﻿1654 CATALOGUE OF 



centihus ; alcB anticce lineis transversis indistinctis angulosis 

 albis nigra marginatis, orbiculari et reniformi subobsoletis ; 

 posticce rufesceiiteferruginecB, basi pallide cinerece. 



Male, Cinereous-green, speckled with black, whitish cinereous 

 beneath. Abdomen cinereous, speckled with brown, with a luteous 

 mark on each side at the base. Fore wings with indistinct irregular 

 transverse zigzag white black-bordered lines; marginal points 

 black ; the black speckles almost confluent by the costa near the 

 base ; orbicular and reniform marks almost obsolete. Hind wings 

 reddish ferruginous, pale cinereous towards the base. Length of 

 the body 8 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



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DiPHTERA FALLAX? 



The specimen here recorded differs from Herrich-Schaeffer's 

 figure in having three large black marks on each fore wing, and 

 may be a distinct species. 



a. Orilla, West Canada. From Mr. Bush's collection. 



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ACEONYCTA CRISTIFERA. 



Mas. Obscure cinerea, subius fuscescens ; thorax nigi^o fasciatus ; 

 abdomen fuscescente-cinereum^ cristis nigris distinctissimis ^ 

 lateribus fasciculatis, fasciculo magno apicali ; alee anticce 

 pilis nonnullis albidis, lineis undulatis et denticulatis nigris, 

 orbiculari reniformi maculaque posteriore albidis^ orbiculari 

 nagna subrotunda, reniformi extus subexcavata ; posticce fus- 

 cescente- cinerece^ ciliis albidis. 



Male, Dark cinereous, brownish beneath. Thorax with black 

 bands. Abdomen brownish cinereous, with high black dorsal 

 crests, tufted along each side, and with a large apical tuft. Fore 

 wings with some whitish hairs here and there, with black undulating 

 and denticulated lines ; orbicular and reniform spots, and a third 

 hindward spot mostly whitish ; orbicular large, nearly round ; reni- 

 form slightly excavated on the outer side. Hind wings brownish 



