CATALOGUE OF 349 



28. BOAEMIA EPHYRARIA. 



Mas et fcem. Albida, fusco conspersa ; caput nigricans, albofas- 

 ciatum ; alee lineis duabus nigricantibus obliquis angulatis 

 antice remotis, spatio intermedia vix comperso, linea submar- 

 ginali albida angulosa ex parte obsoleta, guttis marginalibus 

 nigris, macula discali plagaque apicali subtus fuscis. 



Male and female. Whitish, brownrspeckled. Head blackish, 

 with a white band. Antennas moderately pectinated, except at the 

 tips. Hind tibiae incrassated. Wings with the interior and exte- 

 rior lines blackish, oblique, angular; intervening space almost with- 

 out speckles, very broad in the fore wings ; marginal space brownish 

 at intervals, wherein may be traced the whitish zigzag submarginal 

 line ; marginal dots black, lunulate in the hind wings ; discal ring- 

 let elongated, distinct, wholly brown on the under side, where the 

 fore wings have a large apical brown patch. Fore wings with the 

 middle line much abbreviated hindward ; exterior line very angular 

 in front. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a, b. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Kedman's collection. 



29. BOARMIA INTRACTARIA. 



Mas. Pallide schistaceo-cinerea, vix conspersa ; ales lineis inte- 

 riore et exteriore nigris angustis distinctis subundulatis, \a 

 subduplicata, linea submarginali albida angulosa, annulo dis- 

 cali fusco elongato ; antica linea exteriore valde undulata, 

 linea media tenui. 



Male. Pale slaty cinereous, hardly speckled. Antennae mo- 

 derately pectinated. Hind tibiae much incrassated. Wings with 

 the interior and exterior lines black, slender, distinct, slightly un- 

 dulating ; exterior line very undulating in the fore wings ; interior 

 line slightly double ; middle line slight in the fore wings, almost 

 obsolete in the hind wings ; submarginal line whitish, zigzag ; mar- 

 ginal points black ; discal ringlet brown, elongated, touching the 

 exterior line in the hind wings ; under side almost without markings. 

 Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



This differs from the two preceding species in the much more 

 oblique exterior border of the fore wings. 



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



