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of the male being furnished with short, thick pectinations; the palpi are 

 short, not passing beyond the front of the head, with the third joint short 

 and minute. The fore wings are opaque, deep-ochreous, and paler at base; on 

 the inner fourth is a white line forming a single, large, and acute angle on the 

 median vein, along which it is prolonged beyond the basal third of the wing, 

 extending out nearly as far as the discal dot, though situated below it, There is 

 a large, irregular, silvery-white discal dot, and just beyond, a broad silvery 

 line diffuse on the outside; it curves inward just below the median vein, and 

 slightly inward opposite the discal dot. Half-way between tins line and 

 the outer edge of the wing is a row of irregular white spots, from which 

 sometimes run whitish streaks to the fringe, which, between the white spots, 

 is ochreous-brown. These marking show through faintly on the under side. 

 The hind wings are pale whitish ochreous above; beneath, washed with 

 yellow-ochreous upon and on each side of the venules. The costal area is 

 yellowish. A light shade beyond the round, whitish, discal dot. The legs are 

 pale, concolorous with the upper side of the hind wings. 



Length of body, c?, 0.58; of fore wing, c?, 0.72; expanse of wings, S 

 1.60 inches. 



Norway, Me. (Smith, Mug. Comp. Zool.); Boston (Minot); "Nova 

 Scotia" (Walker). 



This fine moth differs remarkably from any Geometrid we have, in the 

 opaque, rich, «elvety-ochre>>us fore wings, with the three broad silvery lines 

 and large oblong discal dot. It is very unlike in style of coloration the two 

 other species of the genus, and would scarcely, at the first glance, be referred 

 to the same genus as C. divisaria. 



Desideratum. 



Caripeta latiorata Walk., List Lep. Het. Br. Mus., xxv, 1525, 1862. — 

 " Male. Fawn-color, mostly cinereous beneath. Wings minutely black- 

 speckled. Fore wings brownish, excepting the costa, with white markings, 

 which consist of a round discal, an irregular discal stripe, and two irregular 

 exterior bands. Hind wings without markings. Length of the body 8 lines; 

 of the wings 20 lines. 



" East Florida. Presented by E. Doubleday, esq." 



I saw Walker's type-specimen in the British Museum; it is quite distinct 

 and new to me. 



