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"AmeYique septentriouale. Trois i. Coll. Mus. et Bdv. 



■ Cette espece rappelle aussi les Gnopkos, mais plutdi la Mucidaria que 

 1' Obscurata; elle pa rail varier, car les trois individus que j'ai sous les yeux 

 sonl font assez diffe'rents. Peut-Stre m&ne y a-t-il plusieurs especes. 



"La chenille n'a aucune Eminence propremenl dite, seulement, le 6'' 

 anneau a le dos renAe* e1 un petit tubercle lateral en pyramide; enfin, le 

 11° anneau porte deux petites pointes. Elle esl d'un gris-testace' clair, avec 

 une ligne lateVale ondulde, noire, au-dessus de laquelle le fond devient plus 

 foncc el esl marque d'un trait noir duns les incisions. Sur les trois premiers 

 anneaux la ligne est remplace'e par un trait isoK'. La tete et les pattes sent 

 concolores. Elle vit sur la Porcelia pygmaia." 



Amphidasys sperataria Walk., List Lep. Het. Br. Mus, xxi, 307, 1860. — 

 "Male. Cinereous, with a slight ochraceous or olive tinge Antennae broadly 

 pectinated to the tips. Thorax with a In-own hand in front. Wings thickly 

 black-speckled, with two irregular oblique zigzag nearly parallel black lines, 

 the first having along its inner side a diffuse blackish band ; marginal lunules 

 black. Fore wings broader than those of A. cognataria and with the exterior 

 border less oblique. 



"Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



'•//. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq." 



Boarmia filaria Walk., List Lep. Het. Br. Mus., xxi, 347, I860.— "Male. 

 Brownish cinereous, black-speckled. Antennae broadly pectinated, except at 

 the tips. Abdomen attenuated, extending somewhat beyond the hind wings. 

 Hind tibia incrassated. Wings rather short ; exterior line blackish brown, 

 undulating, parallel to two more exterior diffuse brown bands, of which the 

 second is limited on the outer side by the zigzag whitish submarginal line; 

 middle line less distinct; marginal lunules blackish; discal mark lunulate in 

 the fore wings, guttular in the hind wings; underside with the three lines 

 apparent. Fore wings with a curved blackish brown interior line; a testa- 

 ceous tinge along the costa, where there are many minute transverse black 

 lines. 



"Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



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



(This is a valid species and near C. umbrosaria. — A. S. P.) 



Cleora tux-tuna Walk., List Lep. Het. Br. Mus., xxi, 486. 1860. — "Female. 

 Whitish. Body, legs, and wings thickly speckled with brown. Palpi very 



