﻿LEPIDOPTERA HKTEROCERA. 1741 



1. AnT.4lCHARA ROTUNDATA. 



Mas. Pallide lignicolor^ subius ex parte albida ; abdomen pal- 

 lide cinereum ; ales anticce punctis lineotisque paucis dlscali- 

 bus nigris^ strigis costalibus obliquis nigris, striga lata exte- 

 riore nigricante^ striga apad angidum interiorem punctisque 

 viarginaiibus nigris, orblculari subobsoleta, reniformi dis- 

 tincta rotundata albo marginata ; posticce margine lata 

 cinereo, 



Male, Pale wood-colour, partly whitish beneath. Abdomen 

 pale cinereous. Fore wings with a few black points and short 

 black lines in the disk ; costa with oblique black streaks ; a broad 

 blackish streak extending from before the middle to the exterior 

 border, interrupted by the reniform mark ; a black streak near the 

 interior angle ; marginal points black ; orbicular mark almost ob- 

 solete ; reniform distinct, mostly bordered with white. Hind 

 wings white, with a broad cinereous border. Length of the body 

 4 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



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



Genus N^SIA, 



Mas, Corpus robustum. Proboscis breviuscula. Palpi erecti, 

 pilosissimi ; articulus 3us conicus, brevissimus. Antennae valida?, 

 simplices ; corporis dimidio breviores. Pectus et abdomen dense 

 pilosa. Abdomen alas posticas dimidio superans ; fasciculus api- 

 calis longus. Pedes validi, dense fasciculati; tibiae posticae calca- 

 ribus longis. Alae mediocres ; anticae costa apicem versus sub- 

 arcuata, margine exteriore denticulato obliquo subconvexo. 



Male, Body stout. Proboscis rather short. Palpi vertical, 

 very pilose; third joint conical, less than one-fourth of the length 

 of the second. Antennae stout, simple, rather less than half the 

 length of the body. Pectus and abdomen densely pilose. Abdo- 

 men extending for hall' its length beyond the hind wings ; apical 

 tult long. Legs stout, densely tufted; hind tibia? with long spurs. 

 Wings moderately broad. Fore wings with the apical pan of the 

 costa slightly curved, rectangular at the tips ; exterior border den- 

 ticulated, slightly convex, moderately oblique. 



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