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himes longues el couche'es. r ril)i;is poste*rieurs n'ayanl qu'uu seul dperon a 

 la place de la seconde paire. 



"Califorme. Ln <?, envoys' par M. Lorquin." 



Tephrina sabularia Guen.. Phal, ii, 105. — "27 mm . Ailes d'un gris-testace* 

 clair, fitiement sable* de brun, avec une serie de petits points noirs terminaux 

 et une ligne commune, finement et regulieremcnt ondule'e, derriere laquelle 

 est une seVie de points places sur les nervures: ces points plus distincts sur 

 les stipe'rieures, oil la ligne Test moins Un petit point cellulaire aux quatre 

 ailes. Inferieures sans echancrure ni sinus. Dessous concolore, avec une 

 bande eteinte. Tete d'un jaune de miel, y compris la piece qui precede le 

 collier. Palpes longs, incombants, aigus. 



"Amerique du Nord. Une?. Coll. Gruen." 



I do not feel sure that all the preceding species belong to Phasiane, but 

 place them here provisionally. 



Tephrina expressaria "Walk., List Lep Het. Br. Mus., xxiv, 1657, 

 1862. — "Male. Cinereous. Head with a narrow blackish band in front. 

 Palpi short, broad, blackish on the outer side ; third joint very minute. An- 

 tennas broadly pectinated, except towards the tips. Hind tibiae incrassated; 

 spurs very short. Wings thinly and minutely brownish-speckled; interior, 

 middle, and exterior lines blackish, undulating, hardly dentate, retracted, and 

 dilated towards the costa of the fore wings; submarginal line whitish, zigzag; 

 marginal points black; discal ringlet elongated, brown-bordered; underside 

 with a brown discal streak and a brown submarginal band, which is obsolete 

 in the hind wings. Fore wings somewhat rounded at the tips; exterior bor- 

 der slightly convex, very oblique. Length of the body, 5 lines; of the wings, 

 14 lines, a. Nova Scotia." From Lieut. Redman's collection. 



Tephrina? inn; lata Walk., List Lep. Het. Br. Mus., xxiv, 1760, 1862. — 

 "'Male. Dark ferruginous-cinereous. Head dark brown. Palpi porrect, short, 

 broad, connected; third joint extremely short. Antenna' moderately pecti- 

 nated, rather short Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings; 

 apical tuft quadrate. Legs rather short; hind tibiffi with moderately long 

 spurs. Wings rather narrow, thinly and minutely black-speckled; exterior 

 line brown, slightly denticulate and undulating, very indistinct in the fore 



