body 7 lines; of the wings 18
lines.
Gen. THALATTA, _Walk._
25. Thalatta aurigutta, _Walk. Cat. Lep. Het._ xv. 1793.
Fam. HYPOGRAMMIDAE, _Guenee_.
Gen. BRIARDA, _Walk._
26. BRIARDA PLAGIFERA, n. s. _Mas._ Ferrugineo-cinerea; capite
thoraceque antico nigricantibus; tibiis ciliatis; alis sat angustis
subdenticulatis, anticarum fascia basali, macula discali maculaque
costali exteriore nigricantibus, lineis exteriore et submarginali fuscis
duplicatis denticulatis subnebulosis; alis posticis pallide cinereis,
semihyalinis, fusco latissime marginatis.
_Male._ Cinereous, tinged with ferruginous. Head and fore part of the
thorax blackish. Palpi obliquely ascending; third joint linear, conical
at the tip, about half the length of the second. Antennae hardly setose.
Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs rather stout;
tibiae fringed; spurs very long. Wings rather narrow, slightly
denticulated. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips, very oblique
along the exterior border; a blackish band near the base, abbreviated
hindward; a large blackish spot on the reniform mark, and a diffuse
blackish spot near the tip of the costa; exterior and submarginal lines
brown, double, denticulated, with the space along their borders somewhat
clouded. Hind wings pale cinereous, semihyaline, with very broad brown
borders. Length of the body 9 lines; of the wings 22 lines.
Fam. CATEPHIDAE, _Guenee_.
Gen. STEIRIA, _Walk._
27. STEIRIA PHRYGANEOIDES, n. s. _Mas._ Pallide cinerea, rufescente
conspersa; palpis longis vix ascendentibus; alis sat angustis
denticulatis; alarum anticarum squamis nonnullis nigris fuscisque,
marginibus exteriore et interiore non conspersis, reniformi magna; alis
posticis pallide cinereis, fusco late marginatis.
_Male._ Pale cinereous, thickly speckled with ferruginous red. Palpi
long, hardly ascending, almost straight; third joint linear, obtuse at
the tip, rather shorter than the second. Antennae bare. Abdomen conical,
extending rather beyond the hind wings; apical tuft small. Legs rather
long and slender, almost bare; spurs very long. Wings rather narrow;
exterior border denticulated. Fore wings with the speckles mostly
confluent in the disk, mostly wanting along the interior and exterior
borders; several black and brown speckles, some of which border the
large reniform mark. Hind wings pale cinereous, with a broad brown
border. Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 20 lines.
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