202 LEPIDOPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 



a few brown bands more or less deflnite and branched, sometimes 



almost obsolete. Posterior wings lateous, broadly margined with 



black, with a somewhat hoary patch along the interior angle. 



South America; West Indies. 



€lejiens. 



Thorax doubly crested. 



4. A. alope Drury, I, 58, pi. 27. 



Brown. Abdomen blackish, with hoary interrupted bands and 

 a dorsal stripe. Anterior wings with a series of angular black 

 lines about the middle of the nervu'res, with a paler streak near the 

 middle of the inner margin, more or less bent backwards, some- 

 times blackish brown. Hind wings luteous or orange yellow, with 

 a broad brown terminal margin. 



Var. |3, Female. Brown, cinereous beneath. Head and thorax 

 with a blackish stripe. Abdomen hoary, with three slender black 

 stripes and with broad black bands ; tip fawn-color. Fore wings 

 with indistinct blackish lines and streaks, and with some exterior 

 fawn-colored streaks. Hind M'ings luteous, with very broad dark 

 brown borders ; exterior margin somewhat fawn-colored. Length 

 of the body 20 lines ; of the wings 39 lines. 



S. America ; West Indies. 



Clemens. 



5. A. guttularis Walker, p. 227. 



Hoary, whitish beneath. Head and fore part of the thorax with 



a brown middle line. Abdomen with a slender whitish stripe, and 



with a slight lilac tinge. Wings beneath pale brown, white at the 



base and along the interior border of the hind wings. Fore wings 



with a black streak along the middle, and with several black dots. 



Hind wings brown, ferruginous at the base ; cilise white. Length 



of the body 10 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



St. Domingo. 



Clemens. 



Thorax douhly crested. 



6. A. cenotrus Cramer, IV, 22, pi. 301. 



Cinereous, beneath white. The head is whitish, with the sides 

 of a dirty rose color. The segments of the abdomen whitish, and 

 white beneath, with black points towards the side's. Anterior 

 wings reddish brown toward the base, with slightly fawn-colored 



