1350 CATALOGUE OF 



15. SCOTOSIA UMBRINATA. 



Var. ? Fasca ; aim lunulis rnarginalibus fwcis, gutta subtus dis- 

 cali nigra ; anticm spatio obscuriore lineis denticulalis nigris ; 

 posticm margine exteriore dentato. 



Scotosia umbrinata, Guen. Phal. ii. 443, 1626, pi. 10, f. 2. 



Brazil. 



Var. ? Female. Brown, with a cinereous tinge beneath. 

 Palpi broad, short, porrect ; third joint very minute. Wings ample, 

 with a brown marginal festoon ; underside without markings, except 

 a black discal dot. Fore wings acute ; middle space darker, broadest 

 in front, bordered and interlined with black denticulated lines; exte- 

 rior bonier straight, rather oblique. Hind wings with the exterior 

 border dentate. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 24 lines. 



a. New Grenada. From the Entomological Society's collection. 



16. Scotosia vacillata. 



Mas et fcem. Olivacea; corpus cervinum; palpi brevissimi. 

 ascendentes ; antenna maris pubescenles ; aim anticz> lineis 

 nigricantibus diffusis denticulalis, fasciis tribus pallidis inter- 

 lineatis, linea snbmarginali angulosa pallide cinerea, macula 

 postica glauco-albida ; posticm obscure cinerem, striga apicali 

 albida. 



Male and female. Olive-green. Body fawn-colour, pale cine- 

 reous beneath. Palpi ascending, very short, moderately broad. 

 Antennae of the male pubescent. Wings elongate; marginal line 

 blackish, interrupted by the veins. Fore wings acute, clouded with 

 diffuse denticulated blackish lines ; three pale interlined bands; first 

 band near the base; second interior, acutely angular; third exterior, 

 hardly undulating; submarginal line pale cinereous, zigzag ; a glau- 

 cous-whitish nearly round spot on the middle of the interior border; 

 exterior border almost straight, rather oblique; under side blackish 

 exteriorly, with two large white spots, the first extending from the 

 disk to the costa, the second apical. Hind wings dark cinereous, 

 paler beneath, where there is a whitish apical streak. Length of the 

 body 7 — 8 lines ; of the wings 18 — 21 lines. 



a. Bogota. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



6, c. New Grenada. From the Entomological Society's collection. 



d — k. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



