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the usual exterior band of black dots, which are more numerous 

 than in most species, and with a brownish tinge on the fore part of 

 the exterior border. Hind wings whitish, with the usual black 

 marginal dots. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 12 

 ines. 



a. West Coast of America. Presented by Capt. Kellett and Lieut. 

 Wood. 



Group 1. 

 Like the second European group. 



Subgroup 1. 

 Like the third European subgroup. 



53. LEUCANIA T0RRENT1UM. 



Subrubescens ; abdomen apud medium nigricans ; palpi articulo 

 3o longiusculo, porrecto ; alee anticce vitta discali interrupta 

 obscura ; macula discali alba nigro punctata, striga anteriore 

 rufa ; posticce albidce, subiridescentes, margine exteriore fus- 

 cescente. 



Leucania torrentium, Guen. Noct. i. 88, 132. 



Cape. Madagascar. Isle of France. 



Subgroup 2. 

 Like the fourth European subgroup. 



54. Leucania amens. 



Var. ? Pallidissime testacea ; alee anticce nigro subconspersce, venis 

 posterioribus albis, cinereo submarginatis, vittis duabus (una 

 antica, altera apud marginem interiorem) fulvescentibus, gutta 

 discali nigra, guttis exterioribus subobsoletis, punctis margi- 

 nalibus distinctis ; posticce albidce, venis marginibusque cine- 

 reis. 



Leucania amens, Guen. Noct. i. 88, 133. 

 Cape. 



Var. P Very pale testaceous. Fore wings slightly speckled 

 with black, with the median vein and the inferior veins white, and 



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