426 CATALOGUE OF 



1. Ercta TIPULALIS. 



Mas. Fusees cente-cinerea ; alee punctis marginalibus nigris ; an- 

 ticce costa margineque exteriore cervinis, vitta discali nigri- 

 cante, orbiculari parva nigricante, reniformi e striga arcuata 

 albida nigro maryinata, margine interiore lato albido sub- 

 hyalino ; posticce albidce, subhyalince, margine exteriore sub- 

 testaceo, puncto discali nigro. 



Male. Brownish cinereous, whitish beneath. Wings with 

 black marginal points. Fore wings fawn-colour along the costa 

 and along the exterior border ; an irregular blackish stripe ex- 

 tending from the base to the tips at a little in front of the middle ; 

 orbicular mark forming a blackish dot ; reniform indicated by 

 a curved whitish black-bordered streak ; a broad whitish nearly 

 hyaline stripe along the interior border. Hind wings whitish, 

 nearly hyaline, with a slight testaceous tinge along the exterior 

 border, and with a black marginal point. Length of the body 

 5 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



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



Fain. 5. HYDROCAMPID.E. 



Corpus gracile. Caput saepissime parvum. Frons angusta. 

 Proboscis brevis, saepe brevissima. Palpi squamosi, non rostri- 

 formes, plus minusve ascendentes ; articuli distincti. Palpi maxil- 

 lares plerumque conspicui. Antennae saepissime filiformes, longius- 

 culae. Abdomen alas posticas superans. Pedes glabri, plerumque 

 longi et graciles ; calcaria longa. Alae sericeae, tenues, laeves r con- 

 colores, lituris non diversis. Mas. — Abdomen lineare, attenuatum. 

 Fcem. — Abdomen tumidum, apice acutum. 



Nymphalulidse, Duponch. 

 Hydrocampidae, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 254. 



Body slender. Head generally small. Front narrow, flat. 

 Proboscis short, often rudimentary. Palpi squamous, not hirsute 

 nor rostriform, more or less ascending; joints distinct. Maxillary 

 palpi generally very distinct. Antennae generally slender, filiform, 

 and rather long. Abdomen extending beyond the hind wings, 

 attenuated and linear in the male, tumid and with an acute tip in 

 the female. Legs smooth, generally long and slender, and with 

 long and slender spurs. Wings most often delicate, silky, smooth, 



