LEP1D0PTERA HETEROCERA. 817 



1. Tamarrha GELIDELLA. 



Foem. Nigro-purpurea ; caput sublux albidum ; oculi albo cincti ; 

 thorax albo quadrinotatus ; abdomen ameurn ; alee antica 

 plagis tribus albis, plaga marginali ochracea ; posticcs cenece, 

 fimbria albida. 



Female. Blackish purple. Body whitish beneath. Head 

 white about the eyes. Thorax with white tegulae and with a white 

 mark on each side hindward. Abdomen and hind wings aeneous. 

 Fore wings with a dull ochraceous patch on the exterior border ; 

 three white patches ; first extending along the middle of the costa ; 

 second along the base of the interior border ; third along the apical 

 part of the interior border, joining the ochraceous patch. Hind 

 wings with a whitish fringe. Length of the body 4 lines; of the 

 wings 12 lines. 



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



2. Tamarrha nivosella. 



Mas et foem. Nigro-amea ; caput antice album ; abdomen ceneum ; 

 alee antic& albida, basi fasciaque latissima ameis ; posticus 

 <£neo~cinere&. 



Male and female. Blackish aeueous. Head white above in 

 front. Abdomen aeneous. Fore wings whitish, aeneous at the base, 

 and with a very broad aeneous band, which is beyond the middle. 

 Hind wings aeneous-cinereous. Length of the body 3^ — 4 lines ; 

 of the wings 1 1 — 12 lines. 



o, b. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 

 c. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's colllecuon. 



Genus 111. TIBASIA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Caput subelongatum. Proboscis 

 brevis. Palpi longissimi, suharcuati ; articulus 2us robustus, pilosus ; 

 3us gracillimus, 2o non brevior. Antenn« glabrae, articulus lus 

 longus, robustus. Abdomen alas posticas paullo superans. Pedes 

 validi ; tibiae posticae fimbriatae. Alae anticae apiee rectangulatae, 

 costa vix convexa. 



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