1630 CATALOGUE OF 



ACIDALIA INFICITA. 



Mas. Albida ; caput nigrum, vertice albido ; palpi nigri, por- 

 recti, graciles, caput paullo super antes, articulo 3o laneeolato ; 

 antennae pubescentes ; alee latiuseulte, lineis quatuor cinereis 

 vix angulosis, puncto medio punctisque marginalibus nigris 

 minimis; anticce lineis duabus antemediu cinereis vix angu- 

 losis. 



Male. Whitish. Head black, except the vertex. Palpi black, 

 porrect, slender, extending: a little beyond the head ; third joint 

 lanceolate, not more than one-fourth of the length of the second. 

 Antenna? pubescent. Abdomen extending rather beyond the hind 

 wings ; apical tuft elongate. Wings rather broad, with four hardly 

 zigzag cinereous lines ; rirst line in the middle, the other three near 

 the exterior border; a point in the disk and marginal points black, 

 very minute. Fore wings acute, with two cinereous hardly zigzag 

 lines near the base; exterior border slightly convex, very oblique. 

 Length of the body 3^ lines; of the wings 9 lines. 



It may be distinguished from A. destiluta by the much smaller 

 black point in the disk of each wing. 



Flores. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



ACIDALIA MISERA. 



Mas. Albida ; caput nigricans, vertice albido ; tibiae posticce dila- 

 tatce ; tarsi postici brevissimi ; alee latiusculce, lineis tribus 

 cinereis angulosis diffusis, linea obseuriore ttnui undulata, 

 puncto medio lineaque marginali gracillima ; anticce linea 

 antemedia cinerea subangulosa. 



Male. Whitish. Head blackish, except the vertex. Abdo- 

 men extending a little beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft small. 

 Hind tibiae dilated ; hind tarsi very short. Wings rather broad, 

 with three diffuse zigzag cinereous lines ; first line in the middle; 

 second and third near the exterior border; a darker slender undu- 

 lating line near the inner border of the second line; a blackish 

 point in the disk on the inner side of the first line ; marginal festoon 

 blackish, very slender. Fore wings acute, with a cinereous slightly 

 zigzag antemedial line ; exterior border slightly convex, rather 

 oblique. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



Flores. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



