﻿1218 CATALOGUE OF 



stout, rather long, very densely clothed ; hind tibiae with long spurs. 

 Wings ample. Fore wings slightly curved towards ilie lip of the 

 costa, more or less acute, and sometimes almost hooked at the tips, 

 more or less oblique, straight or curved, in some species slightly den- 

 ticulated along the exterior border. 



West Indies. 



1. Ophideres serpentifera. 



FerrugineO'fusca ; abdomen luteum ; alcB anticce purpurascente 

 tinctcB, fasciis undulatis obscurioribus, fascia submarginali 

 nigricante magis distincta, lituris duabus basalihus plagaque 

 discali nigricantibus^ reniformi ferruginea oblonga bene deter ^ 

 minata ramum emittente, pla<ia ferruginea apud angulum inte- 

 riorem ; posticce lutecp, basi fuscce, fascia abbreviata serpentina 

 margineque nigris. 



Ferruginous-brown. Abdomen luteous. Fore wings with a 

 purplish bloom, with several undulating darker bands, and with a 

 blackish more complete and regular submarginal band ; two blackish 

 marks near the base, and a blackish discal patch ; the latter is 

 near the interior side of the reniform spot, which is ferruginous, ob- 

 long and well-defined, and emits a branch in front ; a large ferrugi- 

 nous patch by the interior angle; exterior border not denticulated; 

 interior border excavated. Hind wings bright luteous, brown at the 

 base ; a somewhat abbreviated serpentine discal black band, and a 

 black border which is abbreviated hindward, and ends opposite the 

 band. Length of the body 16 lines ; of the wings 42 lines. 



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



b. Rio Janeiro. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



South America. 



A. Alae posticse non fasciatae. . - - Cacica, Guen. 



B. Alae posticae fasciatae, 



A» Alae posticae fasciis duabus. 



A. Alae anticae argenteo maculatae. - scabellum, Guen, 



B. Alae anticae argenteo non maculatae. 



a. Palporum articulus 3us spatulatus. - Procus, Cram. 



b, Palporum articulus 3us vix spatulatus. Columbina, Guen, 



