LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1655 



wings with the exterior border hardly angnlar in the middle. Length 

 of the body 3J lines ; of the wings 16 lines, 



a, b. North America. From Mr. Carter's collection. 



Macaria quadrisignata. 



Mas. Cinerea ; caput fuscum ; palpi fusci, breves, lati, vix 

 ascendentes, articulo So minimo ; antennce subserratce, sub- 

 setosce ; tibice posticce incrassatce ; alee fuse o conspersce, punctis 

 marginalibus nigris ; anticce macula subcostali nigra; anticce 

 fasciis tribus undulatis interruptis maculisque duabus exterior- 

 ibus nigricantibus, linea submarginali alba vix undulata ; 

 posticus margine exteriore subangulato. 



Male. Cinereous. Head brown. Palpi brown, broad, hardly 

 ascending, extending very little beyond the head ; third joint ex- 

 tremely short. Antennae minutely serrate and setose. AbdomSn 

 hardly longer than the interior border of the hind wings; apical 

 tuft very small. Legs slender; hind tibiae incrassated; hind tarsi 

 short. Wings thickly and transversely brown-speckled ; a black 

 spot in the disk, elongated and near the costa in the fore wings ; 

 marginal points black. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips ; 

 three interrupted undulating blackish bands, which are most distinct 

 on the costa ; third postmedial, accompanied by two exterior blackish 

 spots ; of these one is costal and larger than the other ; a white 

 hardly undulating line contiguous to the outer side of the spots ; 

 exterior border slightly convex, very oblique. Hind wings with the 

 exterior border slightly angnlar in the middle. Length of the body 

 5 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. North America. Presented by A. S. Packard, jun., Esq. 



Macaria bisignata. 



Mas. Albido-cinerea ; caput ochraceum ; palpi ochracei, porrecti, 

 basi pallide cinerei, caput paullo superantes, articulo So conico ; 

 antennce subserratce ; thoracis tegulce anticce ochracece ; abdo- 

 men apice ochraceum; tibice posticce incrassatce; alee fusco 

 ferrugineogue conspersce, fasciis duabus ferrugineis vix undu- 

 latis, fascia intermedia latasubconspersa, punclis marginalibus 

 nigris; anticce lineis duabus e punctis nigris; posticce mar- 

 gine exteriore angulato. 



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