﻿1632 CATALOGUE OF 



1. Palyna semilunaris. 



Foem. Pallide f uscescente-cinerea ; thorax antice fuscus ; alee vio' 

 laceo tinclce,fusco conspersce, linea flexuosa ; anticcB rotundatce ^ 

 apice ohtusce^ flaga costali subapicali semilunari fusco-nigra, 

 lineis duabus obliquis rectis parallelis. 



Palyna semilunaris, Guen, NocL iii. 388, 1883. 



Cayenne. 



2. Palyna PRiEGRANOis. 



Foem. Ferrugineo-fusca ; pedes annulati ; abdomen subtus al- 

 bidum; alee nigricante conspersce, lineis saturatioribus ; 

 anticce lineis duabus obliquis, linea exteriore aliter obliquo, 

 reniformi magna oblonga annularis maculis duabus contiguis, 

 una antica quadrata, altera posteriore majore, punctis submar- 

 ginalibus^ litura subapicali ; posticce lineis duabus, una basali, 

 altera valde obliqua, 



Palyna praegrandis, Guen, Noct. iii. 388, 1884. 



3. Palyna ? metagona. 



Foem. Ferrugineo-fusca ; palporum articulus Sus apice albidus, 

 2o non brevior ; tarsi testacei ; alee subpurpurascente suffusce^ 

 lineis obscurioribus denticulatis undulatis pallido extus mar* 

 ginatis, punctis submarginalibus nigris, linea marginali j 

 Lunulata obscure fusca indistincta ; anticcB vix acutce, orbi- \ 

 culari subobsoleta, reniformi valde indistincta; posticce 

 margine exteriore angulato. 



Female. Ferruginous-brown, slightly paler beneath. Third 

 joint of the palpi as long as the second, slightly wider towards the 

 tip, which is whitish. Head white about the base of the palpi. 

 Tarsi testaceous. Wings with a slight purplish tinge ; the lines 

 denticulated and undulating, somewhat darker than the ground- 

 colour, and with indistinct paler exterior borders; submarginal 

 points black ; marginal festoon dark brown, indistinct. Fore wings 

 hardly acute ; orbicular mark almost absolete ; reniform very in- 

 distinct. Hind wings angular in the middle of the exterior border. 

 Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



Amazon Kegion. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



