426 CATALOGUE OF 



conical, not more than one-fourth of the length of the second. An- 

 tennae rather hruadly pectinated, minutely setulose towards the tips. 

 Abdomen tapering from the base to the tip, extending much beyond 

 the hind wings ; apical tuft small. Wings beneath with some 

 black points on the veins, and with a festooned marginal line, 

 which is black in the fore wings aud brown in the hind wings. 

 Fore wings slightly acute, with a deep black somewhat rhomboidal 

 spot near the base of the interior border, and with a deep black 

 curved irregular line, which is nearly interrupted in the middle and 

 extends from near the end of the interior border to the fore part of 

 the exterior border ; a broad oblique pale cinereous band between 

 the spot and the line. Hind wings cinereous, brown on the veins 

 and towards the exterior border. Length of the body 6 lines ; of 

 the wings 10 — 11 lines. 



The black mark near the base of the interior border of the fore 

 wings distinguishes it from E.fuscescens. 



o, b. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



Edema? associata. 



Mas et fcem. Fuscescente-fulva ; alee anticcc striga basali brevi nigra, 

 lineis duabus albidis transversis undulatis nigricante margin- 

 atis,\a acutissime angulata, 2a obliqua, striga intermedia trans- 

 versa nigra, linea submarginaliarigulosapallide cinerea ; posticce 

 cinereofuscce, linea transversa pallide cinerea. Mas. — Palpi 

 porrecti ; antennae subpectinatce. Foem. — Palpi graciles, 

 oblique ascendentes. 



Male and female. Brownish hoary, pale cinereous beneath. 

 Abdomen and hind wings cinereous. Fore wings with a short 

 black streak proceeding from the base, and with two whitish trans- 

 verse undulating blackish-bordered lines ; first line before the middle, 

 forming a very acute tooth outward near the costa ; second oblique ; 

 a black transverse streak in the disk between the lines ; submarginal 

 line pale cinereous, zigzag. Hind wings cinereous-brown, with a 

 pale cinereous transverse line. Male. — Palpi porrect, moderately 

 stout, not extending beyoud the head ; second joint fringed beneath ; 

 third shorter than the second. Antennae slightly pectinated, except 

 at the tips. Female. — Palpi slender, obliquely ascending ; third 

 joint linear, very slender. Antennae minutely setulose. LeDgth of 

 the body 8 — 9 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



a, b. New York. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



