LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
373 
colour; fringe whitish. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 
10 lines. 
a. Georgia. From Mr. Milne’s collection. 
Var. Male and female . Fore wings with the fourth line 
broader, its disk paler in front and of the ground hue hindward ; 
fifth and sixth lines interrupted, the sixth broader. 
b, c. ? 
13. Retinia argyrospila. 
Foem. Rufescens ; caput ochraceum ; abdomen cinereum ; alee 
anticae apice rectangulatce , strigis nonnullis nigris transversis 
subundulatis , spatio postico fasciisque indeterminatis argenteo- 
cinereis , lituris tribus costalibus argenleo-albis ; posticce fus - 
cescente-cinerece . 
Female . Reddish, cinereous beneath. Head ochraceous. 
Palpi porrect, broad, extending very little beyond the head; third 
joint extremely short. Abdomen cinereous, extending a little 
beyond the hind wings. Fore wings rectangular at the tips, with 
several transverse slightly undulating black streaks ; space along 
the interior border and some incomplete irregular bands silvery 
cinereous; costa straight, with three large silvery white marks; ex- 
terior border slightly oblique hindward. Hind wings brownish 
cinereous. Length of the body 3J- lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 
a. Georgia. From Mr. Milne’s collection. 
14. Retinia septentrionana. 
septentrionana, Curt. 
a , bP Arctic America. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 
Genus PENTHINA. 
North America. 
73. Penthina similisana. 
Mas. Fusca , subtus pallide cinerea ; alee anlicce albidce , acutce, 
f asciis duabus latis nigricante-fuscis , lituris nonnullis inter- 
media fuscis, lituris parvis costalibus nigricantibus ; posticce 
sordide cinerece . 
