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CATALOGUE OF 
less than half the length of the second. Antennas rather short. 
Wings rather narrow, with diffuse denticulated lines or bands of 
brown speckles ; marginal lunules black. Fore wings acute; reni- 
form mark indicated by a black lunule. Male . — Third joint of the 
palpi pilose. Antennae setose, with a tuft at a little before the 
middle. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. 
Female. — Third joint of the palpi bare. Length of the body 
4 — lines; of the wings 9 — 10 lines. 
Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry’s collection. 
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MEGATOMIS ? JUDICATALIS. 
Fcem. Cinerea , gracilis ; palpi longi , compressi, fimbriati, vix 
ascendentes , articulo 2 o supra late fimbriato , So acuto brevi ; 
abdomen alas posticas non superans ; pedes antici nigri ; alee 
latiusculce , nigro subconspersce , lineis interiore et exteriore 
ochraceis subdenticulatis , linea submarginali cinerea indis- 
tincta incompleta, punctis submarginalibus lineaque mar - 
ginali nigris ; anticce acutce, punctis costalibus , orbiculari 
punctiformi , reniformi bipunctif ormi maculaque apicali 
nigris, fascia cinerea , margine exteriore vix flexo ; posticce ex 
maxima parte nigra. 
Female . Cinereous, slender, white beneath. Palpi long, com- 
pressed, fringed, hardly ascending; second joint broadly fringed 
above ; third acute, about one-fourth of the length of the second. 
Antennae rather slender. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind 
wings. Legs smooth, slender; fore legs mostly black. Wings 
rather broad, slightly and minutely speckled with black ; interior 
and exterior lines ochraceous, slightly denticulated ; submarginal 
line cinereous, indistinct, incomplete; submarginal points and mar- 
ginal line black. Fore wings acute; costal points, punctiform 
orbicular mark, bipunctiform reniform mark and apical spot 
black ; a cinereous band adjoining the inner side of the exterior 
line ; exterior border hardly bent. Hind wings with the band 
mostly black. Length of the body 4£ lines; of the wings 10 lines. 
This and the following species do not accord well in struc- 
ture with the characteristic species of the genus. 
a . St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie’s collection. 
