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lined duahus pallide cinereis undulatis nigro marginatis 9 
spatiis duobus nigro nebulosis , punctis marginalibus' nigris ; 
posticee fuscescente-cinereee. 
Female . Cinereous. Head and fore part of the thorax blackish 
cinereous. Palpi obliquely ascending, pubescent, not rising higher 
than the vertex ; second joint curved ; third conical, minute, less 
than one-fourth of the length of the second. Abdomen extending 
rather beyond the hind wings. Fore wings rather narrow, some- 
what rounded at the tips, slightly black-speckled, here and there fer- 
ruginous, with two pale cinereous irregularly undulating black-bor- 
dered lines ; space on the inner side of the first and discal space 
between the two lines more or less clouded with black ; marginal 
points black ; costa straight ; exterior border slightly convex, hardly 
oblique. Hind wiDgs brownish cinereous ; fringe pale cinereous, 
interlined. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the 14 wings. 
a. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 
27. Nephopteryx intractella. 
Foem. Fuscescente-cinerea ; alee anticee apice rotundatce , lineis 
duabus fuscis denticulatis undulatis , gutta discali punctisque 
marginalibus nigricantibus. 
Female. Brownish cinereous. Abdomen extending much 
beyond the hind wings. Fore wings rather narrow’, rounded at the 
tips ; interior and exterior lines brown, denticulated, undulating ; 
discal dot blackish, rather large; marginal points blackish; costa 
straight; exterior border slightly convex, moderately oblique. 
Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 
a. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 
28. Nephopteryx rubiginella. 
Mas et foem. Sordide cinerea ; caput et thorax anticus plus 
minusve ferrugineo-rufa ; alee anticee canee , postice ferrugineee, 
gutta discali punctisque marginalibus nigricantibus. 
Male and female. Dingy cinereous. Head and fore part of 
the thorax more or less rusty red. Maxillary palpi short, porrect. 
Wings with a long pale cinereous slightly interlined fringe. Fore 
wings hoary, narrow, somewhat rounded at the tips, mostly over- 
spread hindward with a rusty hue ; discal dot and marginal points 
blackish ; costa straight; exterior border convex, moderately 
