408 CATALOGUE OF 



strigata, lineis duabus undulatis, striga discali lineisque tribus 

 exterioribus obliquis angulosis nigris, plagis duabus nigri- 

 cantibus ; posticce fuscescente-cinerece, linea exteriore subundu- 

 lata pallide cinerea. 



Male. Pale cinereous. Head black on each side and beneath. 

 Palpi short, stout, obtuse, black on the outer side towards the base. 

 Antennae blackish, moderately pectinated. Thorax with a slight 

 fawn-coloured tinge, black on each side in front. Abdomen dark 

 cinereous above, with some black hairs at the base, extending much 

 beyond the hind wings. Fore wings thinly speckled with black, 

 slightly tinged with ochraceous ; a broad blackish band near the 

 base, streaked with black and bordered on the outer side by two 

 undulating black lines ; discal mark forming a slender transverse 

 black streak ; three exterior irregular oblique zigzag black lines ; 

 two very irregular blackish patches, one by the interior angle, the 

 other near the fore part of the exterior border, towards which the 

 veins are black ; marginal line black. Hind wings brownish cine- 

 reous, with a pale cinereous slightly undulating poslmedial line. 

 Length of the body 10 lines; of the wings 24 lines. 



a — c. Wilmington, Delaware. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Cerura scitiscripta. 



Mas. Alba ; thorax ochraceo subtincius, nigro trifasciatus ; alee 

 guttis marginalibus nigris ; anticce ochraceo vix suffusce; an- 

 ticce lituris basalibus fasciis duabus e lineis angulosis, annulo 

 elliptico discali, striga apud angulum interiorem strigisque 

 costalibus nigris. 



Male. White, stout. Palpi porrect, smooth, slender, not 

 extending beyond the head ; third joint very small. Antennae 

 very broadly pectinated. Thorax with a slight ochraceous tinge, 

 and with three incomplete black bands. Abdomen extending a little 

 beyond the hind wings. Wings with black marginal dots. Fore 

 wings with a very slight ochraceous tinge, with a few transverse 

 black marks near the base, and with two bands, each of which is 

 composed of three zigzag black lines; a transversely elliptical black 

 ringlet in the disk between the bands ; a transverse black streak by 

 the interior angle, and some transverse black costal streaks, of which 

 the subapical one is much longer than the others. Length of the 

 body 6^ lines ; of the wings 15 lines. 



a, b. Georgia. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



