1122 CATALOGUE OF 



the latter; a narrow irregular white lunule in the disk on the inner 

 side of the line, broader beneath ; submarginal line indicated by a 

 few blackish marks of various size; under side with a brown post- 

 medial slightly undulating line composed of lunules. Fore wings 

 acute ; an oblique line near the base, a little paler than the ground 

 hue, bordered with ferruginous on the outer side, much abbreviated 

 towards the costa ; hind part of the exterior border scalloped. Hind 

 wings with a black patch on the interior border joining the inner side 

 of the line ; exterior border scalloped. Length of the body 6 lines; 

 of the wings 16 lines. 



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



Platydia rufinalis. 



Fcem. Rvfa ; palpi svbaseendentes, verticem vix svperantes^artu 

 culo 2o fimbriate^ So sublanceolato ; abdominis latera subfas- 

 ciculaia ; alee anticce subfalcatce, lineis dvabvs nigricantibus, 

 la basali, 2a postmedia, dimidio exteriore viridescente plagam 

 ochraceam nigro unimaculalam includente, lineis nonnullis 

 albidis angulosis, costa basi sitbconvexa, margine exteriore 

 apud medium valde arcuato ; posticce fusca?, fimbria cinerea 

 basi rosea. 



Female. Ked, reddish cinereous beneath. Palpi slightly 

 ascending, hardly rising higher than the vertex, a little longer than 

 the breadth of the head; second joint fringed; third slightly lan- 

 ceolate, about half the length of the second. Abdomen with minute 

 tufts along each side, extending a little beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs smooth. Fore wings subfalcate, here and there with a slight 

 opaline lustre ; two blackish zigzag lines, one near the base, the 

 other beyond the middle; exierior half greenish, containing an 

 ochraceous patch, which includes a black spot; some zigzag whitish 

 lines, which are indistinct, except two beyond the second blackish 

 line; these are interrupted by the patch ; costa slightly convex near 

 the base ; exterior border forming a prominent rounded angle 

 between the second and third inferior veins. Hind wings brown ; 

 fringe cinereous, rosy at the base. Length of the body 6 lines ; of 

 the wings 16 lines. 



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



