﻿1838 CATALOGUE OF 



which is broad and pale purplish and bordered with blackish brown 

 in the hind win<rs and in the hind part of the fore win^ifs; in the 

 anterior part of the latter it is slender, indistinct and anovular; sub- 

 marginal line pale, indistinct zigzag, in a diffuse incomplete dark 

 brown band. Fore wings with black marginal points ; reniform 

 mark almost obsolete. Hind wings with black marginal lunules; 

 exterior band interlined with brown. Length of the body 4J lines ; 

 of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



POAPHILA CONGESTA. 



Foem. Pallide testacea^ sat valida; palpi erectly graciles, subar- 

 cuati ; articulus Zus lanceolatus, 2i dimidio mm Innyior ; alee 

 anticce niyro subconspersce, lineis tribus albidis obscuro mar- 

 ginatis ; posticce albce^ semihyalincB, margine exteriore sub- 

 testaceo. 



Female. Pale testaceous, rather stout. Palpi erect, slender, 

 slightly curved ; third joint lanceolate, about half the length of the 

 second. Fore wings very slightly and minutely speckled with 

 black ; three whitish lines with dark borders ; interior line nearly 

 straight; exterior and submarginal lines curved inward near the 

 costa; marginal points black, very minute. Hind wings white, 

 semihyaline; exterior border with a pale testaceous tinge. Length 

 of the body 4 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



a, Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



POAPHILA? PAUCULA. 



Foem. Subcervino-cinerea ; palporum articulus Sus brevissimus ; 

 alee fitsco subconspersce^ linea exteriore albida recta obliqua 

 fusco extvs marginata apud costam angulaia, linea submar- 

 ginali subundulata e cuneis fuscis albido notatis, linea mar- 

 ginali nigricante^ ciliis fusco interlined tis ; anticce linea 

 interiore albida undulata fusco extus marginata^ reniformi e 

 striga nigra; posticce gutta discali nigra. 



Female. Cinereous, with a slight fawn-coloured tinge. Third 

 joint of the palpi very short. Wings minutely speckled with brown; 

 exterior line whitish, straight, oblique, with a brown outer border, 

 Ibrming a right angle near the costa of the fore wings; submarginal 

 line slightly undulating, consisting of brown cuneiform whitish 



