﻿LEPIDOPTEBA HETEROCERA. 1105 



1. ClCYNNA SERICEA. 



Mas. Pallide cinerea ; caput fuscum ; thorax anticus fuscus^ 

 nigro marginatus ; abdomen suhfuscescens, nigro maculatum ; 

 pedes nigro lineaii ; alee anticcB subsericece, lineis tribus 

 transversis duplicalis, squarnis basalibus^ lituris duabus disca- 

 libus, strigis exterioribus lunulisque suhmarginalibus nigris^ 

 linea marginali fusca undulata ; posticce albidce, margine 

 latissimo purpureo-fusco, ciliis ex parte albidis. 



Male, Pale cinereous. Head and fore part of the thorax 

 brown, which in the thorax is bordered with black on each side. 

 Abdomen slightly brownish above, with a black spot near the base, 

 and with two black spots near the tip, which is also black. Legs 

 with black lines. Fore wings somewhat silky, with three irregular 

 double black transverse lines, with some black scales near the base, 

 with two small transverse black discal marks, with two or three 

 slender exterior black streaks, with a row of slender black submar- 

 ginal lunules ; marginal line brown, undulating. Hind wings 

 whitish, with a very broad purple-brown border; ciliae partly 

 whitish. Length of the body 12 lines; of the wings 22 lines. 



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



Genus 18. HARMA. 



Fcem, Corpus robustum. Caput fasciculatum. Proboscis 

 mediocris. Palpi subascendentes ; articulus 2us subtus pilosus ; 

 3us lanceolatus, 2i dimidio longior. Antennae corporis dimidio 

 longiores. Abdomen longiusculum, alas posticas triente superans. 

 Pedes sat validi ; tibiae pilosissimae, posticae calcaribus sat longis. 

 Alae non latae; anticae apud costam rectae apice rectangulatae, mar- 

 gine exteriore subconvexo poslice perobliquo. 



Female. Body stout. Head tufted above. Proboscis mode- 

 rately long. Palpi slightly ascending ; second joint pilose be- 

 neath ; third lanceolate, more than half the length of the second. 

 Antennae more than half the length of the body. Abdomen rather 

 long, extending for one-third of its length beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs rather stout; tibiae very pilose; hind tibiae with moderately 

 long spurs. Wings not broad. Fore wings straight along the 

 costa, acutely rectangular at the tips, slightly convex along the ex- 

 terior border, whose hind part is very oblique. 



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