1292 CATALOGUE OF 



connected at the base; third twice further from the fourth than from 

 the second. 



Synchromia coccinealis. 



Mas. Coccinea ; caput ochraceum ; antennce nigra, apices versus 

 argenteo-albce ; abdominis segmenta subtus argenteo-albo mar- 

 ginata ; pedes nigri, tarsorum articulis basi argenteo-albis ; 

 alee fimbria nigra ; anticce plaga subapicali saturate cyanea ; 

 posticce apice purpureo-nigra, macula discali cyanea. 



Male. Crimson. Head and palpi ochraceous. Antennae black, 

 silvery white towards the lips. Pectus silvery white in front. Ab- 

 dominal segments beneath from the second to the sixth black with 

 silvery white hind borders. Legs black, tinged with silvery white; 

 tarsal joints silvery white towards the base. Wings with a black 

 fringe. Fore wings with a large dark blue subapical patch. Hind 

 wings purplish black towards the tips; a blue spot in the disk. 

 Length of the body 3£ lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



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

 Genus DESMIA, C. L. H. xvii. 336. 



DESMIA? DIVISAL1S. 



Fusca ; palpi lati, erecti, articulo 2o apice albo, 3o„conico ; aim 

 cenece, lituris albis semihyalinis fusco marginatis ; antica 

 guttis duabus subcostalibus, macula antemedia magna fusco 

 interlineata, macula exteriore costali ; posticce fascia lata 

 obliqua lineam fuscam subundulatam includente. 



Brown. Body beneath and legs silvery white. Palpi broad, 

 erect, not rising higher than the vertex; second joint white at the 

 tip ; third conical, minute. Wings aeneous ; fringe white ; markings 

 white, iridescent, semihyaline. Fore wings acute, with two brown- 

 bordered subcostal dots, one close to the base, the other at one-fourth 

 of the length; a large irregular antemedial spot extending across 

 the wing, bordered by and partly including a brown line, connected 

 by a streak with another brown-bordered spot, which extends from 

 the costa to the middle of the breadth of the wing; exterior border 

 slightly convex, very oblique. Hind wings with a broad oblique 

 band, which is bordered with brown on its inner side and includes a 

 slightly undulating brown line on its outer side. Length of the 

 body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



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



