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West Indies. 

 16. Htpochalcia cervinistrigalis. 

 Foem. Cinerea ; pal-pi validly disjuncti, capitis latiludine multo 

 Ion g lores ; thorax subroseus ; alee linea marginali fusca, fim- 

 bria interlineata ; anticce nigra conspersce, costa liturisque 

 discalibus albidis, basi vittisque tribus roseis, punctis submar- 

 ginalibus nigris. 



Female. Cinereous, paler beneath. Front rather prominent. 

 Palpi porrect, stout, remote from each other, much longer than the 

 breadth of the head ; third joint lanceolate, a little shorter than the 

 second. Antenna? slender. Body whitish beneath. Thorax some- 

 what rosy. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. 

 Wings with a brown marginal line ; fringe with two brown lines, 

 one of which is basal. Fore wings narrow, hardly acute, minutely 

 black-speckled ; costa and some discal marks whitish ; base and 

 three irregular stripes rosy ; first stripe in the exterior part of the 

 disk ; second hindward, nearly connected with the third, which is 

 marginal ; submarginal points black, minute. Hind wings with a 

 whitish cinereous fringe. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 

 11 lines. 



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



17. HYPOCHALCIA PYRALINALIS. 



Foem. Cinereo-fusca, subiridescens ; corpus subtus albidum ; 

 palpi porrecti, lanceolati, disjunct^ capitis latitudine bre- 

 viores, articulo So minimo ; alee anticce latiusculce, subaculce, 

 macula discali guttisque duabus interioribus nigricantibus^ 

 linea exteriore cinerea denticulata intus fusco marginata ; 

 postica linea exteriore vix conspicua. 



Female. Cinereous-brown, shining, slightly iridescent, cinereous 

 beneath. Body whitish beneath. Palpi porrect, lanceolate, apart 

 from each other, shorter than the breadth of the head ; third joint 

 very minute. Antennae slender. Abdomen hardly extending be- 

 yond the hind wings. Wings rather broad. Fore wings slightly 

 acute, with a blackish discal spot, and with two less conspicuous in- 

 terior blackish discal dots ; exterior line cinereous, denticulated, 

 brown-bordered on the inner side. Hind wings rather paler, with 

 slight indications of the exterior line. Length of the body 3J lines ; 

 of the wings 9 lines. 



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



