"Head incdiiiiii-six.cd, nillicr llal in tVonl, slii;iilly liildlicd. and of a pale 

 grcou color, willi a few vcit line hairs, invisililc wilhoul a niaiinityini: i,dass, 

 scallcrcd over its sui-racc; niaiidihlcs 1i|i|ic(l with lilack. 



" l)0(l_v ahovc lihiish urccu, with lhi(ddy set hiiiL'it ndinal slripi's (if wliitish 

 and ycUowisli. A (h)ul)li' whitish (hirsal hue, with liordci-ini,' lines ol' j'cllow- 

 ish-whifo, neither ol" which ar(^ iinhrokcn, Inil arc t'ornicd of a succession of 

 slioft lilies and dots. iJelow these, on eacdi side, nvc two or three iiii[)erfe(,'l 

 whi((! lines, made u\) of short streaks, and much fahiter than those borderinir 

 the dorsal line; spaces hetweeii the sei^ments yellowish. Tlie skin all (jver 

 the l)ody is iniu li wrinkled and folded. 



"The under surface is <jrecn, with a tiiiire ol" ycdlowish hetween the i^cg- 

 inciils ; feet yeliowisli-irrecn, p ro 1 e :,rs ij re en liiintly tipped with hrowii. 



"Tiie moth is ol" a ])nri' white color, with tiiree or four rcddish-lirown 

 spots (Ml the costal margin of each of tli(> fore wings, and with a faint curved 

 line of the same, crossing them a little beyond the middle; it expands one 

 inch." — W. Saunders, Canadian Entomologist, iii, '22'). 



I'upa. — Of the usual conical-oval shape. The wings reacdi to the hinder 

 edge of the fourth abdominal segment. The end of the abdomen terminates, 

 as usual, in a stout spine. Length, oO inch. 



De.siderntuin. 



i<tcgani(i! qiiadrinoUtta "Walk., List Lep. Ilet. IJr. Mus., wiv, page IT.'j'J, 

 18(J2. — Male. Pale cinerous-tcstaccous. Palpi porrect, acute, not extending 

 beyond the head; antennas setulose. Abdomen not extending beyond the 

 hind wings. Ilind tibial not incrassated; spurs rather long. Wings mode- 

 rately broad: fore wings slightly acute, with tlire(,' Jirowii costal spots; 

 exterior border convex, rather obli(|iie. 



Length of the body, 4 lines; of the wings, 12 linens. 



New York (in i\Ir. Saunders's collection). 



Subfamily GOXIACIDALIXvE. 



Head short and very broad. Palpi slender, .\iiteiiiia' simple. Fore 

 wings entire or variously notched ; hind wings tridentate or entire. Venation : 

 from three to six subcostal veins. Lulependent veins co-originating with the 

 anterior diseal venule. Hind tibijc swollen : tarsi two-thirds as long as tiiji;r. 



(Jl" the larval forms (d" this remarkal)le group we as yet know nothing. 



