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by scattered fuscous scales ; a fuscous streak from the costa to the fold 
sometimes almost interrupted in the middle ; an oblique fuscous streak 
about the apieal third of the wing and a small dorsal spot opposite to it, 
and another small spot of the same hue near the apex; antennae silvery 
gray ; face and palpi whitish, outer surface of the palpi dusted with fuscous. 
Alar ex. Y% inch. Kentucky. 
The antennae in this species and in the one next described are rather 
longer than is usual in Zivea. The neuration of the wings in both these 
‘species is also different. But I have not thought it necessary to make a 
new genus for them upon this account, the more especially as the neuration 
is by no means constant among the different species of Zzmea, and these 
two species differ somewhat from each other in neuration. There are 
also minute differences in the form and relative size of the joints of the 
labial palpi between the preceding species and these two. This species 
and the next differ from the others and agree with each other in having 
the costal margin of the hind wings excised from the middle to the tip. 
For these reasons I had at first intended to place them in a separate sub- 
genus, but as they differ from each other somewhat, especially in neuration 
and pattern of coloration, and agree with Zz#ea otherwise than as above 
quoted, I have concluded not to remove them from this genus. The next 
described species has the scales of the thorax and wings appressed and 
smoother than in the other species. 
Ig. T: argenti-strigela. LN. sp. 
Face and palpi silvery white, outer surface of the labial palpi brown ; 
antennae silvery beneath, maroon brown above, annulate with silvery 
white; vertex maroon brown ; thorax above, a spot under each wing and 
the basal portion of the primaries rich maroon brown, or in some lights 
violaceous, with a narrow irregular white fascia upon the wings behind the 
maroon basal portion ; behind the fascia the primaries are maroon brown 
or violaceous, mixed with white towards the fascia, the white gradually 
disappearing towards the apex. Six oblique silvery costal streaks, the 
first being small and the others becoming gradually larger to the fifth, the 
sixth again being smaller ; two distinct dorso-apical white streaks and a 
small patch of maroon dusted with white in the dorso-apical part of the 
wing, which is continuous with those of the five dorsal silvery streaks ; 
dorsal ciliae silvery ; abdomen violaceous, each segment silver fringed ; 
legs silvery iridescent. Alar.ex. ¥% inch. Kentucky. 
A very handsome species. 
