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undulating very pale ochraceous sub marginal lines, which are more indistinct 



than the first line; marginal points black, very minute. Fore wings hardly 

 acute; costa slightly rounded toward the tip; exterior border convex, moder- 

 ately oblique. Hind wings with the exterior border slightly angular in the 

 middle. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 15 lines. It is larger 

 than A. restrictata, and in the latter the post medial lino of the wings is 

 ochraceous. The ante medial line of A. reconditaria is less slender and the 

 post medial line is more dentate. North America." 



Acidalia continuaria Walk, List, xxxv, Suppl., 1622, 1866. — "Main. 

 Whitish cinereous. Head black; vertex white. Palpi obliquely ascending, 

 black above, not rising so high as the vertex. Antennae minutely pubescent. 

 Hind tibia; incrassated; hind tarsi very short. Wings broad, thinlj and 

 minutely black-speckled ; four dull pale ochraceous lines, first line anterrie- 

 dial, nearly straight; second, third, and fourth lines postmedial, zigzag; mar- 

 ginal points black, extremely minute. Fore wings slightly acute; costa 

 slightly rounded towards the tip ; exterior border slightly convex, moderately 

 oblique, Hind wings with the exterior border hardly angular in the middle. 

 Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 13 lines. North America." 



Acidalia consecutaria Walk., List, xxxv, Suppl., 1623, 1866. — "Male. 

 Pale cinereous. Head black; vertex white. Palpi porrect, black above, 

 extending very little beyond the head. Antennas densely setulose. Thorax 

 fawn-colour along the fore border. Hind tibiae slightly incrassated; hind tarsi 

 long. Wings broad, very minutely brown-speckled; two zigzag brownish 

 lines, one antemedial, the other postmedial; two extremely indistinct zigzag 

 pale ochraceous lines between the second line and the exterior border; a brown 

 discal point, which, as well as the lines, is more conspicuous on the under 

 side; marginal points blackish, much elongated transversely. Fore wings 

 hardly acute; costa and exterior border very slightly convex, the latter mod- 

 erately oblique. Hind wings with the exterior border regularly rounded. 

 Length of the body i\ lines; of the wings 12 lines. North America." 



. [cidalia congrua Walk., List, xxxv, Suppl.. 1623, 1866. --"Mule. Whitish. 

 Body with a pale ochraceous tinge. Palpi porrect, broad, hardly extending 

 beyond the head; third joint very minute. Antenna' smooth, rather stout. 

 Abdomen hardly extending beyond the hind wings; apical tuft rather large. 



