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3. Samea ebulealis. 



Flava ; thorax antice fusco-pur parens ; alee nitentes, lineis mar- 

 yineque exteriors denticulatis fusco-pur pureis, linea maryinali 

 flava; anticce costa f us co-pur purea, lineis tribus, \a et 2a 

 costam versus dilatatis ; posticce lineis duabus^ \a apud costam 

 dilatata. 



Samea ebulealis, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 195, 136. 



North America. Brazil. 



a, b. Honduras. From Mr. Miller's collection, 

 c, d. Honduras. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



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4. Samea huronalis. 



Mas et fosm. Alba ; antenna subpubescentes ; abdomen flaveseens, 

 incisuris albis ; alee anticce hyalince, anyustce,valde lanceolate, 

 margine venis liturisque pallidissime flavescente-cineris, basi 

 flavescentes,maculis discalibus maximis quadratis disco flaves- 

 centibus ; posticce triyonce, maryine vago. 



Samea huronalis, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 198, 141. 



Canada. 



5. Samea Elealis. 



Fcem. Flava ; abdominis seymenta albo maryinata ; alee maryine 

 exteriore latissimo lineisque tribus denticulatis, fuscescente 

 purpureis, linea Sa valde denticulata ; anticce maculis tribus 

 subquadratis fusees cente-purpureis ; posticce linea 2a latius- 

 cula, antice dilatata. 



Female. Abdominal segments with white hind borders. Wings 

 with three denticulated lines, and with a very broad marginal band 

 brownish purple; exterior line much bent. Fore wings with three 

 subquadrate brownish purple spots ; the third behind the first, 

 which corresponds to the orbicular mark. Hind wings with the 

 second line rather broad, dilated towards the costa. Length of the 

 body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



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