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which have fawn-colored or brown borders', and are sometimes partly shaded 

 with fawn-color; an elongated, darker, ochraceous patch along the fore part 

 of the exterior border; exterior border slightly convex and oblique. Hind 

 wings whitish, with an ochraceous tinge along the exterior border. 



Length of the body, 6-7 lines; of the wings, 16—18 lines. 



a-c, Newfoundland. Presented by W. C. St. John, esq. 



d, Nova Scotia. From Lieutenant Redman's collection. 



e, Orilla, Western Canada. From Mr. Bush's collection. 

 f—i, New York. Presented by E. Doubleday, esq. 



Cidaria rigidata Walk., List Lep. Het. Br. Mus., xxvi, 1727, 1862.— 



<?. — Cinereous. Palpi short, porrect. Antennae smooth, rather slender. 

 Abdomen not extending behind the hind wings; apical tuft very small. Legs 

 smooth, slender; hind tibia? with four long spurs. Wings elongate. Fore 

 wings acute, mostly tinged with brown, with three black lines; first line, near 

 the base, slightly zigzag; second line, interior, undulating, diffuse on the 

 inner side, where it is accompanied by a slight brown line; third line undu- 

 lating, dentate, with a black streak between it and the tip of the wing; 

 submarginal line pale cinereous, zigzag; exterior border slightly convex, very 

 oblique. Hind wings paler, with a slight, brownish, undulating, exterior line. 



Length of the body, 5 lines; of the wings, 16 lines. 



a, Nova Scotia. From Lieutenant Redman's collection. 



Cidaria explagiata Walk., List Lep. Het. Br. Mus., xxvi, 1728, 1862. — 

 9. — Brownish cinereous. Palpi porrect, obtuse, much shorter than the 

 breadth of the head ; third joint extremely minute. Fore wings slightly 

 acute, thinly speckled with black; basal, interior, and exterior lines black; 

 basal space and the space between the interior and exterior lines brownish; 

 a row of elongated black points beyond the exterior line ; submarginal line 

 whitish, zigzag; discal streak blackish; exterior border slightly convex, very 

 oblique. Hind wings a little darker about the exterior border; discal mark 

 and exterior zigzag line brownish. 



Length of the body, 1 lines; of the wings, 12 lines. 



a, Nova Scotia. From Lieutenant Redman's collection. 



Larentia fumidotata Walk., List Lep. Het. Br. Mus., xxvi, 1701, 1862. — 

 c?. — Blackish cinereous. Head very pilose in front. Palpi porrect, extending 



