212 CATALOGUE OF 



North America. 



2. Char^as? detersa. 



Mas et fcem. Pallide cervina ; thorax fascia fuscescente ; abdo- 

 men albido-testaceum ; tarsi fusco fasciati ; alee anticce pallide 

 fuscce punctis obscurioribus, costa venis, maculis discalibus 

 fasciaque exteriore albidis, lunulis marginalibus obscure fus- 

 cis ; posticcB pallidissime cinerece marginibus fuscescentibus, 

 ciliis albidis. 



Male and female. Pale fawn-colour. Third joint of the palpi 

 rather longer than in C. graminis. Thorax with a brownish band. 

 Abdomen whitish testaceous. Tarsi with brown bands. Fore wings 

 pale brown, slightly speckled with darker brown ; the costa, the 

 veins, the two discal spots, and an exterior band whitish ; discal 

 spots with dark borders, the orbicular one rather oblong, the other 

 somewhat reniform ; exterior border with dark brown lunules. 

 Hind wings very pale cinereous, with brownish borders and whitish 

 ciliae. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a — d. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Redman's collection. 



South America. 



3. Chaileas? Sannio. 



Cervina ; alee anticce testacece, basi fuscce venis, macula anteriore 

 strigaque posteriore testaceis,strigis submarginalibus fasciaque 

 marginali fuscis ; posticce ciliis testaceis. 



Phalasna Sannio, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. pi. 399, f. D. 

 Lycophotia Sannio, Rubn. Verz. Schmett. 2J5, 2147. 



Surinam. 



Genus 4. PACHETRA. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis mediocriter longa. Palpi por- 

 recti, pilosi, caput paullo superantes ; articulus 3us longi-conicus, 

 2i triente longior. Antennae corporis dimidio longiores. Abdomen 

 alas posticas perpaullo superans. Pedes validi; tibiae posticae 

 calcaribus quatuor mediocriter longis. Alae mediocriter lata? ; an- 

 ticae apud costam rectse, apice rotundatae, margin e exteriore denti- 

 culato et mediocriter obliquo. Mas. — Antennae subserrataa. 

 Mamestra, p., Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 214. 

 Hadena, p., Treit. 

 Luperina, p., Boisd. 

 Polia, p., Herr.'Schceff. 



Heliophobus, p., Stepk. III. Brit. Ent. Haust. 

 Pachetra, Guen. Ind. 241 ; Noct. i. 17/. Stepk Cat. Brit. Lep. 



