338 CATALOGUE OF 



form, extending somewhat beyond the head. Abdomen with white 

 bands. Legs whitish. Fore wings somewhat elongated, whitish 

 along the costa, and along the basal half of the interior border, with 

 three white lines ; first line slender, much curved ; second inter- 

 rupted ; third extremely bent, and thereby with its hind part 

 approaching very near the second. Hind wings white at the base 

 and with two white lines ; first line interrupted in front; second 

 much abbreviated hindward. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the 

 wings 7 lines. 



This species, on account of the structure of the palpi, should 

 perhaps be separated from Desmia. 



a. United States. Presented^ E. Doubleday, Esq. 



West Indies. 



3. Desmia oebalis. 



Mas. Nigro-fusca ; antennce longce, pubescentes, squamosa ; ab- 

 domen segmentis albo marginatis, subtus album ; ala violaceo 

 tinctce ; anticce maculis duabus magnis opalino albis, la 

 punctoque exteriore contiguis, 2a costam attingente, fimbria 

 albo interlineata ; posticce fascia latissima obliqua trigona 

 opalino alba nigro marginata strigam nigram arcuatam inclu- 

 dente, fimbria alba lineam nigram includente. 



iEdiodes orbalis, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 192, 128. 



Cayenne. 



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

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



4. Desmia Pelealis. 



Foero. Ferrugineo-fusca, corpore subtus pedibusque albis; aim 

 linea obliqua tenui subrecta alba ; anticce non elongatce, linea 

 interiore alba non obliqua, linea communi apud costam dila- 

 tata et retracta; litura diseali alba semihyalina varia; posticce 

 fascia exteriore viridi metallica. 



Female. Ferruginous-brown, cinereous-brown beneath. Body 

 beneath and legs white. Wings with an oblique slender almost 

 straight white line, which is retracted and dilated by the costa of the 



