LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 343 



Female. Blackish cinereous. Palpi porrect, pilose, shorter than 

 the breadth of the head ; third joint conical, not more than one- 

 fourth of the length of the second. Abdomen cinereous, extending 

 a little beyond the hind wings. Fore wings hardly acute, with two 

 irregular silvery cinereous bands, which are much straitened in the 

 middle; first band dilated hindward; second containing a black 

 streak hindward, dilated along the costa, where it contains some small 

 black marks; fringe silvery cinereous; costa and exterior border 

 straight, the latter hardly oblique. Hind wings cinereous. Length 

 of the body 2\ — 3 J lines ; of the wings 6 — 9 lines. 



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

 Dr. Barnston. 



43. SCIAPHILA? FERRIFERANA. 



Mas et foem. Obscure argenteo-cinerea ; caput et thorax saturate 

 ferrugineo-rufa ; alee anticce basi^ plaga obliqua rhomboidali 

 punctoque apicali saturate ferrugineo-rufis, plaga strigam 

 emittente ; posticce ceneo subtinctce, fimbria albida. 



Male and female. Deep ferruginous-red. Palpi ascending, 

 stout, short; second joint pilose ; third very minute. Wings, abdo- 

 men and under side dark silvery cinereous. Fore wings indistinctly 

 blackish tessellated, with the base, an apical point, and an oblique 

 intermediate rhomboidal patch deep ferruginous-red, the patch 

 emitting a broad streak to the middle of the exterior border; costa 

 straight, except towards the base ; exterior border slightly convex, 

 hardly oblique. Hind wings with an aeneous tinge; fringe whitish. 

 Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



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



44. SCIAPHILA PERSTRUCTANA. 



Fcem. Nigricans; alee anticai fasciis quirt que c Italy b ceis indeter- 

 minatis ex parte interlineatis ; posticce cenece. 



Female. Blackish, dark cinereous beneath. Palpi porrect, 

 broadly fringed, shorter than the breadth of the head ; third joint 

 very minute. Fringe of the wings cinereous, with a blackish line 

 near the base. Fore wings rectangular at the tips, with five irregular 

 partly interlined chalybeous bauds; costa straight; exterior border 



