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25. BOARMIA FILARIA. 



Mas. Fuscescente-cinerea, nigro conspersa ; antenna late pecti- 

 nate ; abdomen attenuatum, alas posticus sat super ans ; alee 

 breviusculce, tinea exteriore nigricante-fusca fasciisque duabus 

 fuscis diffusis adhuc exterioribus, linea submarginali albida 

 angulosa, lunulis marginalibus nigricantibus. 



Male. — Brownish cinereous, black-speckled. Antennae broadly 

 pectinated, except at the tips. Abdomen attenuated, extending 

 somewhat beyond the hind wings. Hind tibiae incrassated. Wings 

 rather short ; exterior line blackish brown, undulating, parallel to 

 two more exterior diffuse brown bands, of which the second is 

 limited on the outer side by the zigzag whitish submarginal line ; 

 middle line less distinct ; marginal lunules blackish ; discal mark 

 lunulate in the fore wings, guttular in the hind wings; under side 

 with the three lines apparent. Fore wings with a curved blackish 

 brown interior line ; a testaceous tinge along the costa, where there 

 are many minute transverse black lines. Length of the body 

 8 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. East Florida. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



26. BOARMIA TRANSFIXARIA. 



Fcexn. Albida, nigro conspersa ; caput nigro bifasciatum ; alee 

 nigro lineata, linea media subinterrupta submaculari, linea 

 exteriore subdentata, lineis duabus adhuc exterioribus fuscis 

 diffusis subundulatis, linea submarginali alba angulosa, punc- 

 tis marginalibus annuloque discali nigris ; aniicce striga dis- 

 cali nigra. 



Female. — Whitish, black-speckled. Head with two black 

 transverse lines. Fore tibise and fore tarsi black, with white bands. 

 Wings with black lines ; middle line somewhat interrupted and 

 macular, much curved towards the costa of the fore wings ; exte- 

 rior line slightly dentate, traversed in the fore wings by a black 

 streak, followed by two diffuse slightly undulating brown lines, of 

 which the second is mostly black opposite the streak, and contains 

 the white zigzag submarginal line ; marginal points black ; discal 

 mark forming an incomplete black ringlet, which is interrupted by 

 the middle line in the fore wings, and contains a black point in the 

 hind wings. Under side dingy whitish, without lines, except some 

 black points which indicate the exterior line ; fore wings with 

 blackish costal marks, and with the discal ringlet more distinct than 



