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CATALOGUE OF 
Blackish purple, whitish beneath. Thorax with four longi- 
tudinal ochraceous lines and with an ochraceous hindward point; 
inner lines interrupted ; outer pair abbreviated. Abdomen extending 
a little beyond the hind, wings; hind borders of the segments 
luteous. Wings elongate, with a cinereous fringe. Fore wings 
rectangular at the tips, with some ochraceous streaks near the base, 
and with a submarginal band of ochraceous streaks; a small ochra- 
ceous spot on the middle of the costa, and a larger hindward forked 
ochraceous spot in the middle of the disk ; costa straight; exterior 
border oblique hindward. Hind wings blackish brown, with a 
small yellow spot in the middle of the disk. Length of the body 
Splines; of the wings 10 lines. 
Itio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry’s collection. 
15. Gauris biferana. 
Fcem. Nigricante-fusca ; antennce basi robustce ; alee anticce 
acutee , ochraceo conspersce , tinea transversa cinerea extus 
diffusa non obliqua , atomis exterioribus creberrimis ochraceis, 
tinea marginali ochracea nigro marginata apud costam dila- 
tata postice ah breviata, fimbria cuprea ; posticee vittis duabus 
ochraceis , tinea marginati pollute cinerea , fimbria cuprea 
apice pallide cinerea . 
Female . Blackish brown. Palpi porrect, smooth, slender, 
much shorter than the breadth of the head ; third joint lanceolate, 
about half the length of the second. Antennae setulose, stout 
towards the base. Thorax and fore wings for more than one-third 
of the length from the base very minutely speckled with ochraceous. 
Fore wings acute ; a cinereous transverse line at a little before the 
middle, not oblique, concise on the inner side, diffuse on the outer- 
side ; exterior space very thickly speckled with ochraceous; marginal 
line ochraceous, black-bordered, dilated towards the costa, abbre- 
viated hindward ; fringe cupreous, glittering ; costa and exterior 
border very slightly convex, the latter slightly oblique. Hind wings 
with two ochraceous discal stripes; marginal line pale cinereous; 
fringe glittering cupreous, pale cinereous about the tips of the wings. 
Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 
a. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie’s collection. 
