LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1063 



non superans. Alae anticae apud costam subrectae. Fcem. — An- 

 tennae simplices, corporis dimidio vix longiores. Abdomen alas 

 posticas paullo superans. 



Allied to Lophopteryx. 



Body moderately stout, pilose ; hairs rather smooth. Proboscis 

 distinct, shorter than the breadth of the head. Palpi porrect, rather 

 slender, not extending beyond the head ; second joint full twice the 

 length of the first ; third minute, conical. Thorax highly crested ; 

 the crest terminating in an acute cone. Legs rather slender, pilose ; 

 hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings rather broad. Fore 

 wings with slight undulations along the exterior border, slightly 

 acute at the tips; three inferior veins ; first and second connected at 

 the base ; third rather remote. Male. — Antennae moderately pecti- 

 nated, more than half the length of the body. Abdomen not ex- 

 tending beyond the hind wings. Fore wings almost straight along 

 the costa ; exterior border less oblique than in the female. Female. 

 — Third joint of the palpi more acute than in the male. Antennae 

 simple, hardly more than half the length of the body. Abdomen 

 extending for one-fourth of its length beyond the hind wings. 

 Fore wings slightly convex along the costa. 



1. Nad ATA GIBBOSA. 



Mas et foem. Fulva, subtus albido-testacea ; alee anticce ferrugi- 

 neo conspersce, fasciis duabus ferrugineis, guttis duabus disca- 

 libus, margine exteriore albido notato ; posticce testacece ad 

 costam albidce, fascia margineque exteriore subfulvis. 



Phalaena gibbosa, Abbot fy Smith, Nat. Hist. Lep. Ins. Georg. ii. 



163, pi. 82. 



Tawny, whitish testaceous beneath. Fore wings very minutely 

 covered with ferruginous flecks ; a slightly oblique ferruginous band 

 at one-third of the length, and another more oblique, at a little 

 beyond two-thirds of the length ; the outer border of the latter is 

 more or less paler than the rest of the wing ; two white discal dots, 

 one behind the other ; exterior border with whitish marks. Hind 

 wings testaceous, whitish towards the costa, and with a slender in- 

 distinct tawny somewhat undulating discal band ; exterior margin 

 slightly tawny. Length of the body 1\ — 10 lines ; of the wings 

 20—24 lines. 



a. Trenton Falls, New York. Presented by £. Doubleday, Esq. 

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2 c 2 



