6 Mr. Curtis’s Descriptions of some hithcrto nondescript 
C. Superior wings broad and rounded at the apex. 
28. radiatus Leach. 
19 to 22 lines: pale dirty ochre; superior wings with brown spots and 
lines variegating the cells, the transverse nervures surrounded with the 
same colour, the posterior margin brown, with a long pale stripe down each 
cell, with a brown line in the centre. 
Z9. hieroglyphicus Curt. 
2 inches: ochreous; superior wings with numerous brown markings (ex- 
cepting a broad portion next the costa) forming irregular pale spots. 
30. Vibex Curt. 
14 to 20 lines: ochreous ; superior wings mottled with pale brown, except- 
ing the costa, forming innumerable ochre dots. 
31. latipennis Curt. 
19 lines: pale ochreous, silky ; superior wings with the edges of the neryures 
very pale fuscous, forming indistinct rays towards the apex. 
$2. stellatus Curt. 
16 to 17 lines: superior wings very pubescent fuscous ochre, with pale 
lines at the base and centre of the discoidal nervures, 2 or 3 small spots 
at the base, a bilobed one near the centre, 2 dots by the transverse ner- 
vures and a curved series of pale streaks beyond them; inferior wings 
fuscous ochreous, very pale at the base. ' " 
D. Wings short, rough or hispid. 
$3. brevipennis Curt. 
1) lines: superior wings scabrous tawny ochre, a pale dot at the base of 
the third marginal cell, another below the centre, and a third near it 
towards the posterior angle, posterior edge dark, dotted pale. 
34. villosus Fab, : 
8 to 11 lines: superior wings hispid, being clothed with bristly erect hairs, 
ochreous brown, with a pale dot on the inferior margin towards the poste- 
rior angle and another above it. 
Gen. 750. PuryGanea Linn. 
6. minor Curt. 
11 lines: brown, antenne annulated ; superior wings variegated with nu- 
merous ochreous dots, forming two large spaces on the costa, two abbre- 
viated oblique lines on the inferior margin and another parallel to the pos- 
terior margin, the edge of which is spotted brown and yellow; on the 
centre is a minute white dot: inferior wings pale fuscous, darkest towards 
the apex. 
* o* Gen. 751. Poitopotamus Lea. 
A. Antenne rather short and stout. 
4. trimaculatus Curt. 
6 lines: fuscous with an ochreous or coppery tinge ; similar to P. variegatus 
Fab, but the superior wings are more regularly sprinkled with ochreous 
dots. 
5. conspersus Curt. 
12 lines: pale fuscous ; palpi, legs and antenne tawny, the latter annulated 
with white ; superior wings thickly and minutely spotted with ochre, leaving 
brown markings on the costa and inferior margin, and two forked ones on 
the disc, the margin spotted yellow and brown from the stigma to the pos- 
terior angle. + 
