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CATALOGUE OF 



ginali e punctis obscure fuscis, lunulis marginalibus obscure 

 fuscis cinereo margin a tu : antica linea basali et reniformi 

 obscure fuscis cinereo marginatis. 



Male. Brown, cinereous-brown beneath. Body white beneath. 

 Frontal tuft prominent. Palpi pubescent, cinereous on the inner 

 side, obliquely ascending, rising much higher than the vertex; third 

 joint linear, much shorter than the second. Antennae setose, rather 

 long. Abdomen lanceolate, extending rather beyond the hind 

 wings; apical tuft very small. Legs rather slender; femora and 

 tibiae whitish beneath ; joints of the tarsi with whitish tips. Wings 

 short, with a dark brown oblique postmedial line, which is bordered 

 with cinereous on the outer side, and is curved outward beyond the 

 reniform mark in the fore wings ; a submarginal line of dark brown 

 points; marginal lunules dark brown, cinereous-bordered; under 

 side with a blackish dot in the disk. Fore wings acute, with a dark 

 brown cinereous-bordered line near the base ; reniform mark dark 

 brown, cinereous-bordered, hardly excavated ; four cinereous costal 

 points near the tip; exterior border slightly convex and oblique. 

 Hind wings with a dark brown dot in the disk. Length of the body 

 5 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



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



Thermesia FUNESTA. 



Mas. Cinereo-fusca ; caput et thorax anticus obscure fusca ; fas- 

 ciculus frontalis pGrrectus, acutus ; pttlpi oblique ascendentes % 

 capitis latitudine longiores, articulo So lanceolato subfascicu- 

 lato apice cinereo ; ala? nigro conspersa, linea ferruginea recta 

 obliqua cinereo marginata apud costam relracta, linea submar- 

 ginali undulata e punctis o.lbidis nigro notatis ; antica sub- 

 falcatce, puncto basali nigro, linea basali angulosa strigaque 

 antica obliqua nigrieantibus, orbiculari e puncto nigro albido 

 marginata 9 reniformi nigricante marginata, costa obscure 

 ochracea. 



Male. Cinereous-brown, dark cinereous beneath. Head, 

 palpi and fore part of the thorax dark brown. Frontal tuft porrect, 

 acute. Palpi pubescent, obliquely ascending, longer than the 

 breadth of the head, rising a little higher than the vertex; third 

 joint lanceolate, about half the length of the second, slightly tufted 

 above near its tip, which is cinereous. Antennae slender, setose. 

 Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings; apical tuft 



