760 CATALOGUE OF 



Xylina COMMODA. 



Foem. Ferruginea-fusca ; palpi porrecti, articulo So conico bre~ 

 vissimo i thorax subfasciatus ; abdomen cinereum ; alee an- 

 tica lineis subobsoletis, guttis costalibus exterioribus et margi- 

 nalibus albis, lunulis marginalibus nigricantibus indistinctis, 

 orbiculari et reniformi obsoletis ; posticce fuscescente-cinerece, 

 basi ciliisque pallidioribus. 



Female. Ferruginous-brown. Palpi porrect ; third joint coni- 

 cal, not more than one-fourth of the length of the second. Thorax 

 indistinctly banded. Abdomen cinereous. Fore wings with the 

 transverse lines almost obsolete; some minute white dois along the 

 apical part of the costa and along the exterior border, and on the 

 exterior veins; marginal lunules blackish, indistinct; orbicular and 

 reniform obsolete. Hind wings brownish cinereous, paler towards 

 the base, and with pale cilia?. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the 

 wings 16" lines. 

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



XYLINA ? CLAUFACTA. 



Mas. Ferruginea ; palpi ascendentes, articulo So conico brevis- 

 simo ; antenna subciliata? ; abdomen cinereum ; ala? antictc 

 nigra conspersce, lineis subobsoletis, guttis exterioribus nigri- 

 cantibus, orbiculari et reniformi pallidis nigro marginatis, 

 orbiculari oblonga obliqua ; posticce alba?, fusco marginatce , 

 lunulis marginalibus nigris attenuatis. 



Male. Ferruginous. Palpi ascending ; third joint conical, 

 not more than one-fourth of the length of the second. Antenna; 

 very minutely ciliated. Abdomen cinereous. Fore wings flecked 

 with black ; lines obsolete, except the exterior median one, which 

 is represented by a double row of blackish dots, and the submarginal 

 one, which is indistinct; orbicular and reniform spots pale, with 

 black borders ; orbicular oblong, oblique, much smaller than the 

 reniform, which is slightly excavated on the exterior side. Hind 



- whitish, with brown borders; marginal lunules black, attenu- 

 ate «i. Length of the body (> lino; of the wings 15 lines. 



i. blast Florida. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



