1868.1 59. [Packard. 



Length of body, $ .30, ? .28; fore wing, $ .30, ? .31 inch. 



The female diflers in having longer wings, while the male has a de- 

 cidedly brown hue, with a white spotted fringe. 



Its markings are not very characteristic, as the hnes and spots vary 

 greatly with the age of the specimens, and much rubbed specimens 

 could scarcely be identified from the above description. The check- 

 ered costa, each white spot being pupilled by a black dot ; the distinct 

 white square in the middle of the wing, and the blackish apical and 

 subapical patches, together with the angulated mesial band, will 

 further serve to distinguish it. 



A common species ranging from Caribou Island to Hopedale. It 

 was most abundant at Square Island in July. 



Penthina fulvifrontana ?i. sp. 



(5,9. Head, including the front, tawny ; palpi dark cinereous, 

 white at tip and beneath, second joint scarcely so broadly truncate at 

 tip, as in P. tessellana ; antennse dark brown. Thorax dark cine- 

 reous. Fore wings brown, with ochreous scales, and three transverse 

 whitish bands ; brown at base, becoming blackish towards the whitish 

 band, especially on the costa, which band is of even width through- 

 out, and angulated outwardly on the median space, and which on the 

 costa encloses a brown dot. A broad, irregular brown band in the 

 middle of the wing, becoming blackish on the costa, with ochreous 

 scales in the middle ; beyond is a whitish band which terminates in a 

 rounded end on the submedian vein, and enclosing on the costa a tri- 

 angular brown spot. Beyond, are two slight oblic[ue (outwards) 

 brown lines, the outer one the longer, and terminating on the lower 

 two-thirds of the outer edge. Apex brown, fringe white, brown on 

 the extreme apex, with a dark, basal, narrow line, obsolete towards 

 the inner edge, and a few brown scales in the middle. 



Hind wings dusky cinereous, concolorous with the abdomen, the 

 tip of which is paler and concolorous with the fringe. Beneath, the 

 body and both wings are dusky cinereous, with four pale costal spots 

 on the outer half of the wing, alternating with square blackish spots. 

 The fore legs are ringed with white ; hind legs pale cinereous. 



Length .26; fore wing .27 inch. 



Sloop Harbor, common July 19. Strawberry Harbor, July 26. 

 Tub Island, Aug. 7, 



A common species, though less so than the foregoino-. When the 

 specimens are rubbed, the body is paler, and the ochreous scales are 

 much more distinct ; these, with the pale tawny front, will readily 

 distinguish it from the other species. 



