Che Cimnum Entomologist. 
VOM a3 GLONDON, ONT.) JUNE, 1872. No. 6 
DESCRIPTIONS OF LEPIDOPTERA FROM ALABAMA. 
BY AUG. R. GROTE, DEMOPOLIS, ALABAMA. 
Nematocampa expunctaria, Grote. T.—Pale ochreous, stained, and 
the veins lined with a more intense shade. ‘Transverse anterior line 
arcuate, dark ochreous, continued. Median shade arcuate at disc, thence 
running straightly downward approximate to the transverse posterior line, 
continued. Transverse posterior line dark ochreous, even, distinct, 
slightly inwardly sinuate below vein 2. No vinous shadings whatever. 
Secondaries concolorous, with primaries ; a single even median line cor- 
responding with the transverse posterior line of primaries. Beneath 
paler, whitish ; secondaries immaculate ; primaries with traces of trans- 
verse posterior line superiorly, and a sprinkling of ochreous scales about 
the costal region. Body parts concolorous with wings. Æxpanse 23 m.m. 
Outline and ornamentation of WV. flamentaria; but differing by the 
absence of any purplish stains, the more intense color and denser squa- 
mation, and quite prominently by the different shape of the transverse 
posterior line, which is less even in VV. filamentaria, and runs sooner and 
more deeply inwardly, attaining the internal margin further from the angle 
than in WV. expunctaria. The course of the median shade differs also; this 
more nearly attains the transverse posterior line on disc, and again on 
submedian interspace. This latter inflection is entirely wanting in 4. 
expunctaria, which seems a little the larger species. 
Conchylis Robinsonana, Grote. T.—Primaries blackish fuscous with 
five silvery white maculations above. ‘The first is ovate, free from the 
base, well sized, touching internal margin, not attaining costal edge. The 
second is parallel, outwardly exserted inferiorly. Before the apices are two 
nearly similar sized moderate spots, and the fifth is larger and covers 
internal angle. Hind wings pale fuscous. Collar fuscous white; the 
thorax is white above. Caputal squamation pale, while the abdomen is 
pale fuscous. Expanse 14 m.m. Size of C. 5-maculana Rod., and resem- 
bling that species, but differing in the relative size and position of the 
spots on the primaries, notably the basal one and that covering internal 
angle. 
