758 CATALOGUE OF 



along the costa ; interior and exterior lines fawn-colour, much den- 

 ticulated, the latter much bent ; marginal points fawn-colour; reni- 

 form mark fawn-colour, oblique, void, slightly lunulate. Hind 

 wings with the interior and exterior lines brownish, denticulated, 

 indistinct. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



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



12. PlONEA DlONALlS. 



Mas. Pallide cervina ; palpi porrecti, articulo So parvo conico ; 

 antennae sat. validce ; alee albido-cinerece, fuscescente conspersce ; 

 anticce acutce, lineis interiore et exteriore denticulatis pallide 

 fuscescentibus, orbiculari punctiformi, reniformi e striga 

 arcuata ; posticoe linea exteriore fuscescente undulata non 

 denticulata. 



Male. Pale fawn-colour, slender, white beneath. Palpi por- 

 rect, not long, white beneath; third joint conical, not more than 

 one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae rather stout. 

 Wings whitish cinereous, slightly speckled with pale brown, nar- 

 rower than in the preceding species. Fore wings acute ; interior 

 and exterior lines pale brownish, denticulated ; marginal line 

 slender, brownish ; orbicular mark brownish, punctiform, reniform 

 mark forming a curved brownish streak. Hind wings with the ex- 

 terior line brownish, undulating, not denticulated. Length of the 

 body 4 \ lines; of the wings 11 lines. 



a, b. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Eedman's collection. 



Africa. 



13. PlONEA AFRICALIS. 



Pallide testacea, P. forficali affinis ; alee angustiores, punctis mar- 

 ginalibus nigris ; anticce striga apicali obliqua diffusa fusca^ 

 lineis duabus fuscis perobliquis, la incompleta, reniformi e 

 macula rotunda nigricante ; posticoe linea interiore sub- 

 obsoleta, exteriore guttulari. 



Pionea africalis, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 369, 456. 



Algeria. 



a. Cape. From M. Drege's collection. 



b — e. South Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



