_Upper Side._ Antennæ pectinated. Head black. Neck yellow. Tongue distinct. Thorax and abdomen black; the latter having two rows of grey spots placed along the upper side of it, and reaching towards the anus, which is yellow. Anterior wings deep black, the anterior edges next the shoulders being yellow. Posterior wings sooty black, with a whitish cloud next the shoulders, and a white spot near the centre of each; a row of whitish spots are also placed along the external edges, which become fainter as they approach the upper corners. _Under Side._ Breast, sides, legs, and abdomen black. All the wings are the same; the anterior ones being edged with yellow next the shoulders, and two faint grey spots near the middle; a small whitish streak is also placed on the posterior ones, next the abdominal edges, about a quarter of an inch from the shoulders, where is a small yellow spot on each wing. Margins of the wings entire. {41}VENILIA? SOSPETA. Plate XXII. fig. 3. ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Nocturna. FAMILY: Geometridæ, _Steph._ GENUS. VENILIA? _Duponchel, Stephens_. Macaria p., _Curtis_. VENILIA? SOSPETA. Alis flavis; anticis punctis duobus parvis discoidalibus maculisque tribus marginalibus; posticis maculâ unicâ versus angulum ani, brunneis. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 5 lin.) SYN. Phalæna (Noctua) Sospeta, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2. HABITAT: Jamaica. _Upper Side._ Antennæ filiform. Head pale yellow. Eyes dark brown. Tongue spiral. Thorax, abdomen, and wings pale yellow. On the posterior edges of the anterior wings are placed two faint brown streaks; one, which is smallest, being about a quarter of an inch from the shoulders, the other the same distance from the lower corners; about the same distance from the tips, on the anterior edges, is placed another very small one. Posterior wings having likewise two of these faint spots, one on the anterior, the other on the abdominal edges. _Under Side._ Sides, breast, and abdomen pale yellow. Legs brown and yellow. Wings pale yellow, with the same spots and marks as on the upper side, but more distinct. The wings are a little angulated. EREBUS? OPIGENA. Plate XXII. fig. 4. ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Nocturna. FAMILY: Noctuidæ, _Steph._ GENUS. EREBUS? _Latr._ Phalæna (Noctua), _Drury_. EREBUS? OPIGENA. Alis angulatis badio-fuscis, strigis nonnullis undulatis et dentatis communibus obscurioribus. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc. 6 lin.) SYN. Phalæna (Noctua) Opigena, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2. HABITAT: Jamaica. _Upper Side._ Antennæ filiform. Head dark brown. Neck ash colour. Palpi long and greyish, the extremities being black. Tongue spiral. Thorax, abdomen, and wings dark russet or grey brown; the latter having some faint dark indented lines crossing the middle of them, from the anterior to the posterior and abdominal edges. The tips of the anterior wings terminate in an obtuse angle.