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CATALOGUE OF 





the former almost round ; the latter of the usual form ; fringe 



brighter red than the ground hue. Hind wings cinereous, with 



blackish speckles, which are very numerous towards the border; 



t discal lunule and exterior zigzag line blackish ; fringe with a 



t reddish tinge. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



t West Canada. In the Rev. Mr. Bethune's collection. 



] Hade n a exteesa. 



J Mas. Nigricans ; corpus cinereum; caput et thorax nigro con. 



spersa ; palpi oblique ascendentes, verticem paullo superantes, 

 , articulo So lanceolato ; antenna glabra; ala antica venis 



nigro marginatis, orbiculari cinereo nigroque marginata, 

 [ reniformi strigaque antica pallide ochraceo-cinereis nigro- 



marginatis, linea submarginali angulosa cinerea ; postica 



cinerea, gutta discali lineaque exteriore nigricantibus. 



Male. Blackish, cinereous beneath. Body cinereous. Head 

 and thorax speckled with black. Palpi obliquely ascending, rising 

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

 the length of the second. Antennas stout, smooth. Abdomen ex- 

 tending somewhat beyond tke hind wings ; apical tuft large. Legs 

 brown above ; tips of the tarsal joints cinereous. Fore wings with 

 black lines along the veins ; orbicular mark round, with a black 



• border and an inner incomplete cinereous border ; reniform pale 

 ochraceous-cinereous, large, oblique, black-bordered, with a little 

 oblique streak of the same hue in front of it ; submarginai and 

 marginal lines cinereous, the former zigzag; marginal lunules 



i black. Hind wings cinereous; discal dot and dentate exterior 

 line blackish, most distinct on the under side. Length of the bodv 

 9 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Vancouver's Island. Presented by Dr. Lyall. 



Hadena ? steicta. 



{ Mas. Pallide cervina ; palpi porrecti, caput paullo superantes, 

 articulo So conico ; thorax fusco fasciatus ; alee antica nigro 

 subconspersa, lineis duabus dentatis fuscis, la antemedia,2a 

 postmedia, orbiculari obliqua elliptic a fusco marginata, reni- 



^ formi cervina coarctata albo marginata, linea submarginali 



cinerea undulata indistincta, spatio mar ginali fusco ; postica 



i fuscescente- cinerea, fimbria pallida. 



