1134 CATALOGUE OF 



a. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



b. Brazil. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq, 



c. d. Brazil. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 

 e,f. Brazil. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



g. Para. Presented by Gordon Graham, Esq. 

 A, i. Brazil. From Mr. Mornay's collection. 



2. Nyssia fumosa. 



Mas. Nigro-fusca ; abdomen ferrugineum ; pedes subtus ferru« 

 ginei ; alee anticce nitentes, vitta irregulari subobsoleta discali 

 gracillima albida, subtus ferruginece ; posticce pallide fuscce. 



Male. Blackish brown. Abdomen ■ ferruginous. Legs ferru- 

 ginous beneath. Fore wings glistening, with an indistinct irregular 

 and very slender whitish discal stripe; under side ferruginous. 

 Hind wings pale brown. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 

 16 lines. 



a. Para. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



3. Nyssia akgentata. 



Mas. Rufa; caput et thorax flavo varia ; abdomen vitta lata 

 ventrali testa cea ; alee antica fasciis duabus angustis obliquis 

 argenteis vittaque lata costali fusca ; posticce fuscce. 



Male. Red. Head and fore part of the thorax bright yellow, 

 partly luteous. Palpi partly yellow. Pectus mostly yellow. Ab- 

 domen beneath with a broad testaceous stripe. Legs partly clothed 

 with yellow hairs. Fore wings with two slender oblique silvery 

 bands ; the first band beyond the middle and slightly undulating, 

 the second marginal; the wing between partly clothed with yellow 

 hairs ; a broad brown stripe along the costa; under side pale testa- 

 ceous, brownish in front. Hind wings brown ; under side like that 

 of the fore wings. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 15 

 lines. 



a. Brazil. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



4. Nyssia? Plugma. 



Nigro-fusca ; ala antica fascia obliqua media antice guttulari 

 guttisque marginalibus flavis ; postica basi pallide fuscce. 



Phalsena-Bombyx Plugma, Anon, Ins. Surin. ii. pi. 84. 



Surinam. 



