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Apamea finitima. 



Var. Cana ; caput supra ferrugineum ; palpi vix ascendentes, 

 caput paullo superantes ; articulus Sus minimus; thorax linea 

 transversa undulata nigra fasciaque ferruginea ; ala antica? 

 apud costam ferruginea?, lineis 7iigris undulatis valde incom- 

 pletis, submarginali albida intus fusco marginaia, fascia mar- 

 ginali subferruginea, lunulis marginalibus fuscis, maculis 

 ex parte nigro marginatis, orbiculari albida obliqua, reniformi 

 ferruginea testaceo notata extus valde excavata ; postica albido- 

 cinerea, macula discali fusca, margine lato cupreo -fusco. 



Hoary. Head ferruginous above. Palpi hardly ascending, 

 extending a little beyond the head ; third joint very small, not one- 

 fourth of the length of the second. Thorax with a transverse undu- 

 lating black line, behind which there is a ferruginous band; some 

 black flecks behind the latter. Fore wings ir/egularly ferruginous 

 in front; lines black, uudulating, very incomplete; submarginal 

 line whitish, bordered with brown on the inner side, and with a 

 slightly ferruginous space between it and the exterior border, which 

 has brown luuules; orbicular and reniiorm spots partly bordered 

 with black ; orbicular whitish, oblique ; reniform ferruginous, with 

 a testaceous mark, much excavated on its outer side ; claviform 

 mostly black. Hind wings whitish cinereous, with a brown discal 

 spot, and a broad cupveous-brown border; cilia whitish. Length of 

 the body 6 lines ; of the wings 12 — 14 lines. 



a — c. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Redman's collection. 



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



e. New York. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Apamea Iaspis. 

 b, c. New York. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Apamea demissa. 



Mas. Cana ; abdomen cinerascens ; aim antica basi costaque 

 nigro conspersis, lineis nigris undulatis incompletis, submar- 

 ginali angulosa, maculis nigro ex parte marginatis, orbiculari 

 alba obliqua maxima, lunulis marginalibus nigris ; postiea? 

 cinerece, macula lineaque obscuriuribus. 



