452 CATALOGUE OP 



undulata antice indistincta postice dilatata, litura reniformi 

 cinerea ferrugineo conspersa, lituris nonnullis nigris^ spatio 

 marginali fimbriaque subargenteis ; posticce f usees. 



Male. Ferruginous, brown beneath. Fore wings with two 

 transverse silvery black-bordered lines ; first line consisting of three 

 lunules, which are curved outward ; second undulating, indistinct 

 in front, broader towards the interior angle ; a large reniform mark, 

 whose disk is cinereous and ferruginous- speckled ; a few black marks 

 near the base and in the disk, and near the hind part of the exterior 

 border; space along the exterior border aud fringe slightly silvery. 

 Hind wings brown; fringe slightly silvery. Length of the body 

 5^ — 6 lines ; of the wings 11 — 12 lines. 



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



Genus COLLYTA. 



Fcem. Corpus robustum. Proboscis nulla. Palpi porrecti, 

 squamosi, sat graciles, caput vix superantes ; articulus 3us conicus, 

 minimus. Antennae subsetulosae. Abdomen longum, sublineare, 

 apice obtusum, alas posticas longe superans. Pedes breviusculi, 

 squamosi, fimbriati ; tibiae posticae calearibus quatuor longis 

 approximatis. Alae anticae longae, subacutae, margine exteriore 

 subconvexo sat obliquo ; posticse margine exteriore vix inciso. 



Female. Body stout. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi porrect, 

 squamous, rather slender, hardly extending beyond the head ; third 

 joint conical, very minute. Antennae very minutely setulose. Ab- 

 domen long, nearly linear, obtuse at the tip, extending much beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs squamous, rather short, moderately stout ; 

 femora and tibiae fringed ; hind tibiae with four long spurs, of which 

 the first pair are very near the second. Wings long, moderately 

 broad. Fore wings slightly acute ; exterior border slightly convex, 

 rather oblique. Hind wings with the exterior border very slightly 

 festooned. 



Allied to Excereta, but the proboscis is not apparent, and the 

 structure of the antennae is different. 



COLLYTA LANCEOLATA. 



Fcem. Cana; palpi basi nigricantes ; abdomen cinereum, basi 

 fuscum; alee anticce vitta lanceolata strigisque anterioribus 

 nigris; posticce cinerece. 



