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CATALOGUE OF 
sates ; abdomen alas posticas longe superans ; ales anticce an - 
gustce, acutce , lineis daabus fuscis indistinctis subdentatis , 
linea submarginali cinerea , punctis marginalibus nigricanti - 
bus, spatio costali cano ; posticce cinerecs , subhyalince . 
Cinereous-brown, moderately stout. Palpi obliquely 
ascending, rising very little higher than the vertex; third joint lan- 
ceolate, less than half the length of the seebnd. Antenna stout ; 
first and second joints incrassated. Abdomen extending much be- 
yond the hind wings. Fore wings narrow, acute, with two brown 
indistinct slightly dentate lines, the second bordering the cinereous 
submarginal line ; costal space diffusedly hoary ; marginal points 
blackish, indistinct. Hind wings cinereous, slightly hyaline. 
Length of the body 4^ lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 
a. Rio Janeiro. From Mr. Stephens’ collection. 
38. Nephopteryx minualis. 
Foem. Pallide cervina ; palpi lanceolati, graciles, subascendentes, 
sat longi , fusco trifasciati , articulo 2 o subarcuato , 3o Ion - 
giuseulo ; ales anticce angustce , subacutce , nigro subconspersce , 
punctis duobus nigris , linea submarginali nigricante indis - 
tincta ; poslicce alba, fere hyalines . 
Female. Pale fawn-colour, paler beneath. Palpi lanceolate, 
slender, slightly ascending, with three brown bands, nearly as long 
as the breadth of the head ; second joint very slightly curved ; third 
acute, about half the length of the second. Fore wings narrow, 
slightly acute, thinly and irregularly black-speckled ; two black 
points, one near the interior border, the other in the interior disk ; 
submarginal line blackish, indistinct. Hind wings white, nearly 
hyaline. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 
a. Honduras. From Mr. Dyson’s collection. 
39. Nephopteryx deprivalis. 
Subcervino-cinerea ; alee anticce angustce , nigricante subconspersce » 
apice subrotundatee , linea submarginali subundulata pallide 
cinerea , punctis marginalibus nigris , margine exteriore ob~ 
liquo subconvexo ; posticee albidce , fere hyalines , linea mar - 
ginali fusca tenui. 
Cinereous, with a slight tinge of fawn-colour. Fore wings 
narrow, slightly rounded at the tips, indistinctly blackish-speckled ; 
a pale cinereous slightly undulating submarginal line ; marginal 
