338 CATALOGUE OF 



base; costa and exterior border slightly convex, the latter rather 

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



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



Dr. Barnston. 



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



32. SCIAPHILA DIREPTANA. 



Foem. Fasces cente-cinerea ; alee anticce sat angustce, apice rectan- 

 gulatce, fusco subconspersce, fasciis tribus obliquis fuscis, 3a 

 valde excavata marginem exteriorem attingente ; posticce nigri- 

 cante-cinerece. 



Female. Brownish cinereous. Palpi porrect, a little shorter 

 than the breadth of the head ; third joint conical, about one-sixth 

 of the length of the second. Fore wings rather narrow, rectangular 

 at the tips, slightly speckled with brown, and with three oblique 

 brown bands; third band much excavated, extending to the exterior 

 border; costa very slightly convex; exterior border straight, not 

 oblique. Hind wings blackish cinereous. Length of the body 

 3 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



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

 Dr. Barnston. 



33. SCIAPHILA IMPLEXANA. 



Foem. Nigro-cinerea ; alee anticce nigro conspersa?, vix acutce, 

 fasciis duabus obliquis subdentatis nigricantibus 9 \a exteriore, 

 2a submarginali ; posticce cinerea. 



Female. Blackish cinereous. Palpi porrect, nearly as long as 

 the breadth of the head; third joint extremely short. Fore wings 

 hardly acute, minutely speckled with black, with two blackish oblique 

 slightly dentate bands, one exterior, the other submarginal ; costa 

 and exterior border hardly convex, the latter moderately oblique. 

 Hind wings cinereous. Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 

 9 lines. 



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

 Dr. Barnston. 



34. SCIAPHILA VILISANA. 



Foem. Albida, subtus sordide cinerea; alee anticce acuta, fasciis 

 tribus fuscis obliquis subundulatis, la antice abbreviata, 3a 



