114 LEPIDOPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 



to near the middle ; then, of a reddish-brown, with the portion of 

 the outer edge contiguous to the outer angle, paler or cinereous. 

 California Brazil Surinam. 



GODT. 



NISONIADES HUBN. 



Head and thorax broad, abdomen elongated. Antenna with 

 the club somewhat fusiform, elongate, curved, with the tip gradu- 

 ally acuminated ; that of the males larger and more slender than 

 that of the females. Labial palpi very hirsute. Primaries divari- 

 cating and horizontally extended when at rest, with the costal 

 margin often recurved in the males. Apical margin entire, fringe 

 not spotted. Secondaries broadly triangular, with the outer and 

 anal angles rounded. Fringe not scalloped, nor spotted. Hind 

 legs with the middle spurs distinct. 



1. N. juvenalis Sm. Abb. Figured in Boisd. et Lee. pi. 65. Sm. Abb. 



I, pi. 20. 



Wings deep brown ; primaries with a'number of black spots, a 

 white spot on the cellule, and an interrupted curved line of white 

 points, three or four of which are near the costal edge. Seconda- 

 ries dull brown, with two or three curved rows of paler points. 



Under side of the primaries very similar to the upper ; seconda- 

 ries with several spots near the upper edge. 



United States Expands an -inch and a half. 



BOISD. 



2. N. brizo Boisd. Figured in Boisd. et Lee. pi. 66. 



Wings blackish-brown ; primaries with two broad transverse 

 pale bluish lines, edged with black, serrated; on the outer edge, a 

 row of yellowish points. Secondaries with two curved rows of 

 similar points. 



Under side of all the wings with two rows of yellowish spots 

 near the lower edge. ' 



The female, besides the bands on the primaries, has a zigzag 

 yellowish transverse near the outer edge. 



Southern States. Expands an inch and a half. 



BOISD. 



