﻿1672 CATALOGUE OF 



20. Thermesia lenis. 



Foem. Obscure cinereo-fusca ; palporum artieulus 3ms 2i dimidio 

 non longior ; alcB linea obliqiia recta nigricante-fusca, fascia 

 exteriore lata cervina fuaco bimaculata^ linea submarginali 

 obsoleta ; anticce linea basali indistincta, linea interiore nigra 

 undulata intus cervina ; anticce orbiculari albida punctiformi 

 nigro marginata^ reniformi atra angusta apud medium sub- 

 contracta. 



Female. Dark cinereous-hrown, paler beneath. Third joint 

 of the palpi about half the length of the second. Wings with a 

 straight blackish brown oblique line, between which and the exterior 

 border there is a broad fawn-coloured band ; submarginal line 

 obsolete. Fore wings with the basal line indistinct ; interior line 

 undulating, black, fawn-colour on the interior side; two brown 

 spots on the fawn-coloured band ; orbicular mark whitish, puncti- 

 form, bordered with black; reniform deep black, narrow, slightly 

 contracted in the middle. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 

 18 lines. 



Para. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Mauritius, &c. 



21. Thermesia Marchalii. 



AlcB cinerecB^ striga media sinuata altera submarginali lunulaqne 

 centrali minuta fuscis ; anticce plaga ad extimum fusca ; 

 caput et prothorax nigra. 



Ophiusa Marchalii, Boisd, Faune But. Mad. Bomb, et Maur, 105, J 

 10, pi. 13, f. 4. J 



Thermesia Marchalii, Guen. Noct. iii. 354, 1826. 



Mauritius. Isle of France. 



Asia. 



22. Thermesia signipalpis. 



Fcem. Cinereo-fusca^ subpurpurascens ; palpi basi subtus albi ; 

 artieulus 3ws lanceolatus^ apice albidus, 2i dimidio longior ; 

 alee lineis duabus mediis^ una nigricante diffusa subrecta. 



