134 Lord Walsingham on 



Bactra, Steph. 



Bactra lanceolana, Hub. 



Several from Arizona ; one from N. Carolina. 



These do not appear to vary in the same degree as do 

 specimens of this species obtained in Europe ; they 

 aj)proach the North American variety described by Zeller 

 under the name Bactra lanceolana, var. verutana. 



Aphelia, Steph. 

 Aphelia ? inquadrana, n. s. (PI. IV., fig. 15). 

 Head and palpi evenly sprinkled witli brown and greyish white 

 scales. The palpi projecting more than the length of the head 

 beyond it. Antennae cinereous. Fore wings evenly sprinkled with 

 pale brown and greyish white ; a few very dark brown scales scat- 

 tered over their surface and contributing especially to the intensity 

 of a series of short costal streaks and two oblique dorsal markings, 

 of which the first commences on the outer edge of the basal third 

 of the dorsal margin, and reaches rather more than half across the 

 wing in an outwardly oblique direction; the second triangular at 

 the commencement of the outer third (in the female somewhat 

 nearer to the anal angle), not reaching to the middle of the wing; 

 beyond this is a faint indication of an ocellated patch enclosed by 

 sublustrous parallel bars of steel-gi'ey scales. On the costal margin 

 before the apex are two pairs of short white streaks somewhat more 

 conspicuous than other similar streaks preceding them, the apex 

 and part of the apical margin being also whitish ; a short incon- 

 spicuous straight whitish streak runs from the extreme base along 

 the middle of the wing. Fringes mottled in the same manner as 

 the wing-surface. Hind wings dusky cinereous, somewhat darker 

 towards the margins, with paler fringes. The female is much paler 

 than the male, having the fore wings creamy white, with pale fawn- 

 brown naottlings, and the markings as in the male, but less con- 

 spicuous, as containing fewer dark brown scales ; the hind wings 

 are also paler, and the antennas simple and more slender than those 

 of the other sex. Expanse, male 16 mm., female 18i mm. 



Arizona. 



This appears to be allied to Aj^helia sareptana, H.-S., 

 having also the rather long palpi which distinguish 

 this species, but differing in the markings arising from 

 the dorsal margin instead of being separated from it. I 

 am somewhat doubtful as to its proper generic position. 



