448 CATALOGUE OF 



joint conical, not more than one-sixth of the length of the second. 

 Antennae slightly pectinated. Abdomen lanceolate, not extending 

 beyond the hind wings; apical tuft small, slightly compressed. 

 Wings elongate. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips ; costa 

 very straight ; exterior border convex, very oblique. 



Nearly allied to Charadra, from which it may be distinguished 

 by the shape of the abdomen. 



PSAPHIDA RESUMENS. 



Mas. Carta; thorax lineis duabus transversis angulatis nigris ; 

 abdomen cinereum ; alee anticce vitta interrupta, lineis non- 

 nullis transversis dentatis, orbiculari et reniformi vacuis 

 punctisque marginalibus nigris ; posticce fuscescente-cinerece, 

 lineis tribus fuscis, la 2aque dentatis, 3a marginali. 



Male. Hoary ; cinereous beneath. Thorax with two angular 

 transverse black lines. Abdomen cinereous. Fore wings with a 

 black interrupted stripe, which extends from the base to the hind 

 part of the exterior border; a few transverse dentate black lines, 

 which are indistinct, except on the costa ; two large black ringlets, 

 connected and open to each other, representing the orbicular mark ; 

 reniform mark consisting of a large irregular black ringlet ; mar- 

 ginal points black. Hind wings brownish cinereous, with three 

 brown lines; first and second lines indistinct, dentate; third 

 marginal. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 20 lines. 



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



Genus CERTILA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis brevis. Pulpi porrecti, 

 graciles, pubescentes, caput vix superantes ; articulus 3us longi- 

 conicus, 2i dimiclio brevior. Antennae subpectinatse. Abdomen 

 cristatum, alas posticas sat superans. Pedes validi, dense pilosi ; 

 calcaria longa. Alae anticae elongatae, apice subrotundatas,margine 

 exteriore convexo sat obliquo. 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis short. Palpi porrect, slender, 

 pubescent, hardly extending beyond the head ; third joint elongate- 

 conical, less than half the length of the second. Antennae slightly 

 pectinaied. Abdomen extending rather beyond the hind wings, 

 crested from the base to the tip ; first and second segments with 

 much higher crests than the others. Legs stout, densely pilose; 

 spurs long. Wings elongate, moderately broad. Fore wings 

 slightly rounded at the tips ; exterior border conxex, rather oblique. 



