336 CATALOGUE OF 



acute. Antennae very pubescent. Abdomen conical, terminating 

 in a truncated point, extending a little beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs slender, bare ; spurs long. Wings entire, silky, alike in 

 colour; moderately broad, not long. Fore wings slightly acute. 



1. Synchromia cakdinalis. 



Var. ? Coccinea, subtus albida ; palpi ochracei, basi albi ; pedes 

 nigri; tibice rufescentes ; abdomen fasciis subalbidis, disco 

 ventrali nigro ; alee spatio apicali cyanescente-nigro. 



Synchromia cardinalis, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 188. 



Isle St. Thomas. 



Var. ? Male. Crimson, whitish beneath. Palpi ochraceous, white 

 at the base, slightly curved. Antennae and legs black ; tibiae reddish. 

 Abdomen with a black ventral disk ; hind borders of the segments 

 slightly white. Wings with the apical part bluish black, which hue 

 is abbreviated hindward in the fore wings and attenuated hindward 

 in the hind wings. Length of the body 2^ lines ; of the wings 

 6 lines. 



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



Genus 3. DESMIA. 



Corpus gracile. Frons angusta, antice plana. Proboscis sat 

 longa. Palpi subascendentes, squamosi, compressi ; articulus 3us 

 brevissimus, obtusus. Palpi maxillares obsoleti. Antennae maris 

 nodosae, fcem. filiformes, glabrae, bicolores. Abdomen alas posticas 

 superans. Pedes validi, fere nudi ; calcaria longissima. Alae angustae ; 

 anticae apice rotundatae, margine exteriore perobliquo ; posticae 

 breves. 



Anania, p., Hubn. Verz. Schm. 360. 



Desmia, Westw. Mag. Zool. 1831. Guen. Belt, et Pyral. 188. 



M diodes, p., Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 191. 



Hyalitis, p., Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 289. 



Body slender. Front narrow, depressed in front. Proboscis 

 rather long. Palpi slightly ascending, squamous, compressed ; 

 third joint very short, button-shaped. Maxillary palpi obsolete. 

 Abdomen extending beyond the hind wings. Legs stout, almost 

 bare; spurs very long. Wings narrow; black, with white spots. 



