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flies by night, and conceals itself during the day : its thorax is crested. The larvae are 

 solitary. The colors of the perfect insect ai-e not bright, but often have a silky lustre. 



NocTCA sQUAMULAEis. (Plate xlii, fig. 1.) 



Antennfs filiform, brown. Superior surface, basal portion chocolate, outer portion slate- 

 colored; the junction of the two colors deepest. The anterior wings are traversed by 

 two scollopped lines ; the inner running entirely across, the outer only across the 

 inferior half. Posterior wings traversed by a chocolate band, apparently between two 

 black parallel bands ; the slate on the posterior half shaded into chocolate, or paler : 

 margin slate, and slightly dentated. Expansion one inch and nine lines. 



NocTUA DND0LAEIS. Phalcma undularis ( Drury). ( Plate xlii, fig. 4.) 



Antenna filiform, brown, slightly toothed. Insect very dark brown, bordering upon black. 

 Wings slightly dentated, and obscurely marked by five or six narrow transverse bands 

 of black, imparting a very black hue to the whole animal : both pair of wings marked 

 and colored alike. Inferior surface lighter, exhibiting the same kind of markings. 



NocTUA MAEGARiTATA ( DruTy). ( Plate xlii, fig. 9.) 



Upper side : Antennae setaceous, brown. Thorax and abdomen silvery white. Anterior 

 wings silvery white at the shoulders, the remainder being of a shining red-brown ; 

 edges fringed with white : there is also a large silvery marginal spot on the outer 

 half of the anterior wing. Posterior wings silvery white at the base, and extending 

 over one half of the wing ; the remainder brownish, but margin silvery. 



Under side : Breast, legs and abdomen white. Anterior wings silver gray, but fringed 

 with yellow. Posterior wings colored as on the upper side, without markings. Drury, 

 Vol. iii, pi. 21, fig. 6. 



PBALiENA QtJERCARiA. American Oak-beauty. ( Plate xxxvi, figs. 2 & 4, b - k.) 



(Abbott & Smith, pa. 205, pi. 103.) 



Antennae of the male pectinated : wings brown. Male : Primaries banded parallel to 

 the outer edges ; marginal black, succeeded by a waved cream-colored band, which 

 is bordered with black : towards the base there is a parallel shorter band shaded 

 with brown. There are two black central spots encircled with light brown, extending 

 towards the posterior margin, and also dashes of black lines from the base outwards. 

 Secondaries banded with black upon the margin and central part, with a lunate black 



