24 AUG. R. GROTE. 



villous lines cross both wings; discal spot on primaries large and distinct. Ex- 

 panse 30 to 32 :nm. 



Cental Alabama ; July. Readily flies when disturbed. 



6. Pleonectyptera geometralis, m. — 9- — s ' ze > ornamentation, and 

 coloration beneath of 9 P. pyralis; but above the wings are reddish fawn color, 

 not clear yellow to the common t. p. line. Outside of this line the wings are 

 terminally but little more reddish than centrally. The median shade and t. a. 

 line are dark reddish ; orbicular dot a little larger and m. shade closer to the 

 less prominent reniform spot compared with P. pyralis. On the secondaries the 

 common oblique t. p. line is removed nearer the base of the wing, close to the 

 common m. shade line, the latter fusing with the discal mark. 



Same locality with P. pyralis; June. A single specimen taken. 

 Very distinct in appearance from the want of contrast in color between 

 the wings terminally and centrally, so obvious in P. pyralis. 



7. Pleonectyptera phalaenalis, m. — 9- — Much smaller than the pre- 

 ceding and differently colored and ornamented. Palpi divaricate and structure 

 of body parts as in 9 P- pyralis. Pale dull olivaceous fawn color with a reddish 

 tinge especially on hind wings. On primaries above only two lines visible; the 

 t. a. and t. p. lines, which are approximate. Both are obsoletely geminate, 

 with pale included shade ; the inner line wanting in the t. a. line and the outer in 

 the t. p. line. Reniform blackish, sub-quadrate, relatively large, erect; orbicular 

 a dot on the straight t. a. line. T. p. line slightly sinuate or projected superiorly. 

 Hind wings with faint traces of an oblique transverse line as in the preceding 

 epecies. Body above, concolorous with wings. Beneath, wings and body parts 

 etained with vermillion. Above traces of a common dotted sub-terminal line. 

 Beneath black discal dots and a faint black common transverse line. Expanse 

 24 mm. 



Same locality with the preceding. A single specimen ; August. 



8. Hypena toreuta, m. 



Hypena internalis, Rob. Ann. N. Y. Lye. (nomen bis lectum). 

 % 9 . — Primaries entirely obscure sooty black. Ordinary lines indicated by 

 minute white dots. On internal margin without and at base of the usual faintly 

 indicated t. p. line is a conspicuous stained white spot. Secondaries blackish. 

 Orbicular replaced by a small tuft of deep black raised scales. Expanse 28 to 

 30 mm. 



Habitat. — Middle States. The female is a little the paler and 

 allows the usual ornamentation of the primaries above to be more 

 easily perceived. Very recognisable from the whitish blotch on in- 

 ternal margin. Not in frequent in various localities in New York 

 State. The name given by Mr. Rubinson has been used in the genus 

 by Mr. Guenee, for a different species. 



9. Renia discoloralis, Guenee. 



% 9 . — This is the largest of our species of Renia, a genus readily 

 recognised from the characters offered by the antennae and labial palpi. 

 The male antennae are thickened and finely bristled for over three- 



