LEPIDOPTERA HETEttOCERA. 1039 



with a denticulated brown postmedial line. Fore wings acute ; 

 reniform mark large, brownish-bordered, white, small and brown- 

 bordered on the under side ; three cinereous costal points near the 

 tip ; exterior border hardly bent. Hind wings with the interior 

 angle prominent. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 

 16 lines. 



o, b. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Theemesia aurora. 



Pallide ochracea aut Icete lutea, subtus Icete rufa, caput et thorax anti- 

 cus cinereo-rufescentia; alee latiuscula, subaurata?, lineis duabus 

 fusees centibus nonnunguam subobsoletis, 2a recta flavescente 

 late marginata, punctis submarginalibus nigricantibus albido 

 notalis ; anticce spatio marginali pallide fuscescente, maculis 

 duabus costalibus fuscis, linea la arcuata,2a diffusa ; posticce 

 spatio marginali nonnunguam pallide rufo. 



Pale ochraceous or bright luteous, bright red beneath. Head 

 and fore part of the thorax cinereous-reddish. Abdomen hardly 

 extending beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, rather slender. 

 Wings rather broad, slightly gilded, with two brownish lines, which 

 are sometimes almost obsolete ; first line antemedial, slight, curved 

 outward in the fore wings, straight and oblique in the hind wings ; 

 second postmedial, straight, oblique, more distinct, broadly bordered 

 with yellowish on the inner side, diffuse on the outer side in the 

 fore wings ; some blackish whitish-marked submarginal points, 

 which vary in number ; under side with a blackish discal spot, and 

 with two blackish slightly curved lines, of which the first is almost 

 obsolete in the fore wings. Fore wings acute, with two brown spots 

 on the costa ; space beyond the second line sometimes pale brown- 

 ish ; reniform mark indistinct, rather narrow, brownish-bordered. 

 Hind wings with the space beyond the second line sometimes pale 

 red. Length of the body 5^ lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



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



Thermesia brevipennis. 



Mas. Fusca; corpus subtus album; fasciculus frontalis pro - 

 ductus ; palpi obligue ascendentes, verticem longe superantes, 

 articulo 3o lineari ; ala breves, linea post media obligua 

 obscure fusca cinereo marginata antice arcuata, linea submar- 



