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CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Pale fawn-colour, slender, white beneath. Head white 

 about the eyes. Palpi poirect, short, hardly broad ; third joint 

 conical, acute, not more than one- fourth of the length of the 

 second. Antennae stout, very minutely pubescent. Abdomen ex- 

 tending a little beyond the hind wings; hind borders of the seg- 

 ments white. Wings whitish cinereous, slightly and minutely 

 speckled with fawn-colour; interior and exterior lines brownish, 

 denticulated, the latter much bent; marginal points brownish. 

 Fore wings acute ; orbicular and reniform marks brownish, the lat- 

 ter forming a curved streak. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the 

 wings 12 lines. 



This species has much the appearance of a Botys. 



a. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Redman's collection. 



15. Spilodes Helvialis. 

 Fcem. Ochracea, sat gracilis; oculi albo cincti ; palpi cervini, 

 oblique ascendentes, subtus basi albi, non longi nee lati ; palpi 

 maxillares graciles, valde distincti ; abdomen albidum, seg- 

 meniis albo marginatis; alee ampla?, nitentes ; anticce acuta, 

 Jlavescente-albce, subtus fuscescente nebulosa lituris discalibus 

 lineaque incompleta exleriore obscurioribus ; posticce alba, 

 apud costam subtus subflavescentes. 



Female. Yellow, slender, white beneath. Head luteous in 

 front, white about the eyes. Palpi luteous, obtuse, obliquely 

 ascending, not long nor broad; third joint minute. Antennas 

 rather long. Abdomen hardly extending beyond the hind wings ; 

 hind borders of the segments white. Win^s not broad ; interior 

 aud exterior lines luteous, oblique; exterior border slightly luteous. 

 Fore wings hardly acute ; costa luteous; exterior line slightly dis- 

 located in the middle ; reniform mark forming a curved streak. 

 Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



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



South America. 

 16. Spilodes Palindialis. 

 Fcem. Pallide ligneo-fusca ; alee anticce lineis maculaque discali 

 subobsoletis, linea costali lineaque marginali albis, hac pos- 

 tice nigro marginata, puncto apicali nigro ; postica pal- 

 lidiores, semihyalina^ margine lato nigricante-cinereo. 



