290 CATALOGUE OF 



wings. Fore wings rectangular at the tips, mostly clouded with 

 black, except towards the base and towards the exterior border, the 

 black hue most prevalent near the costa ; costa and exterior border 

 straight, the latter hardly oblique. Length of the body 3 lines ; of 

 the wings 8 lines. 



a — c. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



42. Teras ro st ran a. 



Fcem. Cervina, subtus ochracea ; palpi capitis latitudine duplo 

 longiores ; ales anticce lineis quatuor strigidisque plurimis 

 transversis pallide cinereis nigro interlineatis ; posticce ochra- 

 cece. 



'Female. Fawn-colour, ochraceous beneath. Palpi porrect, 

 nearly twice longer than the breadth of the head ; third joint lan- 

 ceolate, nearly half the length of the second. Fore wings sharply 

 rectangular at the tips, with many pale cinereous shining transverse 

 streaklets, which are interlined with black ; some of these streaks 

 form four variously oblique transverse lines ; costa very convex 

 towards the base ; exterior border straight, not oblique. Hind 

 wings ochraceous, indistinctly tessellated with darker ochraceous. 

 Length of the body 3^ lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a, b. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



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



d. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



43. Teras xanthoides. 

 xanthoides, Cat. Lep. Het. xxvii. 190 (Begunna). 

 a. Vancouver's Island. Presented by Dr. Lyall. 



44. Teras hudsoniana. 



Mas. Nigricante-cinerea ; abdomen obscure cinereum, fasciculo 

 apicali pallide cervino ; alee anticce subacutce, macula discali 

 subquadrata pallide cinerea, strlgulis paucis transversis exte- 

 rioribus nigris ; posticce cinerece, fimbria longissima. 



Male. Blackish cinereous, cinereous beneath. Palpi porrect, 

 not fringed, as long as the breadth of the head ; third joint conical, 

 not more than one-sixth of the length of the second. Antennae 

 minutely pubescent. Abdomen dark cinereous, extending a little 

 bevond the hind wings ; apical tuft pale fawn-colour. Fore wings 

 slightly acute, with a pale cinereous subquadrate discal spot, and 



