﻿1476 CATALOGUE OF 



slightly rcunfled ; basal half line distinct, its hind end nearly 

 joining a more exterior larije subquadrate blackish pale-bordered 

 spot; exterior line slender, whitish, bordered with black on the outer 

 side, very serpentine, abruptly bent inward in the middle, intersecting 

 the reniiorm mark, and formins^ thence a slight curve to the interior 

 border; submarginal line whitish, oblique, broader than the ex- 

 terior one, straight, with the exception of an outward angle near 

 the costa, where there are three whitish points. Hind wings 

 aeneous-brown ; ciliae cinereous. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the 

 wings 13 lines. 



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



South America. 



20. POAPHILA SUGGESTA. 



Fcem, Cinerea ; capvt supra atrinn ; thorax svhrufescens^ antice 

 afer ; alee anticce plaga postica inter ior e atra, linea interiore 

 fuscescente, linea exteriore alhida undvlata ex tun nigricante 

 marginata, punctis marginalibns nigris minimis^ orbiculari 

 nigra punctiformi^ reniformi e punctis duobus nigris ; posticce 

 linea exteriore indistincta. 



Female. Cinereous. Thorax and fore wings with a slight 

 reddish tinge. Head above and fore part of the thorax deep black. 

 Fore wings with a deep black patch on the interior border near the 

 base, concealing tbe bind part of the interior line, which is brownish; 

 exterior line whitish, undulating, with a blackish outer border; 

 marginal points black, very minute ; orbicular mark black, puncti- 

 form ; reniform distinguished by two black points. Hind wings 

 wiih an indistinct exterior line. Length of the body 4 lines; of tbe 

 wings 10 lines. 



a. Honduras. From Mr. Dyson s collection. 



21. POAPHILA STRICTA. 



Fcem. Fiiscescente-cinerea ; palporum articulus, Sus brevissimus ; 

 alcB anticce lineis transversis mdistinctis undulatis angulosis 

 pallide cinereis fvsco marginatis^ linea subrnarginali diffusa^ 

 punctis marginalibus nigris albido notatis, reniformi albida 

 apud medittm contractu ; posticce supra innotatce^ linea fasciaque \ 

 marginali subtiis vix distinctis. 



