﻿1152 CATALOGUE OF 



versa, plagaqne maxima trigona ^naculam alham nigro margi* 

 7iatam includenie^ reniformi e litura alba strigaque nigra, 

 linea apud plagam vigro-cinerea ; posticce albidts, margine 

 fusco, gntta margiuali alhida, ciliis alhis, Var. — Aim an- 

 tic(B nigro-cinerecB, 



Closely allied to B, helioihioides. Cinereous, white beneath. 

 Thorax sqiianious, with pearly lustre. Abdomen occasionally 

 whitish. Fore wings with two black basal dots, and with a brown, 

 interior transverse line, which is often more or less black and is 

 occasionally double ; middle third part of the wins: occupied by a 

 very large triangular brown patch, which is contracted or obsolete 

 hindward and much dilated in front, and includes a large whitish 

 angular black-bordered spot, on whose inner side is the reniform 

 spot; the latter is distinguished hy a white mark on a black streak ; 

 a blackish gray line along the outer side of the patch ; a black api- 

 cal spot and black marginal lunules. Hind wings whitish, with a 

 more or less brown border, which contains a whitish dot near 

 the interior angle ; ciliee mostly white. Length of the body 6 — 8 

 lines ; of the wings 16 — 20 lines. 



Var, Fore wings dark gray, with the exception of the black 

 parts and of the white streak on the inner side of the discal patch, 

 which is almost as dark as the rest of the wings. 



a, b. St. Domingo. From Mr. Hearse's collection. 

 (^ — g. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 

 h. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 

 i, Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



17. BOLJNA LUCIGERA. 



Mas. Pallide cinerea, subtus alba; abdomen alas posticas sat 

 snperans, fasciculo apicali albido ; alee antica gutiis basalibus 

 nigris^ fasciis duabus (una interiore, altera exleriore) nigris 

 inter lineatis, spatio intermedio obscure cinereo nigricante 

 nebuloso plagas duas albidas, plaga exteriore trilanceolata^ 

 linea marginali nigra vndulata, ciliis fusees centi bus albo 

 interlineatis ; posticce albidce, marginibus latissimis cvpreo- 

 fuscisy ciliis alhis. 



Female, Pale cinereous, white beneath. Abdomen extending 

 somewhat beyond the hind wings, with a whitish apical tuft. Fore 

 wings with some black dots near the base, with the middle part 

 mostly blackish on a dark cinereous ground, enclosed by black 



