LEPIDOPTEHA HETEROCERA. 1053 



Thermesia? CONFICITA. 



Mas. Purpurascente-cinerea ; palpi pubescentes, oblique ascend- 

 entes, extus fuscescentes, articulo So subclavalo basi pallide 

 cinereo ; antennae sat valide ; abdomen fasciculo apicali 

 albido ; aim nigro conspersa?, lineis tribus ferrugineis angu- 

 losis, Sa subduplicata, reniformi ferruginea luteo varia ; 

 anticce acutce, linea la subobsoleta, margine exteriore sub- 

 obliquo, 



Male. Purplish cinereous, yellowish cinereous heneath. Palpi 

 pubescent, obliquely ascending, brownish on the outer side, much 

 longer than the breadth oflhe head ; third joint subclavate,*pale cine- 

 reous at the base, much shorter lhan the second. Antenna? setu- 

 lose, rather stout. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind 

 wings; apical tuft whitish, very small. Legs smooth ; spurs long, 

 slender; tips of the tarsal joints whitish. Wings thinly black- 

 speckled, with three ferruginous zigzag lines, of which the first is 

 antemedial and is almost obsolete in the fore wings; third line 

 slightly double ; marginal points black; reniform mark ferruginous, 

 partly luteous in the disk, larger in the fore wings than in the 

 hind wings. Fore acute; exterior border convex, slightly oblique ; 

 four pale cinereous costal points near the tip. Length of the body 

 6i lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



Bio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



THEKMISIA? INFICITAr 



Cinerea 9 fusco conspersa ; palpi fusco vittati, oblique ascendentes, 

 articulo So lanceolato ; pedes anteriores fusci ; alee antics 

 subacutce, lineis quatuor nigricanlibus angulosis, Sa 4aque 

 cinereo pallido marginatis, plaga submarginali fusca, orbicu- 

 lari e gutta nigricante^ reniformi pallide cinerea nigricante 

 submarginala, lunulis marginalibus nigricantibus, margine 

 exteriore sat obliquo ; postica? fmcce. 



Cinereous, brown-speckled. Palpi obliquely ascending, a little 

 longer than the breadth of the head ; second and third joints brown 

 on the outer side, except at the base; third lanceolate, much shorter 

 than the second. Anterior legs mostly brown ; spurs very long and 

 slender; tips of the tarsal joints pale cinereous. Fore wings 

 slightly acute ; the speckles confluent and forming a patch near 



