iniicli-roiiiKli'd ii|K'X of I lie liirc winus, llir cosla Itciii^f very convex, and 



In- the notclifd. Iiidcnialc hind winus and the dcru'alc iiround-cclor and 



niaikiiigs. 



C iLLIZZIA AMOUATA, sp. iKir. I'lalc 1(1, li^. o.'). 



3 <i . — Hody and winijs nnit'onnly |)('arly-asli. Fionl dark (liocolalc- 

 brown. Fore winirs with two dark lines, which aiise wide apart on the costa, 

 curve onfward, and unite jnst li(d)ind the third median vein, and then lin'ni a 

 trianirnlar inclosni-e on the'innei- edye of the wiiiif. Jnst Ixdow the a|i<'x is 

 a dark, trianiridar inehisnre, limited hy a distinct brown line, the ajx'x olilnse 

 and directed toward the base oC the winir. Fringe sliirldlv checkered with 

 brown, otherwise concohn'ous with the wini,^ ISoth \\ini;s witii scattered 

 l)|-owu strigjv. Jlinil winiis with two snliparalh-l (hirk lines, the inner (jiiite 

 regidarly curved, the outer with a large, sharp aiiijle in the middle ol' the 

 wing. .V tew n:ai'ginal dark dots on the outer ediic near the last point. 

 Beneath, dull pearl-brown ash, with no markings, but a I'ew lin<', scattered, 

 dark striga'. Legs a little more dnsky than the winus. 



Length of body, c^ , (1.25; of lore wing, J, 0.40: expan.sc of wings, O.b'5 

 iueli. 



((|nebec (Ticv. F. X. 15elangcr) ; ]\Ionlreal, Canada (Lyman) ; Albany, 

 N. Y. (Lintner). 



This beautiful and siuirnlar si^'cies may lie recognized by its three- 

 toothed hind winiTs. the antt'rior pair being entire, by its delicate pcarl-asli 

 tint, and the meeting and separating- of the two lines formiuir a larac triangle 

 on the inner edge of the hind wings; also liy the large acute angle made liy 

 the ontei" line on the hind w i}igs. 



Subfamily ACIDALIX^E Htcplicns (emciul.). 



Sulitribo .icUlulilcs \)n\t., Cut. Lcp. Kiir.. "271, 1S41. 



Suh(:mi'\\)' Mclanthkii (ill part), AvidaUdi (p. '21:!) Stepli., Cat. I'.rit. Lc|). '.ilS, ami Tuiuiiidiidi (in part) 



Steph., Cat. 225, 1S50. 

 rainily Addiilidiv (icieu., Pbal., i, ii'i, 18.">7. 



Walk., List Lep. Het. Br. Miis., xxiii, 7.")", 18j1, 



Head usually short, and broad in front. Palpi usually sliort and weak, 

 extending but slightly beyond the front. Ant(^nna' usually simple (sometimes 

 ])cctinated). Fore wimrs usually slightly suhfalcate. Hind wings a little 

 l)ent on theouttM' edge. \ enatitui : usually a sidicostal cell (s(nnelimes two); 

 the first subcostal venule is usuallv verv lonir, oriunnatinif at the sidicostal cell. 



