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CATALOGUE OF 



9. Halesidota BIPUNCTATA. 



Mas. Testacea ; palpi fusci, basi testacei ; abdomen supra luteum, 



basi apiceque testaceum ; pedes anteriores supra fuscescentes ; 



al(B anticce punctis obscurioribus ; posticce albidce. 



Male. Testaceous. Proboscis tawny. Palpi brown, testaceous 



at the base. Abdomen above pale luteous, testaceous at the base 



and at the tip. Anterior legs brownish above. Fore wings minutely 



flecked with darker testaceous ; a blackish dot in front of the tip oY 



the discal areolet. Hind wings whitish. Length of the body 5 



lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Para. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 





10. Halesidota annulosa. 

 Mas. et fcem. Testacea ; abdomen pallide luteum ; alee antica 



fusco bifasciata ; posticce margaritacece, sublimpidce. Fcem. 



Thorax fusco bifasciatus. 



Male and fern. Testaceous, whitish testaceous beneath. An- 

 tennae whitish above. Abdomen pale luteous, except towards the 

 base. Fore wings with two pale brown bands, one irregular and in- 

 distinct, at a little before one-third of the length of the wing, the 

 other regular, distinct and oblique at a little before two-thirds of the 

 length ; surface covered with oblique bands of irregular pale brown 

 ringlets, one of which near the tip of the wing has a brown dot on 

 its inner border; veins tawny. Hind wings pearly white, semi- 

 transparent. Pern.— Thorax with two indistinct pale brown stripes 

 converging hindward. Length of the body 4—5 lines ; of the wings' 

 11 — 15 lines. 



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



b. Para. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 



c. Para. From Mr. Steven's collection. 



11. Halesidota Alsus. 

 Mas et fcem. Testacea ; thorax fusco bivittatus ; tibia tarsique 

 antica supra fusca; alee anticce fasciis plurimis angulosis et 

 ex parte ocellaribus fulvis. Mas.— Tarsi intermedii fusco 

 fasciati. Fcem. — Thorax antice nonnunquam fusco quadri- 

 guttaius. 



Phalaena Alsus, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. 26, pi. 113, f. E. 

 Halesidota Alsus, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. (Phalanx Vera Hipocrita 

 Sphingiformes) 170, 1755. 



Surinam. 



