J 048 CATALOGUE OF 



Thermesia B I PUNCTATA. 



Mas. Fusca ; palpi suberecli, capitis latifudine multo longiores, 

 articulo So lineari ; antenna va/idce, breviusculce ; alee latce, 

 lineis tribus post mediis obscurioribus indistinctis, \a valde 

 undulata, 2a Saque denticulatis ; antica reniformi e guttis 

 dnabus nigrisy margine exteriore subflexo ; posticce apud angu- 

 lum interiorem subtruncatcc. 



Male. Brown, stout, cinereous-brown beneath. Palpi pubes- 

 cent, nearly erect, much longer than the breadth of the head and 

 rising very high above the vertex ; third joint linear, much shorter 

 than the second. Antennae stout, setose, rather short. Abdomeu 

 extending a little beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft small, slightly 

 compressed. Legs stout, smooth. Wings broad, with three indis- 

 tinct darker brown lines beyond the reniform mark ; first line deeply 

 undulating; second and third denticulated; second much nearer 

 to the third than to the first ; marginal points blackish. Fore wings 

 acute ; reniform represented by two black dots, one behind the other ; 

 four cinereous costal points near the tip; exterior border slightly 

 bent in the middle. Hind wings slightly truncated about the 

 interior angle. Length of the body 7 lines; of ihe wings 18 lines. 



o. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Thermesia caliginosa. 



Mas. Nigricante-cinerea ; caput et thorax nigricante fasciata ; 

 palpi suberecti, verticem longe superantes, articulo So lineari ; 

 pedes fimbriali, tarsis apice nudis y tibiis anticis penicillatis ; 

 al<£ liuea post media nigra vix undulata cinereo marginata ex 

 parte dilatata ; antica? fascia submarginali nigra cinereo 

 marginata, antice subobsoleta ; posticm linea exteriore cha- 

 lybaa. 



Male. Blackish cinereous. Head and fore tegulae of the 

 thorax with a blackish band. Palpi pubescent, nearly erect, rising 

 higher than the vertex, but not ionger than the breadth of the head ; 

 third joint linear, full half the length of the second. Antennae 

 setose. Abdomen hardly extending beyond the hind wings; apical 

 tuft small. Legs fringed, excepting the tips of the tarsi ; fore tibiae 

 with a long penicillate tuft at the base. Wings with a black hardly 

 undulating postmedial line, which is bordered with cinereous on the 

 outer side, and is dilated in the hind wings and towards the interior 



