﻿1852 CATALOGUE OF 



qvis, \a recta, 2a antice angulata, punctis suhmarginalihm 

 atbis nigro notatis, orbiculari et rmiformi atris, hac magna 

 vix excavata, ilia punctiformi ; posticce cinerece, linea media 

 recta pallida. 



Female, Ferruoinous-browti, cinereous beneath. Abdomen 

 somewhat paler than the thorax and wiih a cinereous linge. Wuifis 

 with a testaceous inai'iiinai line. Fore wings partly tinned with 

 purple, mostly paler alonu the exterior border; a blackish'mark by 

 the inter or anoie ; interior and exterior lines pale, slender, slightly j 

 oblique, the tirst straight, the second forming an outward angle in! 

 from; submarginai line indicated by a few white bhick-marked 

 j>oints; orbicular and reniform marks deep black, the former puoc- 

 tilortu, the latter large, hardly excavated. Hind wings cinereous- 

 brown, witii a pale straight Hue across the middle. Length of the 

 body 6^- lines; of the wings 14 lines. J 



Eio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. ^1 



Genus CGERIANA. 



Fa^m. Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis brevis. Palpi validi, 

 pilosi, compressi, oblique ascendentes; ariiculus 3us longi-conicus, 

 2i dimidio nou longior. Antennae simplices. Abdomen alas posti- 

 cas paullo superans. Pedes validi, pubescentes ; til>iiie posticoe 

 calcaribus longis. Alae mediocres; anticce apud costam subrectic, 

 apice rectangulatee, margine exteriore vix convexo non obliquo. 



Female. Body rather slender. Proboscis short. Palpi stout,, 

 pilose, compressed, obliquely ascending ; third joiot elongate-conical, 

 about half the length of the second. Antennae simple. Abdoujeit 

 extending a little beyond the bind wings. Legs stoui, pubescent; 

 hind tibiae with long spurs. Wings moderately broad. F<.re winjrs 

 nearly straight along the costa, rectangular at the lips, hardly 

 convex and not oblique along the exterior border. 



1. CCERIANA CLANDESTINA. 



Foem. Obscure fusca ; alae fimbria testacea nigro notata ; antirce 

 purpurascentes ex parte cervince, linea exteriore nigra obliqim 

 denticulata, strigis submarginaiibus nigris, lunulis marginali- 

 bus nigris extus testaceis, orbiculari et reniformi valde indis- 

 tinctis ; posticce aneo-fuscce. 



