LEFIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1335 



CATACLYSTA GRATAL1S. 



Foem. Argenteo-alba ; palpi gr a cites, arcuati, oblique ascendentes, 

 articulo So lanceolato ; pedes gracillimi, tibiis tarsisque anticis 

 fusco fasciatis ; alee anticce fusco conspersce, strigis duabus 

 basalibus, fascia obliqua, strigis duabus longitudinalibus 

 strigisque duabus transversis poilide ockraceis, spaiio inter 

 strigas transversas strigaque postica longitudinali argenteis 

 micantibus ; posticce fasciis duabus pallide ochraceis argenteo 

 marginatis, strigulis exterioribus longitudinalibus ochraceis^ 

 guttis quatuor marginalibus atris purpureo micante notatis. 



Female. Silvery white. Palpi smooth, slender, curved, ob- 

 liquely ascending, not rising higher than the vertex; third joint 

 lanceolate, much shorter than the second. Legs smooth, very 

 slender; fore tibiae and fore tarsi with brown bands. Fore wings 

 with minute brown speckles, which are most prevalent along the 

 apical half of the interior border ; two pale ochraceous streaks pro- 

 ceeding from the base ; one along the costa, the other along the 

 interior border ; an exterior oblique pale ochraceous band, beyond 

 which there are two longitudinal pale ochraceous streaks and two 

 more exterior transverse pale ochraceous streaks, of which the second 

 is apical ; hind part of the space between these two streaks and a 

 longitudinal streak near the interior angle bright silvery. Hind 

 wings with two pale ochraceous bands, which are bordered on the 

 outer side by two bright silvery lines ; exterior part with several 

 little longitudinal ochraceous streaks ; four deep black marginal 

 dots, marked with glittering purple. Length of the body 3? lines; 

 of the wings 8 lines. 



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



Cataclysta egressalis. 



Fcem. Sordide ochracea, robusta ; palpi porrecti, capitis latitu- 

 dine vix breviores, articulo So lanceolato; abdomen argenteo- 

 album ; alee anticce lineis duabus arcuatis albis, fascia 

 intermedia lata cinerea ; posticce pallide cinerece, linea cuprea 

 marginali abbreviata micante. 



Female. Dull ochraceous, stout. Body beneath, abdomen and 

 legs silvery white. Palpi stout, porrect, nearly as long as the breadth 

 of the head ; third joint lanceolate, much shorter and more slender 

 than the second. Abdomen extending rather bevond the hind wings. 



