﻿1480 CATALOGUE OF 



exterioribus et marginalihus nigris, lineis mediis vix con- 

 spicuis, orbiciilari nigra punctiformi ; posticcB subcineras- 

 centes, fascia marginegue postico pallidioribus, subtus intus 

 pubescentes. 



Phurys Lima, Guen, Noct. iii. 305, 1759. 



North America? Amazon Eegion. 



3. Phurys perlata. 



Fcem. Cinerea, vix subpurpurascens ; palporum articulus ^us 2i 

 dimidio vix brevior ; abdomen pallide cinereum ; alee anticce 

 lineis fuscescentibus angustis indistinctis^ linea interiors sub- 

 arcuata albido intus marginata^ lineis mediis undulatis, linea 

 exteriore recta obliqna abbreviata, fascia diffusa fuscescente, 

 punctis submarginalibus nigris elongatis, orbiculari alba 

 punctiformi, reniformi vix conspicua ; posticce pallide cinerece, 

 linea fasciaque exteriore fuscescentibus. 



Female. Cinereous, with a very slight lilac tinge ; under side 

 pale cinereous, v;ith an almost obsolete testaceous tinge. Palpi 

 obliquely ascending ; second joint almost half the length of the 

 first. Abdomen pale cinereous. Fore wings moderately acute ; 

 lines brownish, slender, indistinct; interior line slightly curved in- 

 ward, with a whitish inner border; middle lines undulating ; exte- 

 rior line straight, oblique, moderately distinct, obsolete at each end, 

 with a diffuse brownish band between it and the submarginal 

 elongated black points ; marginal points almost obsolete; orbicular 

 whitish, punctiform ; reniform very indistinct. Hind wings pale 

 cinereous ; a line and an exterior band brownish. Length of the 

 body 8 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



a. East Florida. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Mexico. 

 4. Phurys helvina. 



Mas. Var. ? Pallide testacea ; antennae medio subcompressce et 

 subdilatata ; thorax linea transversa postica nigra arcuata ; 

 pectus fasciculis diiobus anticis lateralibus albis ; abdomen 

 alas posticas paullo superans ; pedes dense pilosi, antici ad 

 partem nigricantes ; alee nigro subconspersee, punctis margi- 

 nalibus nigris ; anticce lineis transversis testaceis rectis indis- 



