﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEEOCERA. 1561 



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



tt — vv. Jamaica. 



uu. West Indies. 



WW — XX. Nevis. Presented by the Entomological Clul). 



yi/ — zz, ? Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



West Indies. 



A. Alae linea pallida distincta. 



A. Alae anticae plaga nulla costali. 



A. Alae obscurce. 



a, Alse antica3 subfalcatag. - - - suffusa, Walk. 



b. Alae anticae non subfalcatae. - - pyraliformis, Walk. 



B. Alae pallidas. - - . - _ sigillata, Walk. 



B. Alae anticae plaga costali. - - - prospera, Walk. 



B. Alae linea nulla pallida. 



A. Alag pallidae. 



A. Alae lineis nigricantibus. - - - fusilinea, Walk. 



B. Alae linea una nigra. - - - monstratura, Walk, 

 c. Alae linea ferruginea. . - - - credibilis, Walk. 



B. Alai obscurae. Porcia, ^toll. 



2. Thermesia suffusa. 



Foem. Ferruginea^ purpurascente-cinereo tincta ; caput et thorax 

 anticus obscuriora ; palporiim articulus 3m.? 2i triente noii 

 longior ; alee linea ferruginea suhrecta extus testaceo late 

 marginata apud costam retracta angulata minus distincta, 

 punctis marginalibus nigricantibus indistinctis, linea mar- 

 ginali distincta ; anticce lineis interiore et media fuscis iindu- 

 latis indistinctis, hac diffusa, orbiculari nigra punctiformi, 

 renifornii cinerea angusta indistincta albo notata. 



Female. Ferruginous, which hue is mostly concealed by a 

 purplish cinereous bloom. Head and fore part of the thorax some- 

 what darker. Third joint of the palpi about one- third of the length 

 of the second. Wings with a ferruginous almost straight line, 

 which on the outer side is broadly bordered with pale testaceous, 

 joins the apical interior border of the hind wings, and on ap- 

 proaching the costa of the fore wings is angular, retracted and less 

 distinct ; marginal points blackish, indistinct ; marginal festoon 

 distinct; under side brownish cinereous. Fore wings with the 



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