LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
883 
Megatomis? Nealcesalis. 
Mas. Pallide cinerea , sat gracilis , ferrugineo conspersa ; palpi 
ascendentes , fimbriati , longiusculi , graciles , articulo 3 o 
lanceolato ; antennce subpubescentes ; abdomen alas posticas 
superans , segmentis albo marginatis , a/uce compresso ; pedes 
sat validi ; alee elongates , margine exteriors subjlexo ; anticee 
subfalcatee , punctis costalibus albis , fasciis duabus ferru- 
gineis , la vix obliqua intus diffusa extus concisa , striga pos- 
tica obliqua albida , macula fusca strigaque angulata ferru - 
ginea basalibus , striga discali arcuata ferruginea. 
Male. Pale cinereous, rather slender, ferniginous-speclded. 
Palpi ascending, fringed, rather long and slender ; third joint lan- 
ceolate, nearly half the length of the second. Antennae slender, 
very minutely pubescent. Abdomen extending rather beyond the 
hind wings; hind borders of the segments white; tip somewhat 
compressed. Legs smooth, rather stout. Wings elongate; exte- 
rior border slightly bent. Fore wings subfalcate, with white points 
along the exterior part of the costa ; two ferruginous bands ; the 
first concise on the outer side, diffuse on the inner side, almost up- 
right ; the second irregular, accompanied by a hindward oblique 
whitish streak ; a brown spot and an angular ferruginous streak 
between the base and the first band, and a curved ferruginous 
streak between the two bands. Hind wings more thickly speckled 
than the fore wings. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 
10 lines. 
a. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie’s collection. 
Megatomis Dorcanderalis. 
Mas. Testacea , sat gracilis , antice ferruginea ; fasciculus front- 
alis acutus ; oculi albo cincti ; palpi longi , ascendentes , 
articulo 2 o Into vestito , So nudo lineari gracillimo ; antennce 
setosee ; abdomen alas posticas perparum superans ; pedes an - 
tici nigricante-cinereo fimbriati ; alee concolores , lineis tribus 
dentatis indistinctis , punctis submar g in alib us lineaque mar - 
ginali nigricantibus ; anticee longee , acutee , punctis costalibus 
albis , orbiculari et reniformi annularibus magnis , margine 
exteriore subconvexo reticle obliquo ; posticce breviusculce, mar- 
gine exteriore subflexo , litura apud marginem interiorem 
nigricante et albida . 
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