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of partially-disconnected dots, the first three angulated obtusely on the sub- 

 costal veins; discal dot distinct below, the two outer lines sinuate,' with 

 intermediate dots on the veinlets ; a row of marginal, black dots ; fringe pure- 

 white. The hind wings pure-white, with no discal dot; beneath, the rows 

 of dots appear, though faintly. Hind wings with a discal dot more distinct 

 than on the upper side. Abdomen white with a row of black streaks on each 

 side of the general line of the body. Legs whitish-cinereous. 



Length of body, <?, 0.50; of fore wing, i, 0.70; expanse of wings, 1.45 

 inches. 



Cambridge, Mass. (Harris Coll.) ; Massachusetts (G. W. Peck) ; New 

 York (Grote). 



This beautiful species is readily distinguished, as it is pure white, with 

 deep-black rows of dots spreading out along the veins. The white front, with 

 black palpi tipped with white, and the black line between the wings, further 

 serve to separate it from the other species. 



Desiderata. 



Lobophora fusifasciata Walk., List Lep. Het. Br. Mus., xxv, 1258, 1862. 

 Nova Scotia; Now York. 



Lobophora ? nivigerata Walk., List Lep. Het. Br. Mus., xxv, 1259, 1862. 

 Saint Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay Terr. 



Lobophora ? incommodata Walk., List Lep. Het. Br. Mus., xxv. 1250, 1862. 

 Nova Scotia. 



CARS1A Hiibner. Plate 1, fig. 15. 



Carsia Iliibu., Verz., 330, 1818. 



Larentia Treits., Schm. Eur., vi (ii), 75, 1828. 



Anaitis Dup., Lep. France, iv, 111, 1829. 



Larissa Curtis. Brit. Ent., 324, 1830. 



Celma Steph., 111., iii, 242, 1831. 



Anaitis Boisd., Geu. Tnd., 204, 1840. 



Larentia H.-Scb. (in part), Schm. Eur., iii, 141, 1847. 



Celma Steph., Cat. Br. Lep., 183, 1850. 



Anaitis Lederer, Verb. Bot. Zool. Ges. Wien, 248, 1853. 



Carsia and Anaitis Gael)., Pbal., ii, 493, 495, 1857. 



Anaitis Staudinger, Cat., 77, 1861. 



Carsia and Anaitis Walk., List Lep. Het. Br. Mus., xxv, 1439, 1441, 1862 



Head broader and fuller than in Lobophora, with a pointed inter- 

 palpal tuft. Palpi long and rather slender, extending well beyond the 

 head; second joint widening toward the end ; third minute, very acute, not 



very distinguishable from the hairs of the second joint. Male antennse ciliated. 

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