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several small chalybeous marks, and with two white bands, which 

 are transversely streaked with brown ; first band before the middle ; 

 space beyond it speckled with dull ochraceous ; second band mar- 

 ginal, obliquely interrupted by a broad streak of the ground hue; 

 fringe more or less liimed with chalybeous ; costa and exterior bor- 

 der slightly convex, the latter hardly oblique. Hind wings brown 

 or brownish cinereous. Male. — Abdomen extending somewhat 

 beyond the hind wings. Hind tibia? slightly dilated. Length of 

 the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



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



39. Sciaphila Meanderaxa. 



Mas. Ferriigineo-fusca ; palpi cimrei, punctis tribm apiceque 

 nigris; abdomen cinereo-fuscum ; alee antic ce acuta, strigulis 

 transversis nigris, fasciis quatuor indtlerminatis cinereis fusco 

 iiiterlineatis, la basali postice abbreviate, 3a quadriramosa, 

 4a brevi apicali ; posticce fuscce, fimbria cinerea fusco inter- 

 lineata. 



Male. Ferruginous-brown, brownish cinereous beneath. Palpi 

 cinereous, broad, slightly ascending, much shorter than the breadth 

 of the head; second joint with three black points on the outer side; 

 third joint black, very minute. Antenna extremely minutely setu- 

 lose. Abdomen cinereous-brown, extending beyond the hind wings. 

 Fore wings acute, with transverse black streaklets, and with four 

 very irregular cinereous bands, which are interlined with brown ; 

 first band nearly basal, abbreviated hindward ; second contracted iu 

 the middle: third oblique, emitting two streaks from its iuner side ; 

 the hind streak forked ; fourth short, oblique, occupying the apical 

 space ; costa and exterior border hardly convex, the latter hardly 

 oblique. Hind wings brown; fringe cinereous, iuterlined with 

 brown near the base. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 

 9 lines. 



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



40. SCIAPHILA ? PERDUCTAXA. 



Mas. Rufescente-cinerea ; pedes albi, tibiis posticis dense fimbri- 

 ates ; ata antica? apice rotundata, nigro conspersa, lituris cos- 

 talibus nigris, fasciis tribus fuscis, la interrupta, 2a 3aque 

 abbreviatis ; postica fusca, fimbria albida fusco interlineata. 



