152 LEPIDOPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 



patch at the base, with a line and band of the same hue crossing 

 the disk; a dark brown demi-line extending from the origin of the 

 medio-central nervule to the inner margin, and a line crossing the 

 base of the nervules furcate above, with a subterminal band also 

 furcate toward costa, of the same hue ; a white spot in medio- 

 central interspace. Posterior wings blackish-brown, with a cen- 

 tral pale orange-yellow band. 



South America; Mexico. 



Clemens. 



4. M. sagra Poey. Cent, de Lep. de l'lle de Cuba, Decade II, with figure. 

 Walker, C. B. M. p. 89. 



Cinereous brown, testaceous beneath. Thorax with two ferru- 

 ginous stripes on the sides, margined between with hoary. Abdo- 

 men ferruginous, tessellated with hoary, with two pale yellow spots 

 on sides of middle segments, and two rows of white spots beneath. 

 Wings rather broad, with a white line near the base and varied 

 with ferruginous bands, especially a broad interrupted one near 

 external border ; a white spot toward the end of medio-central 

 interspace. Posterior wings blackish, with an oblique, central, 

 pale yellow band, and the exterior border margined with the same 

 hue. 



South America; West Indies. 



Clemens. 



PROSERPINUS Hubner. 



The body is rather long, slender and tapering. The head is 

 free, prominent and moderately large ; the front broad, oval and 

 obtuse ; the antennae subclavate, longer than the thorax, with a 

 minute terminal setigerous hook ; the eyes minute and shaded with 

 hairs from above; the palpi are pilose, rather thick and equal to 

 the front; the tongue as long as the body. The thorax is advanced 

 and tapers in front to the head, and is smooth. The abdomen is 

 twice longer than the thorax, cylindrico-conical, with an abundant 

 terminal tuft in both sexes ; very sparingly tufted on the sides. 

 The legs are slender and smooth, the posterior tibia with four 

 moderate spurs. The anterior wings are as long as the body with- 

 out the the tuft; three times longer than wide across the inner 



