1044 CATALOGUE OF 



Thermesia T0RRIDA. 



Mas. Obscure cervina ; fasciculus apicalis porrectus ; palpi 

 oblique ascendentes, capitis latitudine longiores, articulo 3o 

 lineari apice cinereo ; alee lata, punctis nonnullis albis, 

 lineis duabus denticulatis indistinctis lineaque intermedia 

 subobsoleta obscurioribus, linea submarginali subundulata e 

 punctis nigris ; anticce reniformi fuscescente marginata* 



Male. Dark fawn-colour, paler and with a cinereous tinge 

 beneath. Frontal tuft porrect. Palpi pubescent, obliquely ascend- 

 ing, longer than the breadth of the head and rising much higher 

 than the vertex ; third joint linear, cinereous at the tip, rather more 

 than half the length of the second. Antenna? setose. Legs stout, 

 smooth. Wings broad, with two indistinct darker denticulated 

 lines, which are accompanied by a few white points ; an almost 

 obsolete intermediate darker line; submarginal line slightly undu- 

 lating, indicated by black points ; marginal festoon black. Fore 

 wings acute; renitorm mark with a brownish border; four pale 

 cinereous costal points near the tip ; exterior border convex, slightly 

 oblique. Length of the body 6 ? lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Honduras. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



Thermesia sobria. 



Foera. Cinerea ; caput et thorax anticus cervina; palpi laves, 

 oblique ascendentes, verticem longe superantes, articulo So 

 lineari ; antenne setosce ; pedes fimbria ti ; alee lineis duabus 

 angulosis rufis, punctis submarginalibus et marginalibus 

 nigris ; anticai subacute, lineis la 2aque apud costam 

 dilatatis, lineis duabus basalibus rufis urtgulosis, orbiculari 

 et reniformi rufo marginatis, margine exleriore subflexo. 



Female. Cinereous, stout. Head and fore part of the thorax 

 fawn-colour. Palpi smooth, ascending obliquely much higher than 

 the vertex ; third joint linear, rounded at the tip, much shorter and 

 more slender than the second. Antennae beset with rather long 

 bristles. Abdomen acute, not extending beyond the hind wings. 

 Femora and tibiae fringed. Wings broad, with two zigzag red 

 lines; first line accompanied by red speckles; two lines of black 

 points, one submarginal, the other marginal ; marginal line 



