742 CATALOGUE OF 



angular blackish brown spot on each segment. Fore coxae luteous. 

 Fore wings fawn-colour, with a luteous dot at the base and with 

 three slight oblique pale brown bands which contain a few luteous 

 dots ; the middle one forked in front. Hind wings gray. Length 

 of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Rio Janeiro. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



17. Halesidota degenera. 



Foem. Testacea, nigro guttata ; antennae fuscce ; abdomen disco 

 et guttis lateralibus fuscis ; pedes cervini ; alee subcinerea, ad 

 costam testacece ; anticae basi nigro guttatce. 



Fern. Testaceous. Head with two black dots, one between the 

 antennae and one behind. Proboscis tawny. Palpi with two black 

 dots on the outer side. Antennae brown, testaceous at the base. 

 Thorax with a band of black dots in front ; disk fawn-colour, with 

 long hairs. Abdomen above with a dark brown disk, and with a row 

 of dark brown dots along each side. Legs fawn-colour; coxae tes- 

 taceous; fore coxae with a brown mark on each near the base. 

 Wings grayish, testaceous along the costa ; veins tawny. Fore 

 wings with black dots at the base. Hind wings hardly paler than 

 the fore wings. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 15 lines. 



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



18. Halesidota cinekascens. 



Albida ; palpi apice fusci ; antennae nigrae ; thorax fusco bivitta- 

 tus ; abdomen supra luteum, basi vittisque tribus maeularibus 

 fuscis ; ventre fusco fasciis albis maculisque lateralibus 

 luteis ; pedes cervini ; aloe subcinereae ad costam testacea ; an- 

 ticce basi nigro guttatae. 



Whitish. Head behind testaceous, with a brown dorsal spot. 

 Proboscis tawny. Palpi with brown tips. Antennae black, white 

 above. Thorax with two pale brown stripes, which are curved and 

 connected in front and diverge hindward. Abdomen pale luteous 

 above, brown at the base, and with three rows of brown spots ; under 

 side brown, with white bands, which are dilated on each side, where 

 there is a row of luteous spots. Hind tibiae, except towards the 

 base and tarsi, brown. Fore wings with brown marks of various 

 size and form, and with a luteous dot and a smaller blackish dot at 

 the base. Hind wings gray, mostly white along the fore border and 

 partly whitish beneath. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 

 24 lines. 



a. Rio Janeiro. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



