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3i'd. lanceolate, full half the length of the second. Antennae 

 rather broadly pectinated. L('gs smooth; spurs very long. Fore- 

 wings with three slightly undulating brownish lines, the middle 

 one somewhat bent ; marginal line brown slender ; reniformmark 

 indicated by a curved slender streak. Ilindvvings much paler 

 than the forewings, with the exception of a very broad streak ; 

 lines much less distinct. Length of the body Splines; of the 

 wings 9 lines." Walker, M.S.S. 



Family, Hehminid^e, Gum. 



Genus 1. Bleptina, Guen. (?) 

 3. B, surrectalis, Walker. — Common in August. 

 Distribution. — Rouge District. 



Genus 2. Herminia, Latr. 



1. H. cruralis, Guen. — Abundant in grassj places, July. 



2. H. concisa, Walker, 3I.S.S. N. sp. — Common, July. 



'^ 3Ias. et Foem. Cinerea ; palpi arcuati, glabri, erecti articulo 

 3o. lanceolato ; antennae maris pubescentes ; pedes simplices ; 

 alae lineis tribus denticulatis nigricantibus, liuea submarginali al- 

 bida denticulata, lunulis marginalibus nigris ; antic?e orbiculari et 

 reniformi pallide flavescentibus, hac interlineata." 



" Male and Female. Cinereous. Pulpi curved, smooth vertical ; 

 third joint lanceolate, more than half the length of the second. 

 Antennae of the male pubescent. Legs simple. Wings with 

 three denticulated blackish lines and with one denticulated sub- 

 marginal whitish line ; marginal lunules black. Forewings with 

 the orbicular and reniform marks pale yellowish and of the usual 

 form, the latter traversed by a black line. Hindwings much paler 

 than the forewings and with the lines less distinct. Length of the 

 body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines." Walker, M.S.S. 



3. H, clitosalis. Walker, (H. cloniosalis, Walker). — Abundant amongst 



ferns, &c., on the Mountain in July. 

 Genus 3, Epizeuxis, Hiibner. 

 1. E. gaosalis, Walker. — Abundant in grassy places, in July. 



Section 2. Pyralites, Guen. 

 Tribe, Pulvurulent^, Guen. 



Family, Pyralid^, Guen. 



Genus 1. Pyralis, Linn. 

 1. P. farinulis, Linn, (Meal Moth). — Common in houses, June an 



July. 

 Distribution. — Massachusetts, (Harris). (Eu). 



