1574 CATALOGUE OF 





extremely minute. Wings with a shining white black-bordered 

 discal point, and with a brown exterior undulating extremely slender 

 line. Fore wings acute, with an interior diffuse and very indistinct 

 darker line; costa straight; exterior border hardly convex. Hind 

 wings with a prominent interior an^le; exterior border convex. 

 Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 



Ephyra lucidiferata. 



Mas. Pallide cinereo-ochracea ; alee nigricante conspersce, punctis 

 marginalibus nigris ; anticce acutce ; posticce macula discali 

 alba nilente, 



Male. Pale ochraceous, with a cinereous tinge, more cinereous 

 beneath. Frontal tuft rather prominent. Palpi extending a little 

 beyond the head; third joint extremely minute, less than one-sixth 

 of the length of the second. Antennae moderately pectinated, except 

 at the tips. Spurs long. Wings minutely and transversely blackish- 

 speckled ; marginal points black. Fore wings acute ; costa straight ; 

 exterior border slightly convex, rather oblique. Hind wings with a 

 shining white discal spot. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 

 16 lines. 



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



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Ephyra acutaria. 



Fcem. Cinereo-rufescens ; palpi porrecti, gracillimi, arliculo 3o 

 lineari ; thorax antice nigricans ; alee angusta, elongatce, con- 

 spersce, lineis tribus fuscescentibus indistinctis denticulatis, 

 3a nigro punctata, lunulis marginalibus nigricantibus, puncto 

 discali albo ; antica per acuta, rufescente conspersce, costa 

 nigricante. 



Female. Cinereous-reddish, cinereous beneath. Palpi por- 

 rect, very slender, extending beyond the head; third joint linear, 

 much shorter than the second. Thorax blackish in front. Wings 

 narrow, elongate, thickly speckled, with three brownish oblique 

 indistinct denticulated lines; third line accompanied by black points; 

 marginal lunules blackish; discal point white. Fore wings very 

 acute, reddish-speckled, a little darker along the exterior border; 



