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dashes ; a black line checked with white at the base of the black 

 fringe. 



Posterior wings gray at the base, with a dark terminal border, 

 fringe white. Anterior wings beneath black; posterior wings 

 white, with a dark costal and terminal border. Abdomen un- 

 til f ted. 



Hab. Glencoe, Dodge Co., Nebraska. 



From Mr. G. M. Dodge (No. 38). 



The form of the basal dash and the very conspicuous ordinary 

 spots will quickly distinguish this species. 



Hadena minuscula, Morr. 



Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. xvii. p. 147 (Orthosia). 



This species is allied to the European Hadena literosa. The 

 reference to Orthosia was caused by the defective condition of the 

 type. 



Metahadena, nov. gen. 



. Antennae simple. Eyes naked. Ocelli present. Palpi 

 upright, short, stout, and thickly clothed, the terminal joint small 

 and rounded. Front rounded, a small, white scale tuft at the 

 base of the antennas. Collar rounded, produced in the middle, 

 formiug a slight elevation. Thorax smooth, clothed with mingled 

 scales and hair, no metathoracic tuft. Abdomen untufted. Tibiae 

 unarmed. 



M. atrifasciata (nov. sp.). 



Expanse 35 mm. Length of body 14 mm. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen black. Anterior wings cinereous, 

 the median space black ; half line present ; interior line obliquely 

 outwardly curved, bounding the median black space ; ordinary 

 spots obsolete ; exterior line evenly inwardly curved ; traces of 

 the subterminal line, which is preceded before the costa by a 

 black shade ; the veinlets in the terminal and subterminal spaces 

 finely marked with black. 



Posterior wings pure white at the base, an even very broad 

 black terminal band. 



Beneath, the anterior wings are black, the posterior wings have 

 the markings above reproduced, but the terminal band is nar- 

 rower. 



Hab. Orono, Maine. (Prof. C. H. Fernald.) 



