672 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Cinereous-ferruginous. Palpi obliquely ascending, 

 not rising so high as the vertex ; second joint clothed with short 

 hairs; third elongate-conical, not more than one-sixth of the length 

 of the second. Antennas very minutely setulose. Abdomen cinereous, 

 with four blackish-tipped crests, extending somewhat beyond the 

 hind wings. Fore wings slightly acute, with two blackish slender 

 denticulated transverse lines ; first interrupted by the orbicular 

 mark ; second on the outer side of thereniform mark ; space between 

 these marks and marginal space partly shaded with brown, the latter 

 space including the undulating submarginal line which is of the 

 ground hue; orbicular and reniform marks large, of the ground 

 hue, with a slender interrupted white border ; veins with white 

 points ; three whitish points on the costa towards the tip. Hind 

 wings dark cinereous; fringe paler, interlined with brown. Wings 

 beneath cinereous, with a reddish tinge towards the costa ; discal 

 lunule and exterior undulating line black. Length of the body 

 8 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



West Canada. In the Rev. Mr. Bethune's collection. 



Apamea togata. 



Fcem. Sordide rufescens ; palpi oblique ascendentes, articulo So 

 longo lanceolato ; ala? antica? apice subrotundatce, lineis 

 quatuor fuscis dentatis indistinctis, reniformi albida parva 

 angusta, margine exteriore sat obliquo ; posiica fuscescente- 

 cinerece. 



Female. Dingy reddish, cinereous beneath. Palpi obliquely 

 ascending, not rising higher than the vertex; second joint clothed 

 with short hairs ; third lanceolate, nearly half the length of the 

 second. Abdomen brownish cinereous, extending a little beyond 

 the hind wings. Fore wings rounded at the tips, with four indis- 

 tinct brown dentate lines ; first line very near the base ; second 

 before the middle ; third and fourth beyond the reniform mark, 

 which is small, narrow and whitish ; exterior border convex, rather 

 oblique. Hind wings brownish cinereous. Length of the body 

 7 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



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



Apamea keciproca. 



Mas. Pallide cinereo-cervina ; palpi porrecti, pubescentes, caput 

 superantes, extus fusci, articulo So minimo ; ales antica 



