LEP1D0PTEKA HETEROCERA. 627 



North America. 



10. Xylina contra ria. 



Cinerea ; thorax fascia antica vittisque duabus nigris ; abdomen 

 nigro cristatum ; alee anticce annulis discalibus fasciisque 

 duabus lanceolatus albidis nigro marginatis, striga nigra 

 media ferrugineo marginata ; posticce pallide cinerece, margi- 

 nibus obscurioribus, ciliis albidis. 



Cinereous. Thorax with a black band in front, and with a black 

 stripe on each side. Abdomen with blackish crests. Fore wings 

 with the discal ringlets and with two lanceolate bands (one interior, 

 the other exterior) whitish with black borders ; a black ferruginous - 

 bordered streak between the bands, of which the exterior one 

 is dilated where it joins the streak. Hind wings pale cinereous, 

 with darker borders, and with whitish ciliae. Length of the body 6 

 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



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



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



11. Xylina infructuosa. 



Mas. Cinerea; thorax fuscescente subfasciatus ; abdomen fasci- 

 culo apicali cervino ; alee anticce fasciis duabus fuscis valde 

 indistinctis, strigis nonnullis basalibus nigris et pallide cine- 

 reis ; posticce cinerea, margine fuscescente. 



Male. Cinereous. Thorax slightly banded with brown. Ab- 

 domen with a tuft of fawn-coloured hairs at the tip. Fore wings 

 with two very indistinct brown bands ; some black and pale cine- 

 reous basal streaks ; submarginal line angulose, black, bordered with 

 pale cinereous. Hind wings cinereous, with brownish borders. 

 Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 15 lines. 



a. East Florida. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



12. Xylina signosa. 



Mas. Cinerea; thorax nigro conspersus, ex parte ferrugineus, 

 fascia antica nigra ; abdomen ferrugineo cristatum ; alee an- 

 ticce strigis ferrwjineis ; orbiculari et reniformi indistinctis 

 pallido marginatis, linea duplici exteriore guttulari strigisque 

 marginalibus nigris, striga postica latiore nigricante. 



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