2106 CATALOGUE OF 



the tip; third linear, obliquely ascending, nearly half the length of 

 the second, with which it forms an obtuse angle. Antennae slender, 

 very minutely setulose and pubescent. Abdomen hardly extending 

 beyond the hind wings, tapering from the base to the tip, which is 

 slightly compressed.* Legs smooth, slender ; spurs long, slender. 

 Wings moderately broad. Fore wings elongate, acute ; exterior 

 border slightly convex, rather oblique ; second inferior vein as far 

 from the first as from the third ; fourth moderately remote from the 

 third. 



Pert a arenalis. 



Fcem. Pallide testacea ; caput apud oculos cervinum ; abdomen 

 apice rufescens ; pedes rufescentes ; alee antiece lineis duabus 

 pallidioribus obliquis subrectis, gutta strigulaque arcuata 

 nigricantibus inlermediis, punctis quatuor exterioribus nigris 

 elongatis ; posticce apud marginem exteriorem rufescente con- 

 spersce. 



Female. Pale testaceous. Head fawn-colour about the eyes. 

 Second joint of the palpi fawn-colour on the outer side. Abdomen 

 reddish at the tip. Legs reddish. Wings beneath reddish-speckled. 

 Fore wings with two paler oblique nearly straight lines; orbicular 

 mark forming a blackish dot on the inner side of the first line ; reni- 

 form represented by a little blackish curved streak between the lines ; 

 four elongated black points in a transverse row between the second 

 line and the exterior border. Hind wings reddish-speckled towards 

 the exterior border. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 

 12 lines. 



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



Genus SUMA. 



Fcem, Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis brevis. Palpi sat gra- 

 ciies, subascendentes, verticem paullo superantes ; articulus 2us 

 squaraosns ; 3us linearis, 2o brevior raulto gracilior. Antennas sat 

 graciles. Abdomen alas jnsticas non superans. Pedes lasves, sat 

 graciles ; calcaria longiuscula, sat gracilia. Ala3 anticae lata?, elon- 

 gate, acutae, margine exteriore flexo. 



Female. Body rather slender. Proboscis short. Palpi rather 

 slender, slightly ascending, rising a little higher than the vertex, 

 much longer than the breadth of the head ; second joint squamous; 

 third linear, conical at the tip, much more slender and a little shorter 



