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base, and with a blackish costal patch at a little before the middle ; 

 a blackish discal dot near the inner side of a blackish undulating 

 exterior line, which is ohsolete hindward; marginal points black ; 

 exterior border slightly convex and oblique. Hind wings whitish, 

 iridescent, nearly hyaline, with a fawn-coloured streak near the tip 

 of the costa. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



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



33. Nephopteryx rufescentalis. 



Fcem. Rufescente-fulva ; palpi sat graciles, suberecti, verticem 



superantes, articulo 3o lanceolato ; alee anticce angustce, apice 



- rotundatae, punctis paucis discalibus nigris, costa pallida, 



margine exteriore perobliquo; postica? albidce, fere hyalina, 



apice subfulvescentes. 



Female. Eeddish fawn-colour, paler beneath. Palpi smooth, 

 rather slender, nearly erect, rising higher than the vertex; third 

 joint lanceolate, nearly half the length of the second. Fore wings 

 narrow, rounded at the tips, with four or five black discal points; 

 costa pale; exterior border convex, very oblique. Hind wings 

 whitish, iridescent, nearly hyaline, with a slight fawn-coloured tinge 

 at the tips. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



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



34. Nephopteryx fissuralis. 



Fcem. Carta, robusta ; palpi vix ascendentes, caput perpaullo 

 superantes, articulo 3o minimo ; pedes validi ; ala anticce 

 angusta, apice rotundatce, fusco substrigata, vitta discali 

 apice f areata punctisque exterioribus punctisque marginalibus 

 nigris ; postica albida, fere hyalince. 



Female. Hoary, stout. Palpi very slightly ascending, ex- 

 tending very little beyond the head ; third joint very minute. Ab- 

 domen cinereous, extending very little beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs stout. Fore wings narrow, diffusedly. streaked with brown, 

 somewhat rounded at the tips ; a black discal stripe, which is 

 forked at the tip, and has beyond it a few black points which indi- 

 cate the submarginal line ; marginal points black, exterior border 

 convex, slightly oblique. Hind wings whitish, iridescent, nearly 

 hyaline. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 13 lines. 



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





