LEP1D0PTEEA HETEROCERA. 985 



EUCLIDIA DESIGNATA. 



Mas et foem. Cinerea, nigra conspersa ; palpi pilosis porrecii, 

 ' articulo So brevissimo ; alee anticce fasciis duabus nigris 

 cinereo conspersis albo marginatis, la basali arcuata latissime 

 strigam cineream nigro conspersam includente, 2a undulata, 

 macula intermedia nigricante ; posticce ceneo-fuscce, linea 

 media obliqua albida. 



Male and female. Cinereous, thickly black-speckled. Palpi 

 pilose, porrect, not extending beyond the head ; third joint ex- 

 tremely small. Legs stout, pilose. Wings with a whitish fringe. 

 Fore wings with two black cinereous-speckled bands ; first and 

 basal, very broad, white-bordered and much rounded on its outer 

 side, containing a broad cinereous black-speckled streak ; second 

 deeply undulating on the inner side, white-bordered on both sides ; 

 a blackish spot in the space between the bands. Hind wings 

 aeneous-brown, with a whitish oblique middle line. Male, — 

 Antennae minutely pubescent. Abdomen extending somewhat 

 beyond the hind wings. Female. — Hind wings darker than those 

 of the male. Length of the body 6 — 7 lines ; of the wings 16 — 17 

 lines. 



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



EUCLIDIA EXTERNA. 



Mas. Ferruginea ; palpi porrecti, pubescentes, caput non super- 

 antes ; alee anticce fuscce, fascia flava apud medium coarctala, 

 lineis duabus pallide cinereis, la valde arcuata, 2a subundu- 

 lata ; pastier pallide flava, fascia marginali fusca latissima. 



Male. Ferruginous. Palpi porrect, pubescent, not extending 

 beyond the head ; third joint conical, minute. Abdomen yellowish, 

 extending somewhat beyond the hind wings. Wings with a whitish 

 fringe. Fore wings brown, with a yellow band, which is much con- 

 tracted in the middle ; two pale cinereous lines; first much curved 

 outward, near the inner side of the band ; second beyond the band, 

 very slightly undulating. Hind wings pale yellow, with a very 

 broad brown marginal band. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the 

 wings 14 lines. 



a. New York. From Mr. Milne's collection. 



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