LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1295 



33. Melanippe decisata. 



Mas. Atra ; antenna subserratce, sat robustce ; abdominis seg- 

 menta subtus albo marginata ; alee anticce fascia obliqua alba 

 postice truncata, fimbria albo binotata ; posticce striga discali 

 obliqua fusiformifimbriaque albis. 



Male, Deep black. Antennae rather stout, minutely serrated. 

 Abdominal segmeuts with white hind borders on the under side. 

 Fore wings with an oblique white band, which is obliquely trun- 

 cated hindward, but corresponds to a white mark on the fringe by 

 the hind end of the exterior border ; tips with a white fringe. Hind 

 wings with a white fusiform discal streak, which is oblique in a 

 contrary direction to the band of the fore wings; fringe white. 

 Length of the body 4j lines ; of the wings 14 Hues. 



34. Melanippe concordata. 



Foem. Fuscescente -nigra ; corpus subtus album ; oculi albo 

 cincti ; alee anticce fascia erecta exteriore interlineata intus 

 excavata extus convexa lineaque submarginali denticulata in- 

 completa albis, lineis interioribus cinereis, fimbria albido gut- 

 tata ; posticce subtus albo fasciata, fimbria albida. 



Female, Brownish black. Body white beneath. Head white 

 about the eyes. Fore wings with a white upright exterior band, 

 which is notched on the inner side and has a corresponding con- 

 vexity on the outer siue, and is slightly interlined ; some indistinct 

 interior cinereous denticulated lines; submarginal line white, den- 

 ticulated, incomplete; fringe with whitish dots. Hind wings with 

 a white band like that of the fore wings on the under side; fringe 

 whitish, mingled with blackish towards the base. Length of the 

 body 5 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. St. Martins Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay. Presented by 



Dr. Barns ton. 



b. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Redman's collection. 



c. d. ? 



c2 



