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all the tibiae spinose. The thorax and tegulae are dark brown ; collar 

 with a blackish shade in front, below which it is ashen. Head and tips of 

 palpi grayish brown ; 2nd palpal joint outwardly blackish. Fore wings 

 blackish brown ; lines gemmate, distinct, with pale included shades. 

 Median vein narrowly striped with white. A whitish shade over subcostal 

 nervure. Claviform rather small, distinctly black-edged. Stigmata 

 smaller than in tessellata, grayish brown, the cell between them, and before 

 the ovate orbicular, blackish. Median space of a clearer brown below 

 the median vein. Course of the median lines much like tesscllata ; the 

 t. p. a little more exserted opposite the median nervules. Subterminal 

 line a nearly straight gray shade, thus differing decidedly from tessellata. 

 Hind wings blackish fuscous, a little paler at base, with paler fringes and 

 reflection of the discal lunule from beneath, where both wings are black- 

 ish fuscous and show a faint common line. Expanse 30 m. m. 



This is a handsome species and seems to be easily distinguished from 

 its ally by the white median vein. It seems intermediate between tessellata 

 and Ridingsiana. 



I have been shown in Detroit, by Mr. J. A. Lintner and Mr. O. S. 

 Westcott, specimens of an Agrofis new to me, but which I thought might 

 prove the true obeliscoides of Guenee, from my memory of his description. 

 This is in so far interesting, as I have been disposed, in the absence of 

 another species, to consider scxatilis as the species intended by Guenee. 



ON CERTAIN SPECIES OF MOTHS FROM FLORIDA. 



BY A. R. GROTE, BUFFALO, N. Y. 



The following species were collected by Mr. Schwarz and Mr. Bela 

 Hubbard, of the Detroit Scientific Association, among other most valuable 

 scientific material, obtained during a recent visit to Florida. 



Megathymus ynccae (Bdv. «$: Lee.) Scudd. 



The eyes are large and naked ; caputal squamation of mixed flattened 

 scales and hair. I cannot find any ocelli. The cylindrical, scaled 

 antennae are capitate, without terminal inflection or hooklet. The tibiae 

 and tarsi are strongly spinose ; hind and middle tibiae with terminal claw. 

 I regard the insect as belonging to the Castnians, where it is placed by 

 Walker. The ornamentation mimics the Hesperians. 



Haulover, Fla. } March 8. 



