﻿1562 CATALOGUE OF 



interior and middle lines brown, undulating, indistinct, the latter 

 diffuse ; submarginal line apparent only towards the costa ; 

 orbicular mark black, ^ punctiform ; reniform cinereous, narrow, 

 indistinct, marked with white at its hind end. Length of the body 

 7 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



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



3. Thekmesia pyralifokmis. 



Fcem. Cinerea ; palporum articuhis Sus 2o paullo hrevior, apice 

 alhidus ; alee linea ohliqua recta albida apud cosiam retracta 

 et suhangulata^ linea subrnarginali e punciis albidis ; antictm 

 apice rectangulatce, linea interiore recta obscura non obliqucm 

 intus albida^ linea media nigricante undulata, reniformi 

 albida indistincta. 



Female, Cinereous, paler beneath. Third joint of the palpi 

 not much shorter than the second, whitish at the tip. Abdomen 

 pale cinereous. Wings with the oblique line whitish, straight, 

 extending from beyond three-fourths of the interior border of the 

 liind wings to five-sixths of the length of the costa of the fore 

 wings, on approaching which it is retracted, and forms a somewhat 

 rounded angle; submarginal line indicated by whitish points; 

 fringe pale cinereous; under side without lines. Fore wings 

 rectangular at the tips; interior line straight, upright, dark, whitish 

 along the inner side; middle line blackish, undulating; reniform 

 mark whitish, not distinct. Length of the body 5^ lines; of the 

 wings 14 lines. 



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



4. Thekmesia sigillata. 



Fcem. Albido-testacea ; palporum articnlus 3us 2i dimidio 

 longior ; alee linea obliqua pallida recta extus ferrugineo ex 

 parte marginata intus punctis nigricantibus albo notatis,' 

 lineis interiore media et submarginali e punctis aut guttis 

 nigricantibus, linea marginali pallidissime fusca ; anticce vix 

 subfalcatcE^ puncto basali nigro, orbiculari nigra punctijormi, 

 reniformi nigra mediocri. 



Female. Whitish testaceous. Third joint of the palpi rather 

 shorter than the second. Wings with the oblique line pale, 



