722 CATALOGUE OF 



reni form spot, which is small and whitish; an indistinct exterior 

 line composed of a few blackish dots, and with blackish marginal 

 lunules. Hind wings white, with a pale brown marginal line. 

 Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



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 Prodenta Commelin^e. 

 k, I. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



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 Prodenia signifeka. 

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



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Prodenia variolosa. 



Mas. Pallide testacea ; palpi fusco fasciati ; tarsi nigro guttati ; 

 alee anticce cervince, plaga magna subquadrata strigaque obli- 

 qua lata testaceis, fascia interiore cinerea, fascia exteriore 

 latiore albida maculam fuscam includente intus cinereo nebu- 

 losa, linea mediana fusca duplicata undulata, lituris costalibus 

 et basalibus nigris albidisque, reniformi nigro ex parte margi- 

 nata, linea submarginali lunulisque marginalibus nigris ; pos- 

 tica? alba, margine an gusto fusco. 



Male. Pale testaceous. Palpi with a brown band. Tarsi 

 with a black dot on each joint. Fore wings mostly fawn-coloured ; 

 a large subquadrate pale testaceous patch extending from the mid- 

 dle of the interior border to the reniform spot, communicating with 

 a paler testaceous broad oblique streak, which cuts off part of the 

 orbicular spot; an interior gray band, and a broader exterior whitish 

 band, which includes a brown spot, and is shaded with gray on the 

 inner side, where it joins the double undulating brown median line ; 

 some black and whitish marks along the costa and near the base ; 

 reniform spot partly bordered with black ; submarginal line black, 

 very slight; marginal lunules black. Hind wings white, with a 

 very slender brown border ; veins brown towards the tips. Length 

 of the body 7 — 8 lines ; of the wings 14 — 16 lines. 



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

 '•. St. Domingo. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



