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incurved, and with a deep rufous band beyond it becoming greyish 

 towards termen on which there is a series of dark points. Hind 

 wing orange, Avith shght dark discoidal spot ; the terminal half 

 black-brown ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas- 

 tinged with rufous. 



5 . Head and thorax much darker ; abdomen black suffused with 

 grey ; fore wing much darker ; hind wing wholly black. 



Fore tibise with one claw and two spines on inner side and three 

 claws on outer. 



Hah. Canada, 1 cT ; U.S.A.., E. & Middle States, N. York, 4 6 , 

 1 2 , Kansas, Texas, Dallas (Boll), 1 $ , New Mexico (Snoiv), 1 (^ . 

 E.vp. 24-28 millim. 



*147. Schinia sordida. (Plate LIX. fig. 12.) 



ScJiinia sordklus, Smith, Trans. Ain. Ent, Soc. x. p. 230 (1883) ; id. Cat. 

 Noct. N. Am. p. 279. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen pale rufous. Fore wing pale 

 chocolate-brown ; the extreme base, a narrow medial area, and an 

 apical spot paler and yellower, the medial area tinged with pink ; 

 antemedial line distinct, white, crenulate ; reniform dark, rather 

 distinctly defined ; postmedial line white, minutely waved and 

 strongly excurved from below costa to vein 4 ; an indistinct sinuous 

 yellowish subterminal line from apical patch to tornus. Hind wing' 

 black, with yellow patch on disk almost bisected by the large black 

 discoidal spot ; cilia pale. Underside of fore wing black, with 

 narrow medial band, postmedial elliptical spot, and elongate apical 

 spot yellow. 



Fore tibise with a long claw on inner side and three claws on 

 outer. 



Hah. U.S.A., Texas, Alabama, Selina. Eccp. 18 millim. This 

 species is unknown to me ; figured from a photograph from type. 



148. Schinia limbalis. (Plate LYII. fig. 5.) 



Lygranthoecia limhcdis, G-rote, Proe. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1875, p. 421 ; 

 Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 284. 



2 • Head and thorax dark brown, the thorax tinged with crimson, 

 the antennte and pectus in front with fulvous ; abdomen black, with 

 the terminal segment ochreous. Fore wing dark brown, slightlv 

 tinged with crimson and irrorated with grey ; a subbasal whitish 

 mark in cell ; a spot on middle of costa and a triangular patch 

 from submedian fold to inner margin. Hind wing black-brown, 

 irrorated with grey ; the cilia white slightly mixed with black. 



Fore tibiae with one claw and one spine on inner side and three 

 claws on outer. 



Hah. U.S.A., Kansas, 1 5 typ^. Exp. 20 millim. 



