288 CATALOGUE OF 



37. TERAS ALBANIAN A. 



Mas. Pallide testacea ; alee anticce slrigulis plurimis transversis, 

 fascia media obliqua plagaque apicali cervinis ; posticce pal- 

 lide cinerece. 



Male. Pale testaceous. Abdomen, hind wings and under side 

 pale cinereous. Palpi porrect, rather slender, extending very little 

 beyond the head ; third joint conical, minute. Antennae very minutely 

 setulose. Fore wings with numerous little transverse fawn-coloured 

 streaks, with an oblique fawn-coloured middle band, and with a 

 fawn-coloured apical patch ; costa convex towards the base ; exte- 

 rior border slightly convex, moderately oblique. Length of the 

 body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



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

 Dr. Barnston. 



38. Teras obsoletana. 



Mas. Pallidissime cervina ; abdomen flavescente-cinereum ; aim 

 anticce sericea;, vix acutce, slrigulis plurimis transversis pla- 

 gisque duabus costalibus cervinis ; posticce pallide cinerece. 



Male. Very pale fawn-colour, mostly pale cinereous beneath. 

 Palpi porrect, hardly extending beyond the head; third joint coni- 

 cal, very minute. Antenna? very minutely setulose. Abdomen yel- 

 lowish cinereous, extending a little beyond the hind wings ; apical 

 valves large, densely pilose. Fore wings sericeous, hardly acute, 

 with numerous little transverse fawn-coloured streaks; two fawn- 

 coloured costal patches, one before the middle, the other at three- 

 fourths of the length ; costa couvex, except towards the tip ; exte- 

 rior border slightly convex, hardly oblique. Hind wings pale cine- 

 reous. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 9 lines. 



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



39. Teras retractana. 



Mas. Rufescente- cervina ; palpi articulo So lanceolato ; alee an- 

 tica? apice rectangulatce, gutta discali interiore obscure fusca, 

 gulta exteriore nigricante, striga adhuc exteriore fusca obliqua 

 extus cinereo diffuse marginata ; posticus cinerece, basi pallide 

 oehracece, singulis subtus plurimis transversis obscurioribus. 



Male. Reddish fawn-colour. Abdomen and under side much 

 paler. Palpi full as long as the breadth of the head ; third joint 



