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52; 



corresponds to the line of the (ore wings, and is obsolete in front; exterior 

 border distinctly angular, with two hindward submarginal black points. 

 Length of body 7 lines; of wings 15 lines. East Florida." 



This is a valid species, and a true Azelina. It is figured at plate 13, fig. 

 56. It may prove to be a variety of Azelina hubnerata. 



Azelina . cdaria Walk, List Lep. Het. Br. Mus., xxxv, 1548, 1866.— 

 " Male. Cinereous, with a slight tinge of ochraceous, the latter hue most 

 prevalent on the under side. Head and fore part of the thorax fawn-color. 

 Palpi porrect, slender, pubescent, extending a little beyond the head ; third 

 joint very minute. Antennae broadly pectinated to the tips. Abdomen not 

 extending beyond the hind wings; apical tuft small, compressed. Wings 

 minutely and transversely brown-streaked ; a broad undulating greenish- 

 brown band which contains a dark brown line; the latter forms an outward 

 angle in each wing and is purple-bordered on the outer side; a blackish 

 point on the inner side of the line; marginal festoon brown; under side with 

 ochraceous streaks, and with an undulating rosy line, which in the hind wings 

 and in the hind part of the fore wings is broadly bordered with white on the 

 outer side. Fore wings rectangular at the tips ; basal part mostly greenish 

 brown; exterior border very slightly angular in the middle. Hind wings 

 with the fore part of the exterior border undulating. 



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



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



Azelina stygiaria Walk., List Lep. Het. Br. Mus., xxxv, 1548, 1866. — 

 " Male. Blackish, cinereous beneath. Palpi pilose, rather stout, slightly 

 ascending, hardly extending beyond the head; third joint extremely short. 

 Antennas very minutely serrated. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind 

 wings ; some small tufts along each side ; apical tuft subquadrate. Legs 

 slender. Wings broad, minutely black-speckled; a broad cinereous marginal 

 band; exterior border acutely angular in the middle, festooned in front; 

 under side with a whitish zigzag postmedial line, and with a mark in the disk, 

 which mark is whitish in the fore wings and black in the hind wings. Fore 

 wings very acute, with two black undulating lines; first line antemedial, 

 retracted and more conspicuous towards the costa; second postmedial diffuse 

 on the inner side, very concise on the outer side; a slender oblique white 

 streak in the disk between the lines. Hind wings dark cinereous, which 



