1898 CATALOGUE OF 



tibiae with a whitish band and with whitish tips; joints of the fore 

 tarsi with whitish tips. Fore wings thinly and minutely brown- 

 speckled; six irregular zigzag transverse brown lines;, of winch the 

 fourth alone is complete; a black lunule on the outer side of the 

 fourth line; two brown spots on the sixth line, one costal : marginal 

 points brown ; under side mostly pale brown. Hind wings cinereous ; 

 fringe whitish. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 1 1 lines. 



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



Genus RE PA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robust urn. Proboscis longiusc "irna. 



Palpi laves, sat graciles, oblique ascendentes, capitis latitudine 

 breviores; articulus 3us lanceolatus, 2i dimidio non brevior. An- 

 tenna? sat robustag) dense setosse. Abdomen alas | \ullo 

 superans; sexualia maxima. i ; ibri, sat validi; cal( 

 longa. Ala) antics sat lata, apiee rotundats, costa vix convexa, 

 margine exteriore subrecto sat obliquo ; post i basi com 



Male. Body moderately stout. Proh . slender, rather 



long. Palpi smooth, rather slender, obliquely ascending, not i 

 so high as the vertex ; third joint lanceolate, not more tban half 

 the length of the second. Antennae i ly setose. 



Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings ; apical append- 

 ages very large, furnished with two large lateral capitate talis 

 and with two smaller tufts beneath. Legs smooth, rather stout : 

 spurs long. Wings rather broad. Tore wings rounded at the I 

 costa very slightly convex: exterior border almost straight, rather 

 oblique. Hind wings with the costa convex towards the base. 



Re PA CAVA. 



Mas. Cana ; ahc antiea fusco conspersa, fuscescente subnebv 



lineis duabus transversis e guttis nigris, punctis exterioribut 

 nigris } linea marginali interrupta obscure fusca ; posticce 

 albidce, fasciis duabus indeterminatis pallidissime fttscis, 

 linea marginali interrupta paliide fusca. 

 Male. Hoary. Thorax and fore wings minutely brown- 

 speckled. Anterior legs blackish above ; joints of the tarsi heavy 

 at the base. Fore wings partly and slightly clouded with pale 

 brown ; two incomplete transverse lines of irregular black dots ; 

 first line anlemedial; second postmedial, accompanied on the outer 

 side by black poiuts; a dark brown marginal line iuterrupted oppo- 

 site each vein; under side pale brown. Hind wings whitish; two 



