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the outer side. Hind wings with a brownish tinge towards the ex- 

 terior border. Length of the body 3 J- lines; of the wings 8 lines. 



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



8. Bleptina Menalcasalis. 



Mas. Pallide testacea ; palpi ascendentes, valde arcuali, articulo 

 3o cristato ; alee anticce nigro subconspersce, lineis nigris un- 

 dulatis, exteriore e guttis nigris, submarginali pallida denti- 

 culata fusco marginata, reniformi pallida angusta indistincta 

 fusco submarginata punctum nigrum includente ; posticce 

 litura, tinea margineque fuscescentibus. 



Male. Pale testaceous. Abdomen, hind wings and under 

 side more cinereous. Palpi much curved, passing over the head ; 

 third joint with a tuft of black hairs. Fore wings slightly speckled 

 with black ; basal, interior and middle lines black, undulating ; exte- 

 rior line formed of black dots ; submarginal line pale, denticulated, 

 diflusedly bordered with brown ; marginal points black ; orbicular 

 mark obsolete ; reniform pale, narrow, indistinct, slightly bordered 

 with brown, containing a black point. Hind wings brownish 

 towards the exterior border and with a brownish discal line, which, 

 like the discal mark, is most distinct on the under side. Length of 

 the body 5 lines ; of the wings 1 1 lines. 



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



9. Bleptina Peiassalis. 



Fcem. Albido-testacea ; palpi supra caput arcuati, articulo 3o vise 

 fasciculato ; alee anticce nigro subconspersce, lineis interior e et 

 exteriore obsoletis, fascia media f us ca subobliqua reniformem 

 includente, linea submarginali pallida undulata fusco margi- 

 nata, orbiculari et reniformi atris, hac subquadrata extus 

 concava ; posticce pallidiores, lunula subtus fusca. 



Female. Whitish testaceous, more cinereous beneath. Palpi 

 curved over the head ; third joint very slightly tufted. Fore wings 

 slightly speckled with black; interior and exterior lines obsolete ; a 

 brown slightly oblique middle band including the reniform mark ; 

 submarginal line pale, undulating, bordered with brown, and having 

 a brown spot on the middle of its outer side ; marginal points 

 brown ; orbicular and reniform marks deep black, the former small, 



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