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CATALOGUE OF 
base, and with a blackish costal patch at a little before the middle ; 
a blackish discal dot near the inner side of a blackish undulating 
exterior line, which is obsolete hindward ; marginal points black ; 
exterior border slightly convex and oblique. Hind wings whitish, 
iridescent, nearly hyaline, with a fawn-coloured streak near the tip 
of the costa. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 
a. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie’s collection. 
33. Nephopteryx rufescentalis. 
Fcem. Rufescente-fulva; palpi sat graciles , suberecti , verticem 
superantes , articulo 3 o lanceolato ; alee anticce angustce , apice 
rotundatce , punctis panels discalibus nigris , costa pallida , 
margine exteriore perobliquo ; posticce albidce, fere hyalince , 
apice subfulvescentes . 
Female. Reddish fawn-colour, paler beneath. Palpi smooth, 
rather slender, nearly erect, rising higher than the vertex; third 
joint lanceolate, nearly half the length of the second. Fore wings 
narrow, rounded at the tips, with four or five black discal points; 
costa pale; exterior border convex, very oblique. Hind wings 
whitish, iridescent, nearly hyaline, with a slight fawn-coloured tinge 
at the tips. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 
a. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie’s collection. 
34. Nephopteryx fissuralis. 
Fcem. Cana, robusta ; palpi vix ascendentes, caput perpaullo 
superantes , articulo 3o minimo ; pedes validi ; alee anticce 
angustce , apice rotundatce , fusco substrigatce, vitta discali 
apice furcata punctisque exterioribus punctisque marginalibus 
nigris ; posticce albidce, fere hyalince . 
Female. Hoary, stout. Palpi very slightly ascending, ex- 
tending very little beyond the head ; third joint very minute. Ab- 
domen cinereous, extending very little beyond the hind wings. 
Legs stout. Fore wings narrow, diffusedly streaked with brown, 
somewhat rounded at the tips ; a black discal stripe, which is 
forked at the tip, and has beyond it a few black points which indi- 
cate the submarginal line ; marginal points black, exterior border 
convex, slightly oblique. Hind wings whitish, iridescent, nearly 
hyaline. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 13 lines. 
a. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie’s collection. 
