154 CATALOGUE OF 



brown, rounded at the tips, slightly oblique along the exterior 

 border; a broad abbreviated discal brown stripe, oblique exteriorly 

 and forming two angles on the hind side ; lines very indistinct. 

 Hind wings pale cinereous, without lines; interior border densely 

 pilose. Var. /3.— Fore wings with the stripe irregular, not angular, 

 but emitting a broad obtuse branch hindward. Var. y. — Stripe in- 

 terrupted and irregular. Var. 8. — Hoary. Fore wings with blackish 

 transverse marks along the costa. Var. e. — Like var. 8. Stripe 

 interrupted, irregular. Length of the body oi lines; of the wings 

 12 lines. 

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



6. Palthis? Mimasalis. 



Mas. Ferrugineo-fusca ; palpi dense fimbriate thoracis marginem 

 posticum attingentes ; antennce valida?, simplices, basi albidce ; 

 abdominis later a apicem versus dense fasciculata ; pedes dense 

 pilosi ; ala? fimbria latissima ; anticce pallido conspersce, lineis 

 nullis. 



Male. Like P. Arcasalis in structure. Ferruginous-brown. 

 Abdomen, hind wings and under side brownish cinereous. Palpi 

 densely fringed, extending to the hind border of the thorax; edge 

 of the fringe cinereous. Antenna? stout, simple, whitish at the base. 

 Abdomen densely tufted on each side at the tip. Legs densely pi- 

 lose, with the exception of the fore tarsi. Wings with a very broad 

 fringe. Fore wings with pale speckles ; a discal mark composed of 

 white flecks ; lines obsolete. Hind wings without lines. Length of 

 the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



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



7. Palthis? Arimusalts. 



Mas. Ferrugineo-fusca ; palpi arcuati, lanceolati, pilosi, thoracis 

 marginem posticum fere attingentes, articulo So recto ; antennce 

 breves, robustce, subserrata? ; abdomen alas posticas paullo su- 

 perans, tentaculis apicalibus sat longis ; pedes pilosi, calcaribus 

 longissimis ; al& breviusculai, sat ang-ustce ; antica rotundatce, 

 puncto discali albo. 



Male. Ferruginous-brown, cinereous-brown beneath. Palpi 

 long, curved, lanceolate, pilose iu front, reflexed over the head 

 nearly to the hind border of the thorax ; first joint rising to the 

 vertex, shorter and more curved than the second ; third acicular, 



