376 CATALOGUE OF 



the head ; third joint conical, very minute. Antennae slender. 

 Fore wings rounded at the tips, with broad deep black transverse 

 streaks ; a few whitish marks on the costa near the base, and two 

 dull ochraceous marks on the interior border ; nearly half the apical 

 part whitish, shining, clouded with ochraceous, containing three or 

 four black costal marks. Hind wings cinereous. Length of the 

 body 3 lines; of the wings 8 lines. 



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



78. Penthina eesumptana. 



Mas. Schistaceo-cinerea ; caput, pectus et abdomen albido- 

 cinerea ; alee anticce fusco subconspersce, macula discali in- 

 teriore fasciaque obliquafuscis, spatio ex teriore fusco strigulas 

 nigras includente, punctis costalibus obscure fuscis ; posticce 

 fuscescentes. 



Male. Slaty cinereous. Head, pectus, abdomen and legs 

 whitish cinereous. Antennae rather stout, very minutely setulose. 

 Abdomen extending beyond the hind wings. Fore wings rounded 

 at the tips, thinly and transversely brown-speckled, with a brown 

 spot in the disk near the base, and with an exterior oblique brown 

 band ; space beyond the band mostly brown, including two or three 

 minute black longitudinal streaks; costa straight, with dark brown 

 points; exterior border moderately oblique. Hind wings brownish, 

 pale cinereous along the costa. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the 

 wings 8 lines. 



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



79. Penthina subnivana. 



Mas. Alba; palpi fimbriali, obtusi; aire anticce apice sub- 

 rotundatce* strigulis tr an sver sis fuscis nigrisque, plaga exteriore 

 elongata ferruginea nigro notata, costa ban subconvexa extus 

 incurva ; posticce pallide cinerece, strigulis transversis ob- 

 scurioribus. 



Male. White, dingy cinereous beneath. Palpi porrect, obtuse, 

 shorter than the breadth of the head ; second joint with a short thick 

 fringe above; third extremely short. Antennae stout. Fore wings 

 slightly rounded at the tips, with some transverse* brown and black 

 streaklets, which are most conspicuous towards the exterior border; 

 costa slightly convex towards the base, concave exteriorly, where 





