LEPIDOPTEBA HETEROCERA. 675 



Mian a atomaria. 



Fcem. jflSneo-fusca, cano conspersa ; palpi graciles, suberecti, 

 verticem paullo superantes, urticulo 3o lanceolato ; abdomen 

 cinereum, cristis duabus parvis futcis ; alee anticce latce, vix 

 acutce, orbiculari et reniformi cano atomoso marginatum \a 

 obliqua elliptica, 2a vaide coarclata, lineis duabus subundu- 

 latis e atomic canis, 2a costam versus retracta, fascia exteriore 

 rufescenle-cinerea, linea submarginali fuscescente subdentata, 

 lunulis marginalibus e atomis cants ; po'sticce ceneo-cinerece. 



Female. iEneous-brown, cinereous beneath. Head, thorax 

 and fore wings hoary speckled. Palpi slender, nearly erect, rising 

 a little higher than the vertex ; third joint lanceolate, nearly half 

 the length of the second. Abdomen cinereous, not extending 

 beyond the hind wiugs ; first and second segments with small brown 

 crests. Legs slender; femora slightly fringed. Wings broad. 

 Fore wings hardly acute ; orbicular and reniform marks distin- 

 guished by their borders of hoary speckles ; orbicular oblique, 

 elliptical ; reniform extremely contracted in the middle ; two 

 slightly undulating lines of hoary speckles ; first line touching the 

 inner side of the orbicular ; second touching the outer side of the 

 reniform, much retracted towards the costa, bordered on the outer 

 side by a reddish cinereous band, beyond which there is a slightly 

 dentate brownish line; marginal lunules composed of hoary speckles. 

 Hind wings aeneous-cinereous. Length of the body 6 lines; of 

 the wings 16 lines. 



a, b. North America. From Mr. Carter's collection. 

 c. United States. Preseuted by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



MlANA SE MIC ANA. 



Mas. Cinereo-fusca ; palpi suberecti, verticem non superantes* 

 articulo 3o minimo ; abdomen cinereum, nigro cristatum ; 

 alee anticce cinerece, nigro subconspersce, dimidio basali fusco 

 lineam subundulatam pallide cineream includente, orbiculari 

 et reniformi magnis indistinctis, linea submarginali angulosa 

 pallide cinerea, lunulis marginalibus nigricantibus ; posticce 

 subceneo-cinerece. 



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