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llu; rccioii betwccMi the l)as;il ami Ihinl liii(> on l)()tli wings is blacki-sli, the 

 outer edsje of llie l)roa(l hand droply excavated in tlie middle of the wing. 

 The black spots in the outer row are larger than usual, and extend nearly to 

 the edge of (he wing, while the apical streak is broad and dilfuse. The 

 fringe is considerably darker tlian the rest of the wing. Beneath as iisnal, 

 with tlu; sul)n)ari,^inal row of lilack spots i)resent on l)oth wings. 



Desidcrafd. 

 AripUates atropunctana Walk., List Lep llet. Br. Mns., xxvi, 1673, 

 ]3(j2. — "3{(ile. Pale yellowish fawn-colour. Head in front deep fawn-colour. 

 Palpi pilose, obliquely ascending, not rising so high as the vertex ; third joint 

 extremely mimile. Antenn;c broadly pectinated, except towards the tips. 

 Abdomen slightly attenuated; a[)ical tuft rather long. Wings rather broad, 

 with a straight, deep, tiivvn-coloured line, which extends from Ixsyond the 

 middl(! of the interior border of the hind wings nearly to the tips of the fore 

 wings, where it is retracted to the costa ; discal point black. Fore wings 

 a(uite, with a slight interior, angular, liiwn-coloured line; costa and exterior 

 border hardly convex, the latter rather oBlique. Length of the body, 6 lines; 

 of the wings, 15 lines. East Florida." 



Aspilatcs (ibbrcviutaWnWi., List, xxvi, 1G73, 1862. — "Male. Testaceous. 

 Palpi l)roa(l, obtuse, oblicpiely ascending, not rising so high as the vertex; 

 third joint nearly obsolete. Antennaj broadly pectinated. Plindtibiee slightly 

 incras.sated. Wings rather short, with a brown discal point, and a brown, 

 oblique, exterior, nearly straight line. Fore wings acute, minutely speckled, 

 with two interior indistinct darker lines; marginal points brown, very small; 

 (\\teri()r border slightly convex and oblique. Hind wings paler. Length ot 

 l»i)dy, I lines; ol the wings, 11 lines. CJeorgia." 



As/j/li//(s (/ii/ni/t/r/i/ Walk., List, xxvi, 1(174, 18G"J. — "Male. Cinereous, 

 slender. Head broad in front. AntenucC broadly pcH'tinated. Aixlomen not 

 extending beyoiul the hind wings. Wings elongate, minutely blackish- 

 speckled, with an cxtericn', oi)lique, nearly straight line of Idackish points; 

 submarginal Thk; Ijrownish, very indistinct; marginal i)oints black Fore 

 wings acute; costa straight; exterior border hardly convex, very tddique. 

 L(!ngth of the I)ody, [i lines; of (he wings, 14 lines. Georgia." 



Aspila/cf cunomria Walk., i^ist, xxvi, 1()7I, 1862. — "Male. Whitish cin- 

 ereous. H(>a(l Inteoiis in lVon(. l';il|)i very short and slender, not extending 



