636 CATALOGUE OF 



Brownish cinereous. Third joint of the palpi longer than that 

 of the preceding species. Fore wings minutely speckled with brown, 

 with transverse brown marks along the costa, with two small black 

 spots in the disk, one behind the other, and with black dots on the 

 exterior veins ; submarginal line composed of black dots, traversing 

 a row of brown submarginal streaks, which extend to the black 

 marginal dots. Hind wings iridescent, semihyaline, with brown 

 veins and broad brown borders ; ciliae whitish. Length of the body 

 10 ? lines ; of the wings 24 lines. 



6. Nystalea Focula. 



Fusca ; thorax plagis duabus lateralibus albis cervino guttatis ; 

 abdomen ferrugineum, basi cervinum ; alee anticce apud costam 

 ex parte cervince, striga basali alba, fascia obliqua interiore 

 albido-rosea fasciaque obliqua exteriore albo necnon cinereo 

 flavoque vittam arcuatam fingentibus, gutiis margin alibus 

 albis nigro marginatis ; postica fascia apud marginem inte- 

 riorem postice dilatata ciliisque cervinis. 



Phalaena-Noctua Focula, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. 187, pi. 383, f. G, H. 

 Trigonophora Focula, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 217, 2166. 



Surinam. 



7. Nystalea inchoans. 



Mas. Cinereo -fusca ; palporum articulus 3us 2t triente paullo 

 longior ; antennce serratce, apices versus simplices ; abdomen 

 alas posticas dimidio superans, fasciculo apicali bifurcato ; 

 pedes densissime ciliati, femoribus anticis argenteo squamosis ; 

 ahe antica lineis duabus triplicatis valde incompletis, vitta 

 tenui strigisque exterioribus fvscis, linea submarginali undu- 

 lata e guttis nigris ; postica cinerea, margine lato fuscescente. 



Male. Cinereous-brown. Third joint of the palpi rather more 

 than one-third of the length of the second. Antennae serrated, 

 simple towards the tips. Abdomen extending for full half its length 

 beyond the bind wings; apical tuft bifurcate. Legs most densely 

 ciliated ; lore femora with silvery scales. Fore wings with two very 

 incomplete triple brown bands, with a slender brown stripe, and 

 with exterior brown streaks ; submarginal line slightly undulating, 

 composed of black dots. Hind wings cinereous, with broad brownish 

 borders. Length of the body 14 lines; of the wings 28 lines. 



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



