3]2 Description of a New Genus and Species of Noctuites. 



Phornacisa Piffardi, White, MSS. 

 Poem. — Cinereo-nigra, alls anticis canis nigro-conspersis, linea 

 basali tenui strigulam eniittente fasciaque lata media nigris, 

 striga costali lata diffusa nigricante, alis posticis albis nigio 

 latissime raarginatis. 



Femole. — Cinereous black. Fore-wings above hoary, black- 

 speckled ; a black, slender, slightly-curved, transverse black line 

 near the base, abbreviated hindward, emitting a short, slender 

 black streak; a broad, deep-black middle band, which is slightly 

 dilated towards the costa and towards the interior border; a broad, 

 diffuse, blackish streak extending from the costa to the disk. 

 Hind-wings white, with a very broad black border ; underside 

 with a black discal point. 



Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



Halifax, Nova Scotia. 



