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CATALOGUE OF 
pubescent. Fore wings rounded at the tips, transversely and mi- 
nutely streaked with black, with some transverse lines of silvery 
dots, and with three brown bands ; first band basal ; second irregular, 
accompanied by a brown spot on the outer exterior border ; a brown 
apical spot ; marginal points black ; costa nearly straight, with 
black points; exterior border slightly convex and oblique; fringe 
with blackish points. Hind wings pale cinereous. Length of the 
body 3^ — 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 
b. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Redman’s collection. 
37. SciAPHILA CONFIXANA. 
Mas. Cinereo-fusca ; tibia postica alba, fimbriata ; ala antica 
cinerea , acuta , strigulis plurimis transversis fasciisque tribus 
fuscis , fascia 1 a basali , 2 a 3 ague postice abbreviatis , linea 
marginali fusca antice dilatata ; postica fusca, fimbria cinerea 
fusco inter lineata . 
Male. Cinereous-brown, cinereous beneath. Palpi porreet, 
extending very little beyond the head; third joint extremely small. 
Antennae extremely minutely setulose. Abdomen extending much 
beyond the hind wings. Hind tibiae white, thickly and broadly 
fringed. Fore wings cinereous, acute, with many little transverse 
brown streaks, and with three irregular brown bands; first band 
near the base ; second and third abbreviated hind ward ; marginal 
line brown, broadest in front; costa very slightly convex; exterior 
border slightly convex and oblique. Hind wings brown ; fringe 
cinereous, interlined with brown near the base. Length of the body 
4 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 
a. North America. From Mr. Carter’s collection. 
38. SciAPHILA DECISANA. 
Mas et foem. Fusca ; palpi albi , supra f us ci ; abdomen cinereum ; 
ala antica apice subrotunda ta, ochraceo conspersa, chalybao 
notata , f asciis duabus albis fusco strigatis , 1 a interiore , 2 a 
marginali oblique interrupta ; postica fusca aut fuscescente- 
cinerea . 
Male and female. Brown, mostly cinereous beneath. Palpi 
porreet, broadly fringed, white beneath and on each side, much 
shorter than the breadth of the head ; third joint extremely short. 
Abdomen cinereous. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips, with 
