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CATALOGUE OF 
Male. Brown, pale cinereous beneath. Palpi porrect, much 
shorter than the breadth of the head ; second joint much fringed; 
third conical, not more than one-sixth of the length of the second. 
Antennae very minutely setulose and pubescent. Abdomen extend- 
ing a little beyond the hind wings. Fore wings whitish, acute, with 
two broad blackish brown bands, and with a few slight transverse 
intermediate brown marks; first band basal; a few small blackish 
costal marks between the bands ; costa and exterior border hardly 
convex, the latter slightly oblique. Hind wings dingy cinereous. 
Length of the body 3^ lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 
a, St. Martin’s Falls, Albany River, Hudson’s Bay. Presented by 
Dr. Barnston. 
74. Penthina contrariana. 
Fcem. Cinereo-nigra ; palpi albidi ; thorax albidus, nigro bifas- 
ciatus ; alee anticce atro transverse strigatce , spado postico 
spatioque exteriore albidis , lituris posticis , gutds costalibus 
punctisque discalibus nigris ; posdcce albce. 
Closely allied to P. corticana , Female . — Cinereous-black, 
whitish beneath. Palpi whitish, extending a little beyond the head ; 
second joint broadly fringed ; third very small. Antennae stout. 
Thorax whitish, with two narrow black bands. Abdomen and legs 
whitish. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips, transversely 
streaked with deep black ; space along the interior border towards 
the base mostly whitish, with black marks; apical third part white, 
with three blackish costal dots and a few black discal points ; exte- 
rior border hardly convex, moderately oblique. Hind wings white. 
Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 
a . Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Redman’s collection. 
P. pruniana also inhabits Nova Scotia. 
75. Penthina deal ban a. 
Mas. Albida, robusta ; abdomen crassum, apice quadratum ; alee 
anticce apice rotundatce , fusco subnotatce et subconspersce , lineis 
transversis fuscis indistinctis undulatis , gutta discali nigra 
elongala , punctis marginalibus nigric antibus, 
Male, Whitish, stout, dingy beneath. Palpi slender, obliquely 
ascending, not rising near so high as the vertex ; third joint elongate- 
