1088 CATALOGUE OF 



calcaribus quatuor sat longis. Alae mediocriter lata? ; anticae macu- 

 lis exterioribus vitreis, apice truncatae, margine exteriore angulum 

 perobtusum fingente, Mas. — Antennae mediocriter pectinatae. 



Parathyris, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 158. 

 Mimallo, p., Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 190. 

 Pygaera, p., Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 162. 



Body moderately stout. Proboscis obsolete or very sbort. 

 Palpi porrect, sbort, stout, pilose, not extending beyond tbe head ; 

 first joint short; third very minute. Antennae not longer than the 

 thorax. Abdomen oblanceolate, rather long, extending for one- 

 third of its length beyond the hind wings. Legs stout, pilose ; 

 tibiae deeply ciliated, especially the hind pair, which have four mode- 

 rately long spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings truncated 

 at their tips ; the exterior border forming a very obtuse angle at one- 

 third of its length from the costa ; hinder part oblique ; interior 

 angle oblique, well-defined ; three inferior veins ; first and second 

 approximate at the base ; third remote. Male. — Antennas mode- 

 rately pectinated. 



North America. 



1. Parathyris torrefacta. 



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Mas. Cana ; alee anticce ex parte ferruginea?, gutta subapicali 

 vitrea, fasciis quatuor angustis undulosis maculisgue duabus 

 basalibus fuscis ; posticce rufo-ferruginece, fascia media mar- 

 gineque interiore albidis, macula unafusca. 



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



Pygaera torrefacta, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. (Phalcence Verce Melalophce 

 Certce) 162, 1682. 



Male. Hoary. Legs partly ferruginous. Fore wings partly 

 ferruginous, with four slender undulating brown bands, and with 

 two contiguous dark brown spots near the base of the interior border ; 

 a vitreous dot near each tip ; under side with a ferruginous brown 

 apical spot. Hind wings reddish ferruginous, with a whitish middle 

 band ; inner border white with a brown spot in the middle ; under 

 side with a ferruginous stripe proceeding from the base to the 

 middle, where it joins a ferruginous band. 



a, b. Georgia. From Mr. Abbot's collection. 



