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Subgroup 3. 

 Like the fourth European subgroup, 



41. Leucania multilinea. 



Pallide testacea ; thorax nigro subconspersus, fascia cinerascente ; 



alcB anticcB vittis duabus obscure fuscis, venis albis, areolis 



fusco sirigatis, guttis cjuinqiie punctisque marginalibus nigris ; 



posticcB albidce^ apucl marginem exteriorem cinerece nigro 



guttatce. 

 Pale testaceous. Thorax with a grayish indistinct band, 

 siightly speckled with black. Fore wings with two dark brown 

 stripes, with the veins mostly white, with two pale brown streaks on 

 each areolet, with five black dots, and with black points along the 

 exterior border ; interior border speckled with black. Hind wings 

 whitish, cinereous towards the exterior border, which has a row of 

 black dots. Length of the body 5 Hues; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Orilla, West Canada. From Mr. Bush's collection. 



Subgroup 4. 

 Like the fifth European subgroup. 



42. Leucania Phragmitidicola. 



Var. ? Albida ; alee anticce pallide rosece^ vitta testacea^ vena me- 

 diana alba, lineis duabus exterioribus transversis guttulanbus 

 nigris, margine interiore nigro consperso ; posticce albce, mar- 

 gine exteriore pallide roseo-cinereo guttis nigris. 



Leucania Phragmitidicola, Guen. Nod. i. 89, 136. 



North America. 



Var. P Whitish. Fore wings pale rose-colour, with a slight 

 testaceous stripe, which extends from the base to the tip ; median 

 vein white ; a black dot at the lip of the discal areolet, and two ex- 

 terior transverse lines of black dots ; interior border speckled with 

 black. Hind wings white ; exterior border pale rosy cinereous with 

 black dots. Length of the body 4|- lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. St. Domingro. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



