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TOETEICID.^. 
Psedisca transmissana. (Plate LXXII. fig. 3.) 
Penthina transmissana, Walker, Cat. Lep. Hct. xxviii. p. 375. 
Palpi projecting about the length of the head beyond it; together with the head and 
antennfe greyish fuscous ; the apical joint scarcely exposed, paler. Fore wings — with the 
costa arched ; an appressed costal fold at the base in the male ; apical margin oblique, slightly 
concave — dull purplish brown at the base, where there is a wide rather mottled basal patch 
distinctly defined and slightly angulated at its outer edge above the middle ; beyond this is a 
whitish dorsal patch, diffused upwards at its inner edge towards the costa, and outwards along 
the dorsal margin, but not reaching the anal angle; beyond the dorsal patch the wing 
is shaded off from reddish brown to ferruginous ; towards the apex are four pairs of abbreviated 
shining yellowish-white costal streaks, wdth slightly darker shades between each pair, emitting 
slender streaks towards the apical margin ; the occllated spot is margined on both sides with 
shining whitish, and contains two or three black streaks ; a dark fuscous line runs parallel 
to the apical margin near the base of the whitish cilia, which are also tipped with brownish 
fuscous. Ilind wings pale cinereous. Typec?. Expanse of wings 15 millims. 
Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Redman^s collection. 
Psedisca strenuana. (Plate LXXII. fig. -i.) 
Grapliolita strenuana, WaJlc Cat. Lejp. Het. xxviii. p. 383. 
Grapholita cxvagana, WaJlc. Cat. Lep. Het. xxviii. p. 383. 
Palpi dull cinereous, scarcely projecting beyond the head, obtuse ; the apical joint very 
short : head dull brown, irrorated with cinereous ; the face paler : antennae brownish. Fore 
wings — with the costa slightly arched, an appressed costal fold in the male, the apex produced; 
apical margin much indented, slightly oblique — having a wide basal patch brownish fuscous, 
profusely irrorated with minute cinereous scales, obtusely angulated at its outer edge above 
the middle, and extended narrowly along the costa ; followed by a pale whitish ochreous wide 
dorsal patch, diffused indistinctly upwards towards the costa, and blended outwardly with the 
dull brownish-fuscous apical half of the wing, which is also minutely irrorated with cinereous : 
a very pale whitish ochreous ocellated spot above the anal angle is margined with shining 
silvery, preceded by a few black scales, and contains a black streak near its upper edge, and a 
brownish-fuscous spot or streak below it : some very oblique sublustrous costal streaks, alter- 
nating with fuscous scales, converge towards the middle of the apical margin : cilia irrorated 
with brownish fuscous. Tj^pe ^. Expanse of wings 15 millims. 
North America. From Mr. Carter^s collection. 
This is one of those remarkable instances in which Mr. Walker has described two obvi- 
ously similar specimens from the same collection under different new specific names, without 
reference or comparison, and has published the descriptions on the same page of his catalogue. 
