126 CATALOGUE OF 



13. Bleptina Menippusalis. 



Fcem. Fusca ; palpi ascendentes, snbarcuati, intus albido-testacei ; 

 alee amplce ; anticce nigro nebulosce, lineis interiore et exte- 

 riore obsoletis^ submarginali nigra subundulata, margine ex- 

 teriore canescente, orbiculari e gutta nigra, reniformi sub- 

 obsoleta ; posticce fuscescente-cinerece, lineis duabus subtus 

 lituraque nigra. 



Female. Brown. Abdomen, hind wings and under side 

 brownish cinereous. Palpi slightly curved, ascending rather high 

 above the head, whitish testaceous on the inner side. Wings 

 ample. Fore wings thickly mottled with black ; lines obsolete, ex- 

 cept the submarginal line, which is black, slightly undulating ; 

 space between this line and the exterior border with a hoary tinge ; 

 marginal lunules brown ; marginal line pale ; orbicular mark 

 forming a minute black dot; reniform almost obsolete. Hind 

 wings with two lines on the under side, where there is also a black 

 discal mark. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



14. Bleptina Virbiusalis. 



Fcem. Nigricante-cinerea ; palpi subarcuati, fasciculo articuli 

 3i nigro ; alee anticce latiusculce, subpurpurascentes, apice 

 subrotundatce ; costa margineque exteriore subconvexis, lineis 

 nigris diff'usis undulatis denticulatis cinereo ex parte margi- 

 natis, orbiculari et reniformi cervinis nigro marginatis. 



Female. Blackish cinereous. Abdomen, under side and hind 

 wings cinereous. Palpi slightly curved ; third joint with a distinct 

 black tuft. Fore wings rather broad, with a purplish tinge, some- 

 what convex along the costa and along the exterior border, slightly 

 rounded at the tips ; lines black, diffuse, undulating, denticulated, 

 partly with cinereous borders ; marginal lunules black, large, bor- 

 dered with cinereous ; orbicular mark forming a fawn-coloured 

 black-bordered dot ; reniform large, fawn-coloured, concave on the 

 outer side, bordered with black and containing a black point in 

 front. Hind wings with the discal mark and the discal line dis- 

 tinct on the under side. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 

 15 lines. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



