1184 CATALOGUE OF 



Brown. Fore wings dark brown at the base, at the tips, and 

 along the adjoining part of the exterior border ; six paler incom- 

 plete undulating or angular bands ; a gray spot behind each tip. 

 Hind wings pale brown, with two brown curved bands. 



Surinam. 



Genus 17. TERATOPTERIS. 



Mas. Corpus gracillimum. Proboscis non conspicua. Palpi 

 validi, pilosi, subascendentes, caput superantes ; articulus 3us obtu- 

 sus, minimus. Antennae mediocriter pectinatae, thorace paullo lon- 

 giores. Pedes validi, pilosi, calcaribus sat longis. Alae latissimse, 

 non longas ; anticag apud costam valde convexae, apice subfalcata?, 

 margine exteriore obliquo exciso ; postieae iatiores, margine exte- 

 riore antice exciso postice quasi truncato ; postieae abdomen longe 

 superantes. » 



Teratopteris, Hiibn. Verz. Schmett. 151. 



Male. Body very slender. Proboscis not visible. Palpi 

 stout, pilose, somewhat ascending, extending some distance beyond 

 the head; third joint obtuse, very small. Antennae moderately pec- 

 tinated, a little longer than the thorax. Abdomen extending to 

 rather beyond half the breadth of the hind wings. Legs stout, 

 pilose; hind tibiae with two (or four?) spurs of moderate length. 

 Wings very broad, not long. Fore wings very couvex in front, 

 slightly falcate at the tips, oblique and irregularly notched along 

 the exterior border ; interior angle distinct, obtuse ; three inferior 

 veins ; second much further from the third than from the first. 

 Hind wings much broader than the fore wings, notched along the 

 anterior half of the exterior border, whose hind half is square, and 

 forms a right angle with the interior side. 



1. Teeatopteeis feeeuginea. 



Mas. Ferruginea ; palpi supra fusci ; pectus et abdomen subtus 

 testacea ; pedes fulvi, ferrugineo fasciati ; alee fascia obliqua 

 gracillima subangulosa fusca. 



Male. Ferruginous. Palpi brown above. Antennae testa- 

 ceous. Pectus and abdomen beneath pale testaceous. Legs tawny, 

 with ferruginous bands. Wings with one oblique very slender and 

 somewhat angular brown band, which extends from the tips of the 

 fore wings to the disk of the hind wings, where it forms a slightly 

 acute angle, and proceed thence to two- thirds of the length of the 



