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interior, middle and exterior lines brown, undulating, more distinct 

 on the veins and very distinct along the costa ; submarginal line 

 whitish, zigzag, diffusedly bordered with pale brown ; marginal 

 points dark brown ; under side with very indistinct markings. 

 Leugth of the body 4 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



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



Var.P Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 

 This may be a distinct species . 



b. — — ? From Mr. Milne's collection. 



13. TEPHROSIA AMPLAR1A. 



Fcem. Albido-cinerea, fusco nigroque conspersa ; tibiee posticm 

 vix incrassatee ; alee amplee, lineis interiore exteriore et sub" 

 marginali albis angulosis fuscescente et nigricante submargi- 

 natis, lunulis marginalibus elongatis strigaque discali lunata 

 nigris . 



Female. Whitish cinereous, brown and black -speckled. Hind 

 tibiae hardly incrassated. Wings ample; interior, exterior and 

 submarginal lines white, zigzag, diffusedly bordered with brown, and 

 here and there blackish-bordered ; elongated marginal lunules and 

 lunate discal streak black, the latter distinct on the under side. 

 Fore wings hardly dentate. Hind wings distinctly dentate. Length 

 of the body 6 ? lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. St. John's Bluff, East Florida. Presented by E. Doubleday, 

 Esq. 



14. Tephrosia dispuncta. 



Foem. Cinerea, fusco conspersa; tibice posticce vix incrassatce ; 

 alee lineis tribus undulatis fuscis, punctis marginalibus nigris 

 elongatis ; anticee lineis nigricante notatis, maculis tribus 

 exterioribus discalibus nigricantibus ; posticee subangulatee , 

 lineis valde indistinctis. 



Female. Cinereous, minutely brown-speckled. Hind tibiae 

 hardly incrassated. Wings with three brown undulating lines; 

 marginal points black, elongated; under side white, thickly speckled 

 with brownish cinereous; the latter hue here and there predo- 

 minant. Fore wings with the lines blackish-marked, especially on 

 the costa ; exterior line with three blackish spots in front along its 



