1498 CATALOGUE OF 



in size. Hind wings whitish cinereous. Length of the body 

 2J lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



a, 6. North America. From Mr. Carter's collection. 



ScOPARIA RUBIGINALIS. 



Fcem. Subcervino-cinerea ; caput nigricante fasciatum; palpi 

 oblique ascendentes, verticem paullo superantes, articulo 3o 

 conico ; alee anticce nigro conspersce, gutta basali, fascia ante- 

 media abbreviata strigam cervinam includente, lineis duabus 

 angulosis, gutta strighque duabus longitudinalibus nigris ; 

 posticce fuscescente-cinerece, fimbria pallide cinerea. 



Female. Cinereous. Body silvery white beneath. Head ' 

 with a blackish band in front of the antennae. Palpi smooth, 

 obliquely ascending, rising a little higher than the vertex, shorter 

 than the breadth of the head; third joint conical, less than one- 

 fourth of the length of the second. Antennae and legs slender. 

 Thorax and fore wings slightly tinged with fawn-colour. Fore wings 

 black-speckled, with a black dot near the base and with a black 

 antemedial band, which is abbreviated towards the costa and con- 

 tains a longitudinal fawn-coloured streak; a zigzag black line near ! 

 the outer side of the band, and another at three-fourths of the 

 length; a black dot in the disk between the lines; five longitudinal 

 streaks formed by the speckles between the second line and the 

 exterior border. Hind wings brownish cinereous; fringe pale 

 cinereous. Length of the body 3| lines; of the wings 9 lines. 



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



SCOPARIA LUGUBRALIS, 



Mas. Fusca ; palpi graciles, porrecti, breves, articulo So lanceo- 

 lato 2i dimidio non breviore ; abdomen cinereum, alas posticus 

 longe superans ; alee anticce cinerecs, atomis, linea antemedia 

 denticulata, linea submarginali uudulata fasviaque marginali 

 excavata <£neo-fuscis, reniformi et orbiculari fusco marginatis^ 

 ilia nigricante submarginata, punctis marginalibus nigricanti- 

 bus ; posticce cinerece. 



Male. Brown, cinereous beneath. Palpi slender, porrect, 

 white beneath, much shorter than the breadth of the head; third 

 joint lanceolate, about half the length of the second. Abdomen 

 cinereous, extending much beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth . 



