; second joint with a 

 short fringe above ; third lanceolate, full as long as the second, with 

 a small tuft above at somewhat beyond half the length. Antennae 

 slender, setose. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings ; 

 apical tuft compressed, very small. Legs smooth, slender. Wings 

 mostly blackish-clouded, especially towards the exterior border ; a 

 postmedial oblique slightly dentate blackish line, which is irregu- 

 larly bordered on both sides with cinereous ; submarginal line cine- 

 reous, zigzag, very incomplete ; marginal lunules black, cinereous- 

 bordered on the outer side : exterior border slightly dentate, slightly 



