﻿1856 CATALOGUE OF 



Page 1539. 



Amphigonia postponens. 



FoBin. Nigricans ; alee snhchalybece^ lineis pluriniis denticidati.^ 

 nlgris; antics angulatce, orbicnlari et reniformi cervinis^ hac 

 maxima vix excavata, ilia ovata parva ; posticce angulo sat 

 acuto^ linea submarginali atra exius rubra marginata. 



Female. Blackish, dark cinereous beneath. Wings with a 

 chalybeous tinge; lines black, denticulated, rather numerous; mar- 

 ginal line bordered with testaceous on the outer side. Fore wings 

 distinctly angular on the exterior border; orbicular and reniform 

 marks fawn-colour; the former oval, small; the latter very large, 

 hardly excavated. Hind wings with a rather acute anale; a deep 

 black subraarginal line, bordered with dark red exteriorly. Length 

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



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



Page 1572. 



Thermesia imitatura. 



Mas. Fusca ; palporitm articulus Sus basi pallidus^ 2i dimidio 

 paullo longior ; alee linea media recta obliqua testacea costam. 

 versus angulata, guttis submarginalibus nigris ; anticce Linea 

 interiore testacea subrecta, reniformi magna pallida marginata 

 vix excavata ; posticce macula discali pallida marginata, 



Male. Brown, pale cinereous beneath. Third joint of the 

 palpi pale at the base, a little more than half the length of the 

 second. Wings with a straight oblique testaceous middle line, 

 which forms an angle towards the costa of the fore win^s; submar- 

 ginal line indicated by black irregular dots, which in the fore wings 

 are accompanied by a pale irregular line, but are most distinct in 

 the hind wings; marginal lunules black, with testaceous borders. 

 Fore wings with an interior testaceous almost straight line; reniform 

 mark large, with a pale border, hardly excavated. Hind wings 

 with a pale bordered spot corresponding to the reniform mark, but 

 smaller. Length of the body 4^ lines; of the wings 11 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



