﻿LEPIDOPTEKA HPITEROCERA. 1487 



abruptly acuminated at the tip, with a small crest on the first seg- 

 ment. Legs long; tibiffi with lanuginoiis hairs. Wings broad. 

 Fore wings acute and subfa lea te ; renifbrm mark distinct. Hiud 

 wings rounded, without fleck beneath. 



1. CeLIPTEEA FRUSTULUM. 



Pallide cinerascens ; alee anticce puncto basali nigra, linea interiore 

 fracta atro notata, macula postica Irigona atra, linea exteriore 

 remota recta fulva nigro marginata, punctis snbrnarginalibus 

 nigris, reniformi magna ovata ru/o marginata^ strigis costali- 

 bus cinereis. 



Celiptera frustulum, Guen. Noct. iii. 308, 1767. 



North America. Brazil ? 



2. Celiptera? infecta. 



Mas. Cinerea ; alee anticce fusco consperscp, vix subpurpiiras- 

 centes, lineis interiore et exteriore et renifortnis margine 

 alb id is fusco latissime marginatis, interiore recta non obliqua^ 

 exteriore subarcuata subobliqua, linea submarginali subobsn- 

 leta, punctis marginalibus nigris, macula apicali obscure 

 fusca, reniformi oblongo subquadrata ; posticce fuscescente- 

 cinerea^ linea discali ciliisque albidis. 



Female. Cinereous, almost whitish beneath, excepting the ex- 

 terior part of the wings, which is brownish. Third joint of the 

 palpi pubescent, as long as the second. Abdomen not crested, 

 whereby this species differs from the typical species of the genus. 

 Fore wings speckled with brown, with an almost obsolete lilac tinge ; 

 interior and exterior lines and border of the reniforra mark whitish, 

 diffusedly and very broadly bordered with dark brown ; interior line 

 straight, upright ; exterior line slightly curved and oblique ; sub- 

 marginal line almost obsolete; marginal points black; an apical 

 brown spot somewhat more deep thau the other brown parts ; reni- 

 form mark oblong-subquadrate. Hind wings brownish cinereous, 

 with a whitish discal line, which is almost obsolete, except towards 

 the inierior angle ; ciliae whitish. Length of the body 5 J lines; of 

 the wings 14 lines. 



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



