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Apamea legitima, nov. sp. Plate 2, fig. 4, '^ . 



Anterior wings carneous grey; median lines very approximate, black ; 

 ordinary spots large. Basal line black, lunate, geminate ; sub-basal 

 space large, brownish carneous at costa, greyish at internal margin and 

 along the transverse anterior line. Transverse anterior line blackish- 

 brown, narrow, irregular undulate. Orbicular spot greyish, diifuse. 

 ringed with brownish-black. Claviform very distinct, of the usual 

 shape, brownish-black; reuiform, large, carneous brownish, surmounted 

 by a black and greyish costal mark from which the transverse pos- 

 terior line emanates, becoming much projected superiorily and obso- 

 lete, reappearing below the reniform spot. Subterminal space carne- 

 ous grey, large, brownish at the costa, showing three slightly yellowish 

 costal dots. Subterminal line brownish, distinct, becominir sub-obsolete 

 at costa ; apex greyish, terminal space brownish, terminal line narrow, 

 distinct. Posterior wings silky, pale cinereous with blackish borders. 

 Thorax, tegulae and collar pale brownish, latter edged with black ; 

 abdomen cinereous tinged with reddish-brown beneath, on the sides 

 and on the anal segment. % and 9 . similar. Exp. ly*g to 11 inches. 



Hah. Middle and Eastern States. Common. 



Eurois purpurissata, nov. sp. Plate 1, fig. y. %■ 



Anterior wings broad, rounded, pale purplish greyish, tinged with 

 blackish along the costa and reddish on the discal space ; median lines 

 geminate, transverse posterior indistinct iuferiorily, subterminal very 

 distinct, continued, reddish-browu. Basal line geminate, dentate, dis- 

 tinct; transverse anterior straight, geminate, undulate; orbicular spot 

 moderate, rounded, with a faint central streak ; claviform spot small, 

 distinct, edged with reddish brown ; median shade line distinct, black- 

 ish, contiguous to the reniform spot, which latter is large, elongated, 

 slightly constricted, with a central aunulated line, the contiguous discal 

 space shaded with reddish ; transverse posterior line projected superi- 

 orily, approximate to the transverse anterior line at internal margin, 

 regularly lunulated between the veins, geminate, indistinct in the in- 

 ferior half of the wing. Veins marked with a darker shade in the sub- 

 terminal space and showing a series of pale faint dots contiguous to 

 the transverse posterior line. Subterminal line distinct, reddish-brown, 

 dentate, the ^ more distinct than in any of the allied species ; termi- 

 nal lunules black, narrow ; fringes brownish, narrowly interrupted with 



