﻿1106 CATALOGUE OF 



1. Harmavittipalpis. 



Fcem. Pallide cinerea; caput fusco histrigatum ; palpi fusco 

 viitaii ; alee anticce lineis variis transversis undulatis^ guttis 

 elongatis submarginalihus lineaque marginali nigris; costa 

 fasciaque suhmarginali antice dilatata fuscis^ reniformi nigro 

 notata apud discumfusca ; posticce albidce, margine latissimo 

 fuscescente, ciliis albidis. 



Female, Pale cinereous. Head with a brown streak on each 

 side. Palpi with brown stripes. Fore wings with various transverse 

 undulating black lines, brown along the costa, except at the tip, 

 and with a submarginal brown band, which is much dilated in 

 front ; reniform spot distinguished by black marks, its disk partly 

 brown ; a row of elongated black submarginal dots ; marginal line 

 black, slender, undulating. Hind wings whitish, with very broad 

 brownish borders ; ciliae whitish. Length of the body 8 lines ; of 

 the wings 20 lines. 



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



Genus 19. AVATHA. 



Fcem. Corpus robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi ascen- 

 dentes ; articulus 2us longus, f alidus, subarcuatus ; 3us brevis, 

 lanceolatus, compressus. Antennae corporis dimidio longiores. 

 Abdomen subdepressum, alas posticas vix superans. Pedes validi, 

 pilosi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus longis. Alse mediocres ; anticae 

 apud costam subconvexae, apice rotundatae, margine exteriore sub- 

 convexo sat obliquo. 



Female. Body stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi as- 

 cending ; second joint long, stout, slightly curved ; third lanceolate, 

 compressed, rather more than one-fourth of the length of the 

 second. Antennae simple, more than half the length of the body. 

 Abdomen somewhat flat, extending very little beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs stout, pilose; hind tibiae with long spurs. Wings 

 moderately broad. Fore wings slightly convex in front, rounded at 

 the tips, slightly convex and rather oblique along the exterior border. 



