374 CATALOCxUE OF 



Male. Brown, pale cinereous beneath. Palpi porreet, much 

 shorter than the breadth of the head ; second joint much fringed; 

 .third conical, not more than one-^ixth of the length of the second. 

 Antennae very minutely setulose and pubescent. Abdomen extend- 

 ing a little beyond the hind wings. Fore wings whitish, acute, with 

 two broad blackish brown bands, and with a few slight transverse 

 intermediate brown marks ; first band basal ; a few small blackish 

 costal marks between the bands ; costa and exterior border hardly 

 convex, the latter slightly oblique. Hind wings dingy cinereous. 

 Length of the body 3^ lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



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

 Dr. Barnston. 



74. Penthina contrariana. 



Fcem. Cinereo-nigra ; palpi albidi ; thorax albidns, nigra bifas- 

 ciatus ; alee anticce atro transverse strigatce, spatio postico 

 spatioque exteriore albidis, lituris posticis, guttis costalibus 

 punctisque discalibus nigris ; posticee albce. 



Closely allied to P. corticana. Female. — Cinereous-black, 

 whitish beneath. Palpi whitish, extending a little beyond the head ; 

 second joint broadly fringed ; third very small. Antennae stout. 

 Thorax whitish, with two narrow black bands. Abdomen and legs 

 whitish. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips, transversely 

 streaked with deep black; space along the interior border towards 

 the base mostly whitish, with black marks; apical third part white, 

 with three blackish costal dots and a few black discal points ; exte- 

 rior border hardly convex, moderately oblique. Hind wings white. 

 Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



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



P. pruniana also inhabits Nova Scotia. 



75. Penthina de alb ana. 



Mas. Albida, robusta ; abdomen crassum, apice quadratum ; alee 

 anticce apice rotundatap, fusco subnotatce et subconspersce, lineis 

 transversis fuscis indistinctis undulatis, gutta discali nigra 

 elongata, punctis marginalibus nigricantibus. 



Male. Whitish, stout, dingy beneath. Palpi slender, obliquely 

 ascending, not rising near so high as the vertex ; third joint elongate- 



