342 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Reddish cinereous. Abdomen extending somewhat 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs white ; hind tibiae thickly fringed. 

 Fore wings somewhat rounded at the tips, minutely speckled with 

 black, with black marks along the costa, and with three short irregu- 

 lar brown bands ; the second and third extend from the costa to the 

 disk, and the first, which is basal, is continued interruptedly across 

 the wing ; costa and exterior border slightly convex, the latter 

 slightly oblique. Hind wings brown ; fringe whitish, interlined 

 with brown near the base. Length of the body 3£ lines ; of the 

 wings 10 lines. 



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



41. SCIAPHILA HEBESANA. 



Mas. Fuscescente-cinerea ; caput nigro -fasciatum ; aim anticce 

 sat angustcBy apice rotundatce, lineis fuscis transversis in- 

 distinctis indeterminatis, linea basali postica, plaga costali 

 exteriore lineisque duabus exterior i bus antice connexis fuscis 

 nigro conspersis, lituris costalibus subapicalibus Icete ferru- 

 gineis. 



Male. Brownish cinereous. Head with a black band in front. 

 Palpi porrect, much shorter than the breadth of the head; second 

 joint thickly fringed ; third very short. Antennae stout, very 

 minutely setulose. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind 

 wings. Fore wings rather narrow, rounded at the tips, with some 

 indistinct and irregular transverse brown lines, with a brown black- 

 speckled line along the basal part of the interior border, with a 

 brown black-marked costal patch beyond the middle, and with two 

 distinct exterior lines, which are connected in front, and are bor- 

 dered with black speckles ; some bright ferruginous costal marks 

 between the patch and the tip; costa straight; exterior border 

 hardly convex, slightly oblique. Length of the body 3 lines; of the 

 wings 8 lines. 



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



42. SCIAPHILA LUCTIEERANA. 



i Fcem. Nigricante-cinerea ; palpi pilosi, capitis latitudine bre- 

 viores, articulo So cb\ico ; ala antica fasciis duabus argenteo- 

 cinereisy \a postice dilatata, 2a apud costam dilatata nigro 

 notata strigam nigram posticam includente ; postica? cinerea. 



