394 CATALOGUE OP 



Genus CARPOCAPSA. 

 North America. 



5. Carpocapsa disttgmana. 



Mas. Obscure schistacea ; alee anticce acutce, singulis transversh 

 indistinctis fuscis, maculis duabus maximis guttaque nigri- 

 cante-fuscis cinereo marginatis ; posticce cinereo-fusca?. 



Male. Dark slaty cinereous. Palpi porrect, pilose, as long as 

 tbe breadth of the head; third joint acute, very minute, not more 

 than one-sixth of the length of the second. Abdomen extending 

 very little beyond the hind wings. Fore wings acute, with indis- 

 tinct little transverse brown streaks, and with two very large 

 blackish brown cinereous-bordered conical spots ; first spot with its 

 base on the interior border ; second larger than the first, extending 

 from the costa, nearly connected with a dot of the same hue which 

 rests on the interior border ; costa and exterior border straight, the 

 latter moderately oblique. Hind wings cinereous-brown. Length 

 of the body 3-J lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



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



6. Carpocapsa inexpertana. 



Foem. Nigricante-cinerea ; palpi nigricantes ; alee anticce vix 

 acuta, cinereo -vir ides cente subtinctce, strigulis nonnullis trans- 

 versis atris, lituris costalibus et marginalibus ochraceis, lineolis 

 transversis undulatis cinereis ; posticce nigricantes, fimbria 

 pallide cinerea fusco interlineata. 



Female. Blackish cinereous, a little paler beneath. Palpi 

 blackish, porrect, fringed, much snorter than the breadth of the 

 head ; third joint extremely short. Abdomen extending a little 

 beyond the hind wings. Fore wings hardly acute, slightly tinged 

 with greenish cinereous ; a few transverse deep black marks ; some 

 ochraceous marks along the costa and along the exterior border ; a 

 few pale cinereous incomplete undulating transverse lines ; costa 

 straight; exterior border slightly convex, moderately oblique. Hind 

 wings blackish ; fringe pale cinereous, interlined with brown. Length 

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



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



