LEPIDOPTEEA HETEEOCERA. 179 



terior side by a double transverse undulating line; hind wings pale 

 cinereous, with two transverse lines and very broad borders of a 

 brownish hue. Length of the body 5 — 6 lines; of the wings 12 

 lines. 



a — e. New York. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 

 /. Massachusetts. From Prof. Shei)pard's collection. 



20. Xylophasia libeea. 



Testaceo-cana ; thorax fascia vittisque duahus nigris ; alee aniicce 

 disco et margine exteriore ex parte fuscis nigro slrigatis, strigis 

 duahus lunulisque marginalihus Liturisque costalihus nigris, 

 annidis discalibus nigra marginatis ; posticce cinerece, ciliis 

 pallidis. 



Xylophasia cariosa ? 



Male. Testaceous hoary. Thorax with a black band in front, 

 and with a black stripe on each side. Fore wings partly brown and 

 streaked with black in the disk and along the exterior border, in the 

 middle of which there are two lanceolate streaks ; a row of blackish 

 marks along the costa ; discal ringlets with black borders ; exterior 

 border with black lunules. Hind wings cinereous, with pale cilise. 

 Length of the body 5 — 6 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. New York. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



South America. 



21. Xylophasia denteena. 



Femora postica basi fascicule longo lannginoso rufo aut ochraceo ; 

 alee anticcc pallide ochracece, denticulis acutissijnis, angulo 

 margineqne interioribus^ ciliis et denticulo antico fuscis, striga 

 ochracea, macula reniformi quadrata apud medium angustata 

 nebulis olivaceis marginata, litura marginali rufescente ; 

 posticcB nigro consperscB, subiridescentes. 



Xylophasia denterna, Guen. Noct. i. 140, 222. 



Brazil. Colombia. 



Resembles CucuUia Lychnitis. 



