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8. Tephrosia SPATIOSARIA. 



Mas et foem. Pallide cinerea, fusco conspersa ; antenna maris 

 vix pectinatce ; tibice posticce vix incrassatce ; alee lineis in- 

 teriore et exteriore fuscis undulatis apud venas dentatis fere 

 nigris, hue subduplicata, linea submarginali albida angulosa 

 fusco ex parte marginata, punctis marginalibus nigris sat 

 magnis. 



Male and female. Pale cinereous. Antennae of the male 

 pubescent, hardly pectinated. Hind tibiae hardly incrassated. 

 Wings minutely brown-speckled ; interior and exterior lines brown, 

 undulating, dentate and almost black on the veins, the latter indis- 

 tinctly double ; submarginal line whitish, zigzag, partly bordered 

 with brown ; marginal points black, rather large, smaller beneath, 

 where the lines are indistinct. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the 

 wings 18 lines. 



a — d. New York. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



9. Tephrosia abraxarta. 



Mas. Albida; caput et thorax fusco fasciata ; antenna dense 

 ciliatce ; tibice posticce vix incrassatce ; alee fusco conspersce, 

 fascia exteriore dentata fusca marginata, linea media undu- 

 lata minus determinata, linea submarginali albida angulosa 

 fusco submarginata ; an ticce fascia interior e fusca. 



Male. Whitish. Head and thorax with brown bands. An- 

 tennae with thick-set rather long ciliae, hardly pectinated. Hind 

 tibiae hardly incrassated. Wings minutely brown-speckled ; exte- 

 rior line dentate, dark brown, broadly bordered with paler brown on 

 the outer side, so as to form a band, which is traversed by dark 

 brown streaks on the veins ; middle line brown, undulating, less 

 distinct; submarginal line whitish, zigzag, diffusedly brown-bor- 

 dered ; marginal points blackish. Fore wings with a brown inte- 

 rior band. Length of the body 5 — 6 lines ; of the wings 14 — 16 

 lines. 



a — d. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Redman's collection. 



10. Tephrosia jntratarta. 



Mas. Fuscescente-cinerea ; antennce ciliis longiusculis ; tibice 

 posticce non incrassatce; alee fusco conspersce 9 lineis tribus 



