318 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus AMPHISA. 



3. AM PHIS A LURID AN A. 



Mas. Nigricans ; antenna setosa ; alee antica vix acuta, spatio 

 exteriore subcupreo, lineis indistinctis fasciaque lata cinereis 

 diffusis ; posticus cupreo-fusca, fimbria obscure cinerea fusco 

 interlineata. 



Male. Blackish. Palpi porrect, slender, much shorter than 

 the breadth of the head; third joint extremely minute. Antennae 

 setose, not pectinated. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind 

 wings. Fore wings hardly acute, cupreous-tinged towards the ex- 

 terior border; some indistinct transverse lines composed of cinereous 

 speckles and a broad diffuse exterior cinereous band ; costa straight ; 

 exterior border slightly convex, moderately oblique. Hind wings 

 cupreous-brown ; fringe dark cinereous, interlined with brown near 

 the base. Length of the body 2-J lines; of the wings 7 lines. 



a— c. St. Martin's Fails, Albany Eiver, Hudson's Bay. Presented 

 by Dr. Barnston. 



Genus DICHELIA. 

 North America. 



8. DlCHELIA INCONCLUSANA. 



Mas. Pallide cervina, subtus cinerea; ala antica acuta, apud 

 mar ginem interior em saturations, strigulis transversis cervinis, 

 fasciis duabus cervinis obliquis nigro notatis, striga discali 

 brevi fusca ; postica cinerea. 



Male. Pale fawn-colour, cinereous beneath. Palpi porrect, 

 very much shorter than the breadth of the head; second joint 

 fringed above ; third extremely short. Antennae very minutely 

 pubescent. Abdomen cinereous, extending beyond the hind wings. 

 Fore wings acute, mostly fawn-coloured along the interior border; 

 transverse streaklets fawn-colour, mostly obsolete ; a short brown 

 streak on the disk hindward, near the base; two fawn-coloured 

 oblique black-marked bands ; first baud concise and straight on 

 the inner side, irregular on the outer side; second marginal; costa 

 and exterior border slightly convex, the latter moderately oblique. 

 Hind wings cinereous. Length of the body 2J lines; of the wings 

 5 lines. 



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



