﻿1836 CATALOGUE OF 



straight, with the exception of an angle which it forms near the 

 costa, where it is contiguous to a cupreous-brown patch, the latter 

 including the costal suhapical points ; orbicular mark obsolete ; 

 renifonn a little darker than the ground-colour, excavated on the 

 outer side; frinire dark cinereous. Hind wings aeneous-brown; 

 fringe pale cinereous. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 

 14 lines. 



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



POAPHILA RELAPSA. 



Fcem. Testacea ; thorax antice nigricans; pedes ex parte nigri- 

 cantes ; alee anticce suhcinerascentes, linea exteriore suhpnlli- 

 diore subundulata nigro extus ex parte marginata, linea 

 suhmarginali undulata diffusa indistincta, punctis marginali- 

 bus nigris ; posticce margine lato fuscescenie. 



Female. Testaceous, luteous beneath. Thorax blackish in 

 front. Legs partly blackish. Fore wings with a slijiht cinereous 

 tinge; exterior line a little paler than the ground-colour, slightly 

 undulating, partly bordered with black on its outer side; space be- 

 yond it a little darker than the wing elsewhere, as is also the sub- 

 marginal line, which is undulating, diffuse and indistinct; marginal 

 points black; fringe wholly testaceous. Hind wings with a broad 

 brownish border. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 13 lines. 



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



POAPHILA PEOFECTA. 



Foem. Pallide testacea^ sat rohusta ; fasciculus frontalis longiis ; 

 abdomen albido-testaceum, fusco subconspersum ; alee nigro 

 siibconspersce^ linea exteriore pallida recta perobliqua fusco 

 extus marginata intus nigro guttata; anticce gutta basali^ 

 linea interlore incompleta^ orbiculari parva et macula magna 

 discali nigris^ linea submarginali pallida undulata subobsoletay 

 punctis marginalibus nigricantibus elongatis indistinctis. 



Female. Pale testaceous, rather stout. Frontal tuft long. 

 Abdomen whitish testaceous, minutely speckled with brown. Wings 

 minutely speckled with black ; exterior line pale, straight, very ob- 

 lique, bordered with brown on its outer side, and having a row of 

 black dots along its inner side. Fore wings with a black dot near 

 the base ; interior line incomplete, indicated by an oblique black 



