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CATALOGUE OF 



slender than the second. Antennae and legs smooth. Abdomen 

 extending very little beyond the hind wings. Fore wings yellow, 

 acute, with a rosy costal stripe, and with a broader rosy marginal 

 band; the latter parallel to an oblique rosy line. Hind wings 

 whitish cinereous, with a slightly rosy exterior border. Length of 

 the body 3J lines; of the wings 9 lines. 



This species agrees with H. Flacillalis in structure, and in the 

 colouring of the wings. 



«. ? Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



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 Bleptina sukkectalis. 

 Var. Mas. Fusca, valida, purpureo cupreogue miens; palpi 

 ascendentes, longi, graciles, arcuati, compressi, articulo So 

 gracillimo ; antennce setosce ; abdomen alas posticas non 

 superans ; ala latiusculce, lunulis marginalibus niyricantibus ; 

 antiea lineis tribus albidis angulosis diffusis, reniformi 

 albida lunulata ; posticce pallide cinerea, lineis duabus ob- 

 scwioribus. 



Male. Brown, tinged with purple and cupreous, moderately 

 stout, cinereous beneath. Palpi long, slender, curved, compressed, 

 ascending high above the vertex ; third joint acute, very slender', 

 rather shorter than the second. Antennae setose. Abdomen not 

 extending beyond the hind wings. 1>gs smooth. Wings rather 

 broad; marginal lunules blackish. Fore wings with the interior, 

 exterior and submarginal lines whitish, zigzag, diffuse; reniform 

 mark whitish, lunulate. Hind wings pale cinereous, with two 

 darker lines; a darker lunule apparent on the under side. Length 

 of the body 4—5 lines ; of the wings 12—14 lines. 



The specimens here described are smaller than those from the 

 United States and from Canada. 



j—o. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Bedman's collection. 



Bleptina Mynesalis. 

 Mas. Cinereo-fusca, gracilis, purpurascente suffusa ; palpi as- 

 cendentes, longi, arcuati, compressi, pubescentes, articulo So 

 apice nudo ; antennce setose, ante medium subincrassatce vix 

 fasciculate ; abdomen alas posticas paullo superans, segmentis j 

 albido margin atis ; alee breviuscula, latiusculce, linea sub-\ 



