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Acidalia reconditaria Walk., List Lep. Het. Br. Mus., xxiii, 786, 1861. — 

 "Allied to the 17th European group. Male and Female. Bone-white. Head 

 black in front. Antennae of the male pubescent. Hind tibiae of the male 

 dilated, without spurs. Wings ample, very thinly black-speckled, with cine- 

 reous more or less undulating and dentate lines; exterior line more distinct 

 than the others ; submarginal line broad, double; discal point and marginal 

 points black, small. Fore wings acute. Hind wings with the exterior border 

 slightly angular in the middle. 



"Length of the body 5-6 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



"a, New York. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. b. East Florida. 

 Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Acidalia obfusaria Walk., List Lep. Het. Br. Mus., xxiii, 786, 1861. — 

 "Allied to the 17th European group. Female. Whitish. Head black in front. 

 Hind tibiae with apical spurs. Wings ample, thinly black-speckled; interior, 

 middle, and submarginal lines cinereous, indistinct; exterior line black, den- 

 ticulated; marginal points ou the fringe and discal point black, the latter 

 rather large. 



"Length of the body 3-3£ lines; of the wings 11-12 lines. 



"#, b. East Florida. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq." 



Acidalia violacearia Walk., List Lep. Het. Br. Mus., xxiii, 786, 1861. — 

 "New group. Female. Violet slate-color. Head black in front. Wings 

 elongate, hardly black-speckled ; interior, middle, and exterior lines black, 

 slight, denticulated, partly interrupted ; submarginal line pale cinereous; discal 

 point and marginal points black, the latter on the fringe; under side with the 

 markings almost obsolete. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips. 



"Length of the body 2i lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



"a. East Florida. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq." 



Acidalia mensurata Walk., List Lep. Het. Br. Mus., xxxv, 1621, 1866. — 

 "Male. Whitish. Head black, except the vertex. Palpi hardly ascending, 

 black above, extending very little beyond the head. Antennae minutely 

 pubescent. Hind tibiae incrassated; hind tarsi very short. Wings broad, 

 with a black point in the disk ; a dull pale-ochreous slightly undulating line, 

 which is on the outer side of the point in the fore wings and on the inner side 

 of it in the hind wings; an exterior more slender brownish zigzag line; two 



