﻿1624 CATALOGUE OF 



and markings ; ciliae short. Fore wings acute, subfalcate, hardly 

 convex along the costa ; exterior border moderately oblique, slightly 

 bent in the middle. 



West Indies. 



1. Plaxia subducta. 



Mas. Ferrugineo-fusca, vix purpurascens ; palpi et pectus rufes- 

 cenlia ; alee linea exteriore recta ohliqua nigricante-fusca^ 

 linea suhmarginaii valde indistincta e punctis nigris albido 

 notatis, fimbria pallide ferruginea ; anticce vix subfalcatce, 

 plaga costali apicali elongata nigricante fusco marginata^ 

 linea interiore nigricante subundulata indistincta vix obliqua, 

 orbiculari nigra punctiformi. reniformi magna alhida, 



Male. Ferruginous-brown, with a very slight purplish tinge ; 

 under side rather paler and with a slight cinereous tinge. Palpi 

 and pectus reddish. Wings with a straight oblique blackish brown 

 exterior line, which terminates in the blackish brown border of an 

 elongated costal and apical patch, the latter hardly differing from 

 the ground-colour of the wing ; submarginal line very indistinct, 

 distinguished by some black whitish-marked points ; ciliae pale fer- 

 ruginous. Fore wings hardly subfalcate; interior line blackish, 

 slightly undulating, indistinct; nearly upright; orbicular mark 

 forming a black point; reniform large, whitish. Length of the body 

 8 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



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



2. Plaxia spiloleuca. 



Mas. Fusca^nigro subconspersa ; alee linea exteriore ferruginea 

 distincta subrecta apice nigra, linea submarginali e guttis 

 strigisque nigris albo notatis, linea marginali nigra, fimbria 

 pallida bilineata, linea interiore nigricante, indistincta undu- 

 lata denticulata ; anticce linea basali nigricante, orbiculari e 

 gutta atr a, reniformi magna alba extus excavata nigra ex parte 

 marginata, 



Male. Brown, minutely speckled with black, slightly cinereous- 

 brown beneath. Wings with the exterior line ferruginous, distinct, 

 nearly straight, extending from the tips of the fore wings, where it 

 is black to the middle of the interior border of the hind wings ; sub- 

 marginal line irregular, formed by black dots and short streaks. 



