﻿LEPinOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1563 



straight, incompletely bordered with ferruginous on the outer side 

 and accompanied by blackish white-marked points on the inner 

 side : interior, middle and submarginal lines indicated by blackish 

 points or dots ; marginal festoon very pale brown. Fore wings 

 hardly subfalcate, with a black basal point; orbicular mark black, 

 punctiform ; reniform black, of moderate size. Length of the body 

 5 lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 



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



c. ? 



V"ar. Fcem. Pallide cinerea, fusco aubconspersa ; palpi fusees- 

 centes ; arliculus Sus 21 dimidio longior ; alee iineis sub- 

 obsoletis, linea obliqua dislincta testacen recta exlus fusco 

 marginata costam versus retracta, linea submaryinali e punctis . 

 fusciSf punclis marginalibus fuscis ; anticce acutce, non sub- 

 falcatce, orbiculari fusco submarginata. 



Female. Pale cinereous, minutely speckled with brown. 

 Palpi brownish ; third joint more than half the length of the 

 second. Wings with the oblique line testaceous, straight, bordered 

 with brown on the outer side, extending from nearly iwo-thirds of 

 the length of the interior border of the hind wings towards the 

 subapical costa of the fore wings, where it is retracted ; the other 

 lines almost obsolete ; submarginal line indicated by brown points ; 

 marginal points also brown ; no lines beneath. Fore wings acute, 

 not subfalcate ; orbicular mark with an incomplete brown border. 

 Length of the body 4^ lines; of the wings 13 lines. 



d, St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



5. Thermesia prospera. 



Fcem. Ferruginea, subtus cinereo-fusca ; alee Iineis duabus rectis 

 subcontiguis, linea exteriore e punctis nigricantibus testaceo 

 notatis^ linea marginali subobsoleta ; anticce plaga costali 

 subapicaii sordide lutea albo marginata^ Iineis basali interiore 

 et media subobsoletis, punctis tribus costalibus subapicalibus 

 albis. 



Female, Ferruginous, cinereous-brown beneath. Palpi 

 wanting. Wings with two nearly straight and almost contiguous 

 lines, extending from two-thirds of the length of the interior border 

 of the hind winjis to a dingy luteous white-bordered costal sub- 

 apical patch on the fore wings ; exterior line indicated by blackish 



