438 CATALOGUE OF 



4. Cataclysta? Juliaxalis. 



Mas. Albida, ferrugineo subnotata ; palporum articulus 2us sub- 

 tus pilosus ; palpi maxillares distincti ; antennae robusta?, 

 submoniliformes ; pedes validi, tibiis anticis subtus fascicu- 

 latis ; ala> anticce fasciis duabus rufescentibus, spatio inter- 

 media nigricante consperso ; postica? apud marginem interio- 

 rem nigro conspersce, fascia marginali rufescente, punctis 

 marginalibus nigris. 



Male. Whitish, slightly marked with ferruginous. Second 

 joint of the palpi pilose beneath ; third wanting. Maxillary palpi 

 distinct. Antennae stout, submoniliform. Abdomen with brownish 

 speckles, extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs stout; 

 fore tibiae tufted beneath. Fore wings with two reddish bands ; 

 the first exterior ; the second marginal ; the intermediate part with 

 blackish speckles, which are somewhat confluent by the bands. 

 Hind wings with a cluster of black speckles, extending from the 

 middle of the interior border to the disk ; marginal band reddish, 

 obsolete towards the tips of the wings ; a few black marginal 

 joints. Length of the body 3 J lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



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



West Indies. 

 5. Cataclysta ? Pegasalis. 



Fcem. Ferruginea ; palpi strenui, oblique ascendentes ; articulus 

 3us 2i triente non iongior ; antennce robusta? ; abdomen alas 

 posticas sat superuns y al& antica fascia obliqua cinerea 

 albido marginata extus costam versus dilatata et angulata ma- 

 culamque fuscam albido marginatam includente, margine 

 exteriore postico ctipreo punctis nigris; postica cinerea? nigro 

 consperso?, margine exteriore cupreo guttis nigris. 



Female. Ferruginous, cinereous beneath. Palpi stout, ob- 

 liquely ascending; third joint elongate-conical, not more than one- 

 third of the length of the second. Antennae stout. Abdomen 

 extending rather beyond the hind wings. Fore wings with an 

 oblique cinereous band, which has a whitish border, and is dilated 

 and angular on the outer side in front, where it contains a brown 

 whitish-bordered spot ; exterior border narrowly cupreous and 

 black-pointed hind ward. Hind wings cinereous, with black flecks* 





