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fourth inferior nervures, and the costa broadly tinged with the same 

 colour. 



Under side grey, shining, with one or two indistinct lines. 



Female similar above, but with the under side quite dull, and of a 

 more reddish-grey colour, transverse line more distinct. 



Alar expansion 1*4 inch. Larva on oaks. 



Hab. — N. America ; Georgia. In May. 



2. A. CoRNix, Guen.— A'bc^. iii. 19, pi. 15. Walk. C. B. ]SL, Noct. 

 xiii. 1075. 



Very like A. squamularis, from which it chiefly differs in the palpi, 

 the third joint of which is, in this species, very short and hardly dis- 

 cernible, whereas it is rather long and linear in the former. Tho 

 wings are more varied with brown ; the marginal streaks are larger, 

 longer, and almost confluent. 



Hah. — North America. 



Gen. 2. Ph^ocyma. — Hiibn. 

 Antennae long ; in the male crenulate with very short cilia. Palpi 

 vertical, rather slender ; third joint long, erect, linear, obtuse. Head 

 small; eyes in the female very small, and approximate. Thorax 

 globose, with very divergent tegulse. Abdomen smooth, acute, a 

 little depressed, slightly keeled, with fine crests. Wings alike ia 

 colour, denticulated : anterior pointed at the tips, with the ordinary 

 spots distinct ; posterior with few markings. 



P. LUNiFERA, Hiibn. — Guen, Noct. iii. 3, pi. 15. Walk, G. B. M., 

 Noct. xiii. 1045. 



"Wings greyish testaceous. Anterior covered with small black 

 transverse streaks ; base deep brown, well defined, clouded with black- 

 ish. A similar apical spot, pointed, and black at the tip. Klbowed 

 line well marked, fine, and undulating. Reniform spot crescent-shaped, 

 russet yellow colour ; orbicular represented by a black dot which ia 

 placed upon a large transverse space of clear grey. Posterior wings 

 with a subterminal brown band, traces of another above, and the ter- 

 minal border much streaked. Under side clearer, with a lunule, and 

 a fine central undulating line. Female larger and a little more 

 sombre. 



Alar expansion 1'3 to 1'5 inch. 



Hab. — Georgia, Florida." 



