1046 CATALOGUE OF 



Thermesia ADJUNCTA. 



Fcem. Cinereo-cervina ; caput el thorax anticus obscure fusca ; 

 fasciculus frontalis porrectus, acutus ; palpi oblique ascend- 

 entes 9 capitis latitudine multo longiores, articuto So lineari 

 subfasciculato ; ala linea recta ferruginea cinereo marginala 

 apud costam retracta ; anticce linea basali angulosa nigricante, 

 reniformi nigra cinereo marginata ; posticus reniformi epuncto 

 nigro. 



Female. Cinereous fawn-colour, more cinereous beneath. 

 Head and fore tegulae of the thorax dark brown. Frontal tuft por- 

 rect, acute. Palpi slender, pubescent, obliquely ascending, much 

 longer than the breadth of the head ; third joint linear, slightly 

 tufted above, much shorter than the second. Abdomen not extend- 

 ing beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth. Wings with a straight 

 ferruginous line, which is bordered with cinereous on its outer side, 

 and extends from two-thirds of the length of the interior border of 

 the hind wings towards the tips of the fore wings, near which it is 

 acutely retracted to the costa ; under side with a blackish postmedial 

 denticulated line, and with a black point which represents the reni- 

 form mark. Fore wings acute, with a blackish zigzag line near the 

 base; reniform mark black, cinereous-bordered, narrower in front, 

 excavated on the outer side. Hind wings with the reniform mark 

 represented by a black point. Length of the body 6 lines; of the 

 wings 16 lines. 



This species is nearly allied to T. alacris, but the reniform 

 mark is differently shaped in the fore wings. 



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



Thermesia ignilikea. 



Mas. Rufa ; fasciculus frontalis porrectus, acutus ; palpi oblique 

 ascendentes, verticem longe superantes, articulo So cinereo 

 lineari fusco-conspersa ; tibia: anticce cinerece, fusco bifasci- 

 atce ; alee elongatce> linea recta obliqua rufa cinereo marginata 

 apud costam retracta, linea submarginali subrecta e punctis 

 elongatis nigris ; antica? lineis duabus angulosis indistinctis 

 saturate rufis, orbiculari e gutta cinerea fusco marginata, 

 reniformi vix conspicua. 



