

LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 719 



Male and female. Whitish. Abdomen above cinereous, with 

 a white band on the hind border of each segment. Fore wings with 

 minute cinereous speckles tinged with brown towards the exterior 

 border, with an exterior line of black points, and with black margi- 

 nal streaks. Hind wings white. Male. — Hind wings nearly- 

 hyaline, their tips and the tips of some of the veins on the exterior 

 border tinged with brown. Female. — Hind wings very slightly 

 hyaline, with broad brownish borders ; veins dark brown towards the 

 tips. Fore wings with a black angular discal line. Length of the 

 body 4i — 5 lines ; of the wings 11 — 12 lines. 



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



Laphygma filifera. 



Mas. Cana ; palpi fulvi ; thorax nigro conspersus, fasciis duabus 

 anticis cervinis ; alee anticce lineis duabus interioribus unaque 

 exteriore abbreviata angulosis nigris, Hnea submarginali e 

 gultis nigris indistinctis, guttis marginalibus nigris clongatis, 

 orbiculari obsoleta, reniformi subrotunda fusco pupillata 

 nigro marginata ; posticee albee, iridescentes, semihyalinee, 



Male. Hoary. Proboscis and palpi fawn-colour. Thorax 

 speckled with black, with two slight fawn-coloured bands in front. 

 Fore wings with two interior and one exterior angulose black lines, 

 the latter obsolete towards the interior border ; submarginal line 

 represented by indistinct black dots ; marginal dots black, elongated ; 

 orbicular spot obsolete; reniform nearly round, with a brown centre 

 and a black border. Hind wings white, iridescent, semihyaline. 

 Length of the body Q\ lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 



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



Laphygma orbicularis. 



Mas. Cana, vix subtestacea ; thorax fascia antica interrupta 

 nigra; tarsi nigro fasciati ; alee anticee striga basali, macula 

 rotunda discali guttisque exterioribus et marginalibus nigris, 

 Strigis nonnullis lanceolatis cervinis; posticee albee, guttis 

 marginalibus nigricantibus. Var. /3. — Alee anticee strigis 

 diffusis fuscescentibus. 



Male. Hoary, with a very slight testaceous tinge. Thorax 

 with a slender interrupted black band in front. Tarsi with black 



