520 



(lie base, slightly zigzag; second in the middle, slightly retracted near the. 

 costa ill' the fore wings; a black point in the disk. Fore wings acute; 

 exterior border slightly angular in the middle. Hind wings with the exterior 



bonier acutely bidentate in front. 



"Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 

 "a. North America. From Mr. Carter's collection." 



AZELINA Guenee. Plate G, fig. 12 



Gonodontis lliili. (in part), Samml. Exot. Schm., ii, 1806. 



Hiibn. (in part), Vera., 287, 1818. 

 Azelina Guen., l'hal., i, 156, 1857. 



Walk., Li^ Lep. I l.t . Br. Mns., xx, 185, I860. 



Head square in front. Antennae simple, finely ciliated. Body rather 

 stout; abdomen of the male ending in -a broad tuft. Fore wings falcate, 

 broad, the costa straight, until near the apex it becomes much curved and 

 the apex is acutely falcate, and below there are three well-marked teeth, the 

 third on the second median venule ; below this the edge is entire. Hind 

 wings angular, with three small teeth, of which the central one is the largest. 

 Venation: costal vein free from the subcostal; six subcostal venules, the 

 first two very long and ecpial in length. No subcostal cell. The posterior 

 discal venule oblique and bent. Hind tibia; not swollen, no longer than the 

 tarsi. 



The simple, thickened, slightly-ciliated male antennas, pilose thorax, 

 and finely dentate wings separate this genus from Selenia. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



Reddish or umber brown ; band in the middle of the fore wings but slightly darker than 



tin- test of t lie. wing J. hubnerata. 



Light ash-colored, with a narrow median reddish-brown band, very distinct from the rest 



of the wing I. behreiisala. 



Azelina hubnerata Guenee. Plate 11, S, fig. 58; 9, fig. 59. 



Gonodontis ancetaria I liibn., Samml. Exot . Schm., ii, 1806 i Dot ana in Cram., fide Guen.). 



Hiibn., Verz., 287, L818. 

 J.-i hnn hiibneraria Guen., I'hal., i, 159, 1857. 



Walk., Lis! Lop. II. t. Br. Mns., xx, 186, I860. 



10 $ and 10 9. — Reddish-brown, more or less strigated with dark 

 brown. Fore wings with the inner line, consisting of three scallops, the 

 first being usually a straight oblique line, extending from the costa out- 



