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large blaekisli discal mark and a distinct dentate transverse line mucli 

 as in A. lobeliae. A bnsal streak along the discal fold. 



Expanse, 44 mil. Length of bod//, 21 mil. 



Hahitat. — Atlantic District, (New York). 



A little smaller than A. lobeliae and paler colored. Easily distin- 

 guished by its ochreous olivaceous shadings and by the absence of the 

 black dash on the disc which connects the ordinary spots in A. lobe- 

 liae, Gnenee. 



HADENA, Treitsehke. 

 Hadena distincta, Guenee. (Plate 3, fig. 72 "^ .) 



Achaiia vulgaris distincta, Iliibner, Saium. Ex. Schm. I Lep. iv, etc. 



Hadena distincta, Guenee, Noet. Vol. ii, p. 91. (1852). 



Hadena distincta, Walker, C. B. M. Lep. Het. Pt. xi, p. 58.3. (1857). 

 % 9 • — Grriseous. Antennae simple, those of the male finally ser- 

 rulate for basal two-thirds of their length. Head white on the front, 

 palpi within and thoracic region beneath white or whitish. The labial 

 palpi are black outwardly and the eyes are margined with the same 

 color behind. A broad black longitudinal line across the front. Above, 

 the head and thorax are shaded with obscure fuscous. The patagia 

 and " collar" behind are very finely edged with black scales, and the 

 latter shows a faint central line. Abdomen with a single tuft on the 

 basal segment above, smoky griseous, the anal hairs tinged with testa- 

 ceous. 



Anterior wings clear grey at base to the transverse anterior line, the 

 grey color extending along internal margin. The transverse lines are 

 geminate. The basal half line is seen traversing the clear grey base 

 of the wing. The. transverse anterior is distinctly marked on costa, 

 running backward on the subcostal nervure, its outer component line 

 heavily marked superiorly. The median space, above the submediau 

 fold, is clouded with obscure blackish or fuscous. The ordinary spots 

 are large. The outline of the claviform is attenuate above. A very 

 broad black dash joins the apex of the claviform with the transverse 

 posterior line at the point where the median space is narrowest over 

 the submedian fold. The orbicular is large, clear grey. The narrow 

 black median shade line is visible from the costa downward between 

 the ordinary spots, contiguous to the orbicular. The reniform spot is 

 large, with a central annulus, and stained with ochreous; this ochre- 

 ous color extends to the transverse posterior line beyond the spot itself. 

 The transverse posterior line is even, very slightly lunulate, is incepted 

 on costa above the reniform, thence runs outwardly along costal region 

 and downwardly over the nervules, and is bent inwardly below the 



TRANS. AMER. ENT. SOC. (26) SEPTEMBEE, 1868. 



