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third joint short. Fore wings whitish, velvety, hardly acute, with 

 two dull ochraceous bands; one basal, the other near the base; an 

 exterior dilated band, which has a cinereous disk; three more exte- 

 rior dull ochraceous transverse lines ; a cinereous costal subapical 

 spot. Hind wings cinereous, whitish in front. Length of the body 

 3 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



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



10. LOPHODERUS MELALEUCANUS. 



Mas et foem. Albido-cinereus ; thorax fusee scens ; alee anticce 

 vitta postica latissima cinereo-fusca. Mas. — Abdomen supra 

 fuscescens, 



Male and female. Whitish, sericeous. Palpi porrect, much 

 shorter than the breadth of the head ; third joint conical, very mi- 

 nute, much less than one-fourth of the length of the second. Thorax 

 brownish. Abdomen extending beyond the hind wings. Fore 

 wings hardly acute, with a very broad cinereous-brown stripe, which 

 extends along the whole length of the interior border; costa and 

 exterior border very slightly convex, the latter slightly oblique. 

 Male. — Antenna? setulose. Abdomen brownish above ; apical tuft 

 large. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 8^ — 11 lines. 



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



South America. 



11. LOPHODERUS XANTHOPHILA.NUS. 



Foem. Lcete ochraceus ; palpi graciles, Iceves, breves; alee anticce 

 apice subrotundatce, fasciis tribus flavescenlibus diffusis, \a 

 basali, 2a obliqua, 3a apicali. 



Female. Bright ochraceous. Palpi porrect, smooth, slender, 

 extending very little beyond the head ; third joint extremely short. 

 Abdomen extending very little beyond the hind wings. Fore wings 

 slightly rounded at the tips, with three yellow bands ; the two hues 

 somewhat blended ; first band basal ; second exterior, oblique; third 

 apical ; costa and exterior border very slightly convex. Length of 

 the body 2 lines; of the wings 6J lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



