340 CATALOGUE OF 



pubescent. Fore wings rounded at the tips, transversely and mi- 

 nutely streaked wilh black, with some transverse lines of silvery 

 dots, and with three brown bands ; first band basal ; second irregular, 

 accompanied by a brown spot on the outer exterior border ; a brown 

 apical spot ; marginal points black ; costa nearly straight, with 

 black points; exterior border slightly convex and oblique; fringe 

 with blackish points. Hind wings pale cinereous. Length of the 

 body 3^ — 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



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



37. SciAPHILA CONFIXANA, 



Mas. Cinereo-fusca ; tibia posticce albce, fimbriates ; alee anticce 

 cinerece^ acutce, strigulis plurimis transversis fasciisque tribus 

 fuscis, fascia la basali, 2a Saque postice abbreviatis, tinea 

 marginali fusca antice dilalata ; posticce fuscce, fimbria cinerea 

 fusco inter lineata. 



Male. Cinereous-brown, cinereous beneath. Palpi porrect, 

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

 Antennae extremely minutely setulose. Abdomen extending much 

 beyond the hind wings. Hind tibiae white, thickly and broadly 

 fringed. Fore wings cinereous, acute, with many little transverse 

 brown streaks, and with three irregular brown bands; first band 

 near the base ; second and third abbreviated hindvvard ; marginal 

 line brown, broadest in front; costa very slightly convex; exterior 

 border slightly convex and oblique. Hind winirs brown; fringe 

 cinereous, interlined with brown near the base. Length of the body 

 4 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



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



38. SciAPHILA DECISANA. 



Mas et foem. Fusca ; palpi albi, supra fusci ; abdomen cinereum; 

 alee anticce apice subrotundatce^ ochraceo conspersce, chalybceo 

 notatce, fasciis duabus albis fusco strigatis, \a interiore, 2a 

 marginali oblique interrupta ; posticce fuscce aut fuscescente- 

 cinerece. 



Male and female. Brown, mostly cinereous beneath. Palpi 

 porrect, broadly fringed, white beneath and on each side, much 

 shorter than the breadth of the head ; third joint extremely short. 

 Abdomen cinereous. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips, with 



