838 CATALOGUE OF 



second. Antennae slightly pectinated, much more than half the 

 length of the body. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind 

 wings, tufted at the tip. Legs rather stout ; hind tibiae with long 

 spurs. Fore wings rather broad, somewhat rounded at the tips, 

 very slightly oblique along the exterior border. 



1. Chobata discalis. 



Mas. Alba; caput et thorax ex parte fiisca ; abdomen pallide 

 testaceum ; alee anticce ceneo-fuscce , nigro conspersce, basi ex 

 parte, striga ' brevi lata arcnata, lineis duabus undulatis stri- 

 gaque apud angulum interiorem albis, linea submarginali 

 angulosa lineaque marginali interrupta nigris ; posticce mar- 

 gine fuscescente. 



Male. White. Head and thorax partly brown. Abdomen 

 pale testaceous. Fore wings aeneous-brown, speckled with black, 

 partly white near the base, and with a short broad curved white 

 streak, which extends from the costa outward ; two undulating 

 white lines, the first shortened in front by the white streak, the 

 second dilated in front ; a white streak by the interior angle, slightly 

 tinged with purple, as is some of the white elsewhere ; submarginal 

 line black zigzag ; an interrupted black marginal line. Hind wings 

 white, with pale brownish borders. Length of the body 4 lines ; of 

 the wings 9 lines. 



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



Genus 12. SYNTHIMIA. 



Corpus gracile. Frons fasciculata. Proboscis brevis. Palpi 

 porrecti, fasciculum non superantes ; articulus 3us minutus, coni- 

 cus. Antennae simplices, corporis dimidio paullo longiores. Pedes 

 sat graciles; tibiae posticae calcaribus longis. Alae latiusculae ; an- 

 ticae apud costam rectae, apice angulatae, margine exteriore subobli- 

 quo fere recto. 



Synthimia, ffiibn. Verz. Schmett. 282. 

 Euclidia, p., Treit. ; Boisd. 

 Metoptria, Guen. Noct. ii. 261. 



Body slender. Head tufted in front. Proboscis short. Palpi 

 porrect, not extending beyond the tuft ; third joint minute, conical. 

 Antennae simple, a little more than half the length of the body. 

 Legs rather slender; hind tibiae with long spurs. Wings somewhat 



