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tails subundulatis, duabus ferrugineis duabusque nigricantibus, 

 linea submarginali albida ; anticce macula fusca costali sub- 

 apicali maculaque discali magna nigra, 



Male, Cinereous fawn-colour, rather stout. Antennae minutely 

 creuulated. Le-rs stout ; hind tibiae not incrassated. Wings broad, 

 minutely brown-speckled ; lines dentate, slightly undulating; inte- 

 rior line blackish, with a ferruginous line along its inner side ; middle 

 line ferruginous, much bent towards the discal mark in the fore 

 wings ; exterior line blackish, pale -bordered ; submarginal line 

 whitish ; marginal points black ; under side without lines, except 

 the exterior one, with a. black streak on each wing, and with whitish 

 patches along the border. Fore wings with a brown costal subapical 

 spot, and with a large black discal spot, which is interlined with 

 fawn-colour. Hind wings with the interior line obsolete. Length 

 of* the body 5J lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. New Zealand. From Major Parry's collection. 



Genus 15. PARAPHIA. 



Corpus gracile. Proboscis brcvis, gracilis. Palpi graciles, 

 laeves, recti, frontem paullo superantcs, articulis 2o et 3o arete con- 

 nexis. Thorax rotundatus. Abdomen breviusculum. Pedes breves ; 

 tibiae posticae quadricalcaratae, femoribus vix longiores. Alae integrae, 

 concolores, lituris non diversis ; anticae basi vesiculosae ; posticae 

 angulatae. Mas, — Antennae late pectinatae. 



Paraphia, Guen. Phal. i. 271. 



Body slender. Proboscis short, slender. Palpi slender, smooth, 

 straight, extending a little beyond the front ; second and third joints 

 rhomboidal, coalesced. Thorax rounded. Abdomen rather short. 

 Legs short ; hind tibiae hardly longer than the femora, with four 

 spurs. Wings entire, alike in colour, and with like markings. Fore 

 wings with a prominent vesicle at the base. Hind wings angular. 

 Male, — Antennae broadly pectinated to the tips. 



North America. 



A. Alae umbra nulla rufescente. 



A. Alae posticae minus truncatae. - - deplanaria, Guen, 



B, Alas posticae plus truncatae. - - subatomaria, Guen. 



B. Alae umbra rufescente. 



A, Alae spatio marginali non nigricante. - nubecularia, Guen. 



B, Alae spatio marginali nigricante. - - mamurraria, Guen. 



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