60 CATALOGUE OF 



satcB ; abdomen alas posticas longe superans ; alee anticce an* 

 gustce, acuta?, lineis duabus fuscis indistinctis subdentatis, 

 linea subrnarginali cinerea, punctis marginalibus nigricanti- 

 bus, spado costali cano ; postica cinerea?, subhyalin<B, 



Male. Cinereous-brown, moderately stout. Palpi obliquely 

 ascending, rising very little higher than the vertex; third joint lan- 

 ceolate, less than half the length of the second. Antenna stout ; 

 first and second joints incrassated. Abdomen extending much be- 

 yond the hind wings. Fore wings narrow, acute, with two brown 

 indistinct slightly dentate lines, the second bordering the cinereous 

 submarginal line ; costal space difFusedly hoary ; marginal points 

 blackish, indistinct. Hind wings cinereous, slightly hyaline. 

 Length of the body \\ lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Rio Janeiro. From Mr. Stephens' collection. 



38. Nephopteryx minualis. 



Foem. Pallide cervina ; palpi lanceolati, graciles, subascendentes, 

 sat longi^ fusco trifasciati, articulo 2o subarcuato, So Ion* 

 giuseulo ; ala antics angusUe, subacute, nigro subconspersa, 

 punctis duobus nigris, linea subrnarginali nigricante indis- 

 tincta ; postica alba, fere hyalina. 



Female. Pale fawn-colour, paler beneath. Palpi lanceolate, 

 slender, slightly ascending, with three brown bands, nearly as long 

 as the breadth of the head ; second joint very slightly curved ; third 

 acute, about half the length of the second. Fore wings narrow, 

 slightly acute, thinly and irregularly black-speckled ; two black 

 points, one near the interior border, the other in the interior disk ; 

 submarginal line blackish, indistinct. Hind wings white, nearly 

 hyaline. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 

 a. Honduras. From Mr. Dysons collection. 



39. Nephopteryx deprivalis. 

 Subcervino-cinerea ; ala anticce angusta, nigricante subconspersav 

 apice subrotundata, linea subrnarginali subundulata pallide 

 cinerea, punctis marginalibus nigris, margine exteriore ob- 

 liquo subconvexo ; postica albida, fere hyalince, linea mar- 

 ginali fusca tenui. 



Cinereous, with a slight tinge of fawn-colour. Fore wings 

 narrow, slightly rounded at the tips, indistinctly blackishrspeekled ; 

 a pale cinereous slightly undulating submarginal line ; marginal 



