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CATALOGUE OF 
straight and very distinct; submarginal line more undulating and 
more indistinct than the exterior one ; reniform mark indicated by 
some black scales. Hind wings pale cinereous ; exterior third part 
brown. Length of the body lines ; of the wings 11 lines. 
Allied to B. Ulricusalis, but differing from that species in the 
discal marks of the fore wings, and in the distance of the sub- 
marginal line from the exterior line. 
a. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedies collection. 
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Bleptina Metope alis. 
Mas. Cinereo-fusca , robusta ; palpi ascendentes , longi , arcuati, 
compressi, articulo 3 o apice fasciculato ; antennce setosce ; 
abdomen alas posticas vix superans ; pedes validi ; alee latius- 
culce ; anlicce apice rotundatce , lineis interiore et exteriore 
nigris denticulatis , hac cinereo marginata , linea submarginali 
minus conspicua , punctis marginalibus nigris, orbiculari 
* albida punctiformi, reniformi nigra lunulata coarctata ; pos - 
ticce linea exteriore lituraque discali subtus conspicuis. 
Male. Cinereous-brown, stout, cinereous beneath. Palpi 
long, curved, compressed, vertical, rising high above the head ; 
third joint slightly tufted towards the tip, rather shorter than the 
second. Antennae setose. Abdomen hardly extending beyond the 
hind wings. Legs stout. Wings rather broad. Fore wings some- 
what rounded at the tips ; interior and exterior lines black, slender, 
denticulated, the latter in a cinereous band ; submarginal line more 
indistinct ; marginal points black ; orbicular mark whitish, puncti- 
form ; reniform mark black, lunulate, attenuated in the middle. 
Hind wings with the exterior line and a discal mark hardly appa- 
rent above, distinct beneath. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the 
wings 14 lines. 
It has more affinity to B . Virbiusalis than to the other species 
described. 
Brazil. In Mr. Saunders’ collection. 
