﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1571 



Female. Deep reddish, with a glaucous tinafe, brownish 

 cinereous beneath. Thorax somewhat ferruginous in front. Third 

 joint of the pjilpi about half the length of the second. Antennse 

 pale reddish beneath. Wings with a testaceous nearly straight 

 line, which has a ferruginous inner border and extends from three- 

 fourths of the length of the costa (where it is obsolete) to two-thirds 

 of the length of the interior border of the hind wings ; marginal 

 points minute, testaceous, with blackish marks which are almost 

 obsolete in. the hind wings ; subraarginal line cinereous, denti- 

 culated, almost obsolete ; marginal festoon very slight ; fringe dark 

 cinereous, not interlined ; under side with the lines obsolete, except 

 the exterior one. Fore wings subfalcate, with the interior line un- 

 dulating, testaceous, with a ferruginous outer border; orbicular 

 mark black, punctiform ; reniform cinereous, rather narrow, 

 with a black border. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 

 18 lines. 



a. Honduras. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



19. Thermesia glaucescens. 



Fcera. Cinerea ; caput et thorax anticus fusca ; palporum arti- 

 cuius 3us 2i dimidio valde longior ; alee rufescenie-ferruginece, 

 glauco tinctce, linea obliqua recta ferruginea extus iestaceo 

 marginata apud costam intus arcuata^ linea submarginali 

 cinerea denticulata, linea marginali fusca, fimbria cinerea 

 lata; anticce linea interior e ferruginea undulata intus testaceo 

 submarginata, orbiculari nigricante punctiformi, reniformi 

 lunulata indistincta. 



Female. Cinereous. Head and fore part of the thorax fer- 

 ruginous-brown. Third joint of the palpi much more than half the 

 length of the second. Wings reddish ferruginous, tinged with 

 glaucous ; a ferruginous straight line bordered with testaceous on 

 the outer side, extending from beyond the middle of the interior 

 border of the hind wings to the costa, on approaching which it is 

 curved inward ; submarginal line cinereous, denticulated ; marginal 

 festoon brown ; fringe cinereous, broad. Fore wings with the 

 interior line ferruginous, undulating, slightly bordered with tes- 

 taceous on the interior side; orbicular mark blackish, punctiform; 

 reniform lunulate, indistinct. Length of the body 5i lines ; of the 

 wings 14 lines. 



a. Para. Presented by Gordon Graham, Esq. 



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