122 CATALOGUE OF 



6. Bleptina Acastusalis. 



Foein. Pallide cinerea ; palpi subarcuati ; alee anticce glauces- 

 centes, rufescente snbtinctce, nigro subconspersce, lituris costali- 

 bus nigricantibus, linea interiore obsoleta, exteriore nigricante 

 undulata indistincta, submarginali testacea bene determinata 

 ferrugineo marginata apud medium arcuata ; orbiculari testa- 

 cea punctiformi ferrugineo marginata, reniformi e punctis 

 duobus ferrugineis testaceo marginatis. 



Female. Pale cinereous. Palpi slightly curved. Fore wings 

 tinged with glaucous, with a slight reddish tinge, slightly speckled 

 with black, with three or four slight blackish marks along the costa ; 

 interior line obsolete ; exterior line blackish, slight, undulating, in- 

 distinct, touching the reniform mark ; submarginal line testaceous, 

 very distinct, bordered with ferruginous and accompanied by some 

 black marks, much curved in the middle and slightly undulating 

 from thence hindward ; marginal points black ; orbicular mark 

 testaceous, punctiform, with a ferruginous border ; reniform repre- 

 sented by two ferruginous points, with testaceous borders. Hind 

 wings paler, brownish along the exterior border and with two 

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

 lines. 



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



7. Bleptina Pithosalis. 



Mas. Cana ; palpi supra caput arcuati ; alee anticce subglauces- 

 centes, nigro subconspersce, gattis costalibus nigris, li?ieis inte- 

 riore et exteriore subobsoletis, submarginali albida indistincta 

 denticulata costam versus nigro marginata, orbiculari et reni- 

 formi tesiaceis, hac magna ferrugineo umbrata nigro marginata 

 extus ex cava ta. 



Male. Hoary. Palpi curved over the head. Antennae with 

 two minute setse on each joint. Wings slightly and minutely 

 speckled with black ; marginal points black. Fore wings with a 

 slight glaucous tinge ; some black dots along the costa ; lines 

 almost obsolete, except the submarginal one, which is whitish, in- 

 distinct, denticulated, bordered with black towards the costa ; orbi- 

 cular mark small, testaceous ; reniform large, testaceous, much 

 shaded with ferruginous, bordered with black, much excavated on 



