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  species 
  of 
  Xylina. 
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  XVII. 
  DESCRIPTIONS 
  OF 
  TWO 
  NEW 
  SPECIES 
  OF 
  XYLINA. 
  

  

  Xylina 
  lepida 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Anterior 
  wings 
  plumbeous 
  gray 
  ; 
  lines 
  distinct, 
  pale 
  gray. 
  

   Demi-line 
  in 
  two 
  elongated 
  teeth, 
  bordered 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  with 
  

   black. 
  Anterior 
  transverse 
  line 
  bordered 
  behind 
  by 
  black, 
  

   quite 
  angulated, 
  united 
  with 
  the 
  orbicular, 
  sharply 
  toothed 
  

   (more 
  than 
  in 
  X 
  Thaxteri) 
  on 
  the 
  sub 
  median 
  fold. 
  Posterior 
  

   transverse 
  line 
  bordered 
  before 
  with 
  black, 
  distinctly 
  toothed 
  

   on 
  the 
  veins, 
  touching 
  the 
  reniform 
  beneath 
  in 
  two 
  of 
  its 
  

   inward 
  inflections, 
  and 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  anterior 
  transverse 
  

   by 
  a 
  black 
  line 
  on 
  the 
  submedian 
  fold. 
  Sub 
  terminal 
  line 
  less 
  

   sharply 
  projected 
  inward 
  opposite 
  the 
  cell 
  and 
  on 
  submedian 
  

   fold 
  than 
  in 
  X 
  Thaxteri, 
  and 
  bordered 
  outwardly 
  by 
  a 
  series 
  

   of 
  connected 
  black 
  lunules 
  which 
  are 
  heavier 
  than 
  elsewhere 
  

   against 
  its 
  more 
  prominent 
  inward 
  inflections. 
  

  

  Discal 
  spots 
  distinct, 
  gray, 
  paler 
  just 
  within 
  their 
  black 
  

   border, 
  making 
  almost 
  a 
  double 
  annulation 
  : 
  orbicular 
  large, 
  

   oval, 
  oblique, 
  very 
  near 
  to 
  reniform 
  beneath 
  : 
  reniform 
  elon- 
  

   gate, 
  nearly 
  straight 
  outwardly, 
  quite 
  exserted 
  inwardly, 
  with 
  

   a 
  black 
  line 
  within 
  it 
  on 
  the 
  median 
  vein, 
  distinctly 
  bordered 
  

   on 
  all 
  sides 
  with 
  black, 
  but 
  more 
  heavily 
  below; 
  in 
  X 
  Thax- 
  

   teri 
  the 
  spot 
  is 
  more 
  broadly 
  edged 
  beneath 
  with 
  black, 
  and 
  

   more 
  deeply 
  exserted 
  outwardly 
  ; 
  the 
  two 
  spots 
  are 
  connected 
  

   at 
  their 
  extremities 
  by 
  a 
  black 
  line. 
  A 
  brown 
  shade-band 
  

   traverses 
  the 
  median 
  space 
  between 
  the 
  discal 
  spots, 
  terminating 
  

   on 
  the 
  internal 
  margin 
  midway 
  between 
  the 
  transverse 
  lines. 
  

  

  Posterior 
  wings 
  pale 
  fuscous, 
  with 
  a 
  discal 
  spot 
  and 
  an 
  

   indistinct 
  fuscous 
  band 
  before 
  the 
  outer 
  margin. 
  

  

  Thorax, 
  color 
  of 
  primaries, 
  sprinkled 
  with 
  gray 
  and 
  promi- 
  

   nently 
  tufted. 
  Frontal 
  tuft 
  and 
  shoulder 
  covers 
  bordered 
  

   with 
  a 
  black 
  line 
  followed 
  by 
  white. 
  Abdomen 
  untufted, 
  

   reddish. 
  

  

  Beneath, 
  wings 
  reddish 
  : 
  primaries 
  with 
  a 
  heavy 
  discal 
  

   spot 
  and 
  partly 
  crpssed 
  by 
  two 
  extradiscal 
  bands 
  : 
  second- 
  

   aries 
  with 
  a 
  distinct 
  discal 
  spot 
  and 
  median 
  line. 
  

  

  * 
  Lithophane 
  lepida 
  Lintner 
  MS. 
  Grote. 
  in 
  Bull. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Geolog. 
  — 
  Geograph. 
  

   Surv. 
  Terr., 
  iv, 
  no. 
  i, 
  p. 
  181. 
  February, 
  1878. 
  

  

  