212 CATALOGUE OF 



North America. 

 2. Char^as? detersa. 

 Mas et foem. Pallide cervina ; thorax fascia fuscescente ; abdo- 

 men albido-testaceum ; tarsi fusco fasciati ; alee anticcB pallide 

 fuscce punciis obsciirioribiis, costa venis, maculis discalibus 

 fasciaque exteriors albidis, lunulis marginalibus obscure fus- 

 cis ; posticce pallidissime cinerece marginibus fuscescentibm^ 

 ciliis albidis. 



Male and female. Pale fawn-colour. Third joint of the palpi 

 rather longer than in C. graminis. Thorax with a brownish band. 

 Abdomen whitish testaceous. Tarsi with brown bands. Fore wings 

 pale brown, slightly speckled with darker brown ; the costa, the 

 veins, the two discal spots, and an exterior band whitish ; discal 

 spots with dark borders, the orbicular one rather oblong, the other 

 somewhat renil'orm; exterior border with dark brown lunules. 

 Hind wings very pale cinereous, with brownish borders and whitish 

 ciliae. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a — d. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Redman's collection. 

 South America. 



3. Char.eas? Sannio. 

 Cervina ; ales anticcs testacece^ basi fuscce venis, macula anteriore 

 strigaque posteriore testaceis,strigis submarginalibus fasciaque 

 marginali fuscis ; posticce ciliis testaceis. 



Phalaena Sannio, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. pi. 399, f. D. 

 Lycophotia Sannio, Hiibn. Verz. Schmett. 215, 2147. 



Surinam. 



Genus 4. PACHETRA. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis mediocriter longa. Palpi por- 

 recti, pilosi, caput paullo superantes ; articulus 3us longi-conicus, 

 2i triente longior. Antenna corporis dimidio longiores. Abdomen 

 alas posticas perpaullo superans. Pedes validi; tibiae posticse 

 calcaribus quaiuor mediocriter longis. Alae mediocriter latae ; an- 

 licae apud costam rectae, apice rotundatce, margine exteriore denti- 

 culato et mediocriter obliquo. Mas. — Antennae subserrats. 

 Mamestra, p., Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 214. 

 Hadena, p., Treit. 

 Luperina, p., Boisd. 

 Polia, p., Herr.-Schceff. 



Heliophobus, p., Steph. III. Brit. Ent. Haust. 

 Pachetra, Guen. Jnd. 241 ; Noct. i. 177. Steph. Cat. Brit. Lep. 



