34 CHARACTERS OF UNDESCRJBED 



lineis sex nigris transversis dentatis fasciis tribus obscure fuscis 3a 

 fasciam ferrugineum includente reniformi testacea, alls posticis 

 cinereis fusco late marginatis. 



Female. Brown, speckled with cinereous, cinereous beneath. 

 Proboscis tawny. Palpi slightly curved, applied to the head, rising 

 a little higher than the vertex ; third joint lanceolate, much shorter 

 than the second. Abdomen cinereous, extending very little beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs brown ; femora fringed with long cinereous 

 hairs. Fore wings with six dentate transverse black lines ; first and 

 second lines very near the base ; third and fourth antemedial, on the 

 inner side of an irregular dark brown band; fifth and sixth post- 

 medial, on the outer side of another dark brown band which is partly 

 interrupted by the testaceous reniform mark ; a submarginal irregular 

 dark brown band including a slender ferruginous band ; marginal 

 festoon black; fringe interlined with dark brown. Hind wings 

 cinereous, broadly brown along the exterior border; fringe white- 

 bordered. Length of the body 8i lines; of the wings 23 lines. 



57. XYLINA SUBCOSTALIS. Mas. Ferrugineo-fusca, albido con- 

 spersa, capite antice albo, palpis erectis verticem paullo superantibus 

 articulo 2o extus nigro rufo-vittato 3o longi-conico, alis anticis apice 

 rectangulatis vitta subcostali argentca spatio costali purpureo-albo- 

 consperso macula antemedia longa lineisque tribus transversis post- 

 mediis angulosis nigricantibus margine exteriore convexo perparum 

 obliquo, alis posticis fuscis. 



Male. Ferruginous-brown, whitish-speckled, cinereous beneath. 

 Head white in front. Palpi eroct, stout, smooth, rising a little higher 

 than the vertex ; second joint black and with a red stripe on the outer 

 side ; third elongate-conical, about one-sixth of the length of the 

 second. Antenna? minutely setulose. Pectus woolly. Legs ferru- 

 ginous, cinereous beneath ; joints of the tarsi with cinereous tips. 

 Fore wings rectangular at the tips, with a silvery subcostal stripe 

 which commences before the middle and extends nearly to the tip ; 

 space in front of the line thickly speckled with purplish white ; an 

 elongated blackish antemedial spot in the disk and three zigzag post- 

 medial blackish lines ; exterior border rounded, very slightly oblique. 

 Hind wings brown. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 

 lb lines. 



Li mas. 



58. NYSTALIA IGNOBILIS. Mas. Cinerea, capite et thorace cervino 

 cinereis, fascicule capitis erecto, palpis vix ascendentibus caput longe 

 superantibus articulo 2o fusco-vittato 3o lanceolate, antennis sub- 

 fiisciculatis, abdomine alas posticas dimidio superante, pedibus late 

 iimbriatis, alis anticis nigro subconspersis apud marginem interiorem 



