1642 CATALOGUE OF 



Macaeia RETINOTATA. 

 Fcem. Cinerea ; palpi oblique ascendentes, articulo 3o minimo ; 

 antenna gracillima ; alcefusco consperscB ; antica acuta, nigro 

 conspersa,fasciis quatuor pallide fuscescentibus, 2a niyricante 

 biplagiata, punctis marginalibus nigris ; postica lineis duabus 

 pallide fuscis, margine exteriore subangulato. 



Female. Cinereous. Palpi obliquely ascending, hardly ex- 

 ending beyond the front; third joint extremely short. Antennae 

 very slender. Legs smooth. Wings moderately broad, minutely 

 speckled with pale brown. Fore wings acute, also minutely speckled 

 with black ; four irregular oblique pale brownish bands ; first band 

 distinguished by black speckles; third with two blackish patches, of 

 which one is costal and the other discal, and the latter being inter- 

 sected has a somewhat network appearance; discal points black; 

 costa and exterior border very slightly convex, the latter very 

 oblique. Hind wings with the interior and exterior lines pale 

 brown, indistinct; exterior border slightly angular. Length of the 

 body 4 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



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



Macaria proxanthata. 



Mas. Purpurascente-cinerea, subtus lutescens ; caput rufescens; 

 palpi porrecti, brevissimi ; antenna setulosa, pubescentes ; 

 thorax an tice ochraceus ; tibia posticce incrassata ; ala gutta 

 discali lineisque duabus dentatis nigris ; antica vix acuta, 

 linea media nigricante dentata indistincta interrupta, fascia 

 exteriore ochracea, margine exteriore antico subexcavato. 



Male. Purplish cinereous, pale cinereous with a luteous tinge 

 beneath. Head reddish. Palpi porrect, very short. Antennae 

 stout, minutely setulose and pubescent. Thorax ochraceous in 

 front. Abdomen extending very little bevond the hind wings. Hind 

 tibiae incrassated. Wings minutely black-speckled, with a black discal 

 dot ; interior and exterior lines tylack, dentate, paler and less 

 distinct in the hind wings ; under side with the lines much more 

 distinct. Fore wings hardly acute, with an indistinct incomplete 

 blackish dentate middle line, and with an ochraceous band beyond 

 the middle line ; costa straight; exterior border slightly excavated 

 in fiont. Hind wings with the exterior border entire. Length of the 

 body 7 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. East Florida. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 





