LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 753 



half the size of the reniform, which is slightly excavated on the 

 exterior side. Hind wings cinereous. Length of the body 5 lines ; 

 of the wings 14 lines. 



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



Hadena claudens. 



Mas. Carta ; abdomen cinereum ; ala anticce ex parte cinereo 

 nebulosce et nigro conspersa, lituris costalibus nigricantibus, 

 lineis nigris undulatis incompletis, ex parte nigro marginatis, 

 orbiculari magna obliqua; posticm fuscescente-cinerece, ciliis 

 albidis. 



Male. Hoary. Abdomen cinereous. Fore wings slightly and 

 incompletely shaded with gray and speckled with black, with 

 blackish marks along the costa, and with undulating and incomplete 

 blackish transverse lines ; orbicular and reniform spots white, partly 

 bordered with black ; orbicular spot oblique, large, rather smaller 

 than the reniform, which is slighted excavated on its exterior side. 

 Hind wings brownish cinereous, with whitish ciliae. Length of the 

 body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Newfoundland. Presented by W. C. St. John, Esq. 



Hadena albifusa. 



Mas et foem. Testacea ; palpi ascendentes, articulo 3o eonico 

 brevissimo ; abdomen albido-testaceum ; alee antica albidce, 

 basi fasciisque duabus exterioribus cervinis, lineis transversis 

 undulatis incompletis, strigis paucis exterioribus lunulisque 

 marginalibus nigris, maculis nigro marginatis, orbiculari ob- 

 liqua fusiformi aut subovata ; posticce cinerece, margine lato 

 ameo-fusco, ciliis albis. 



Male and female. Testaceous. Palpi ascending; third joint 

 conical, not one-fourth of the length of the second. Abdomen 

 whitish testaceous. Fore wings whitish, varied with fawn-colour, 

 which occupies the basal part, excepting the costa, and forms two 

 exterior bands ; costa with black marks ; transverse lines black, un- 

 dulating, irregular and incomplete ; a few exterior black streaks in- 

 terrupted by the submarginal line, which is pale and zigzag; mar- 

 ginal lunules black; discal spots with black borders; orbicular 

 oblique, fusiform or nearly oval, about half the size of the reniform, 



