942 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 1. ORjESIA. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis mediocriter longa. Palpi longi, 

 pilosi, porrecti, crassi ; articulus 3us brevissimus. Antennae coiv 

 poris dimidio non longiores. Abdomen alas posticas paullo supe- 

 rans. Pedes validi; tibiae posticae calcaribus longis. Alae anticae 

 mediocriter latae, apud costam rectae, apice acuminata?, margine 

 exteriore angulato antice non obliquo, interiore excavato et den- 

 tato. Mas. — Antennas dimidio basali pectinato. 



Oraesia, Guen. Noct. ii. 362. 



Body stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi long, pilose, 

 porrect, very stout ; third joint very short. Antennae not more than 

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

 the hind wings. Legs stout ; hind tibiae with long spurs. Fore 

 wings moderately broad, straight in front, acuminated at the tips ; 

 exterior border angular, its fore part not oblique ; interior border 

 excavated and dentated. Male. — Antennae slightly pectinated to 



beyond half the length. 



West Indies. 



1. Oraesia excitans. 



Mas et foem. Purpureo-fusca, nonnunquam pallida; caput et 

 thorax anticus ochracea ; thorax nigro fasciatus ; abdomen 

 albidum ; alee anticce reniformis margine lineisque transversis 

 obliquis undulatis nigricantibus, fascia interiore aurata 

 abbreviata, exteriore antice interrupta dentem versus exte- 

 riorem dilatata, gutta discali nigricante; posticce albce, ceneo 

 marginatce. 



Male and female. Purplish brown, dark or pale. Head and 

 fore part of the thorax orange. Thorax with a transverse blackish 

 line. Abdomen whitish. Fore wings with the transverse oblique 

 undulating lines and the border of the reniform spot blackish ; the 

 two usual gilded bands ; the inner one on the interior tooth 

 shortened in front ; the outer one dilated towards the exterior tooth, 

 much interrupted in front; discal dot blackish. Hind wings 

 white, with aeneous borders. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the 

 wings 14 lines, 



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

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



