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CATALOGUE OF 
the head ; third joint conical, very minute. Antennae slender. 
Fore wings rounded at the tips, with broad deep black transverse 
streaks ; a few whitish marks on the costa near the base, and two 
dull ochraceous marks on the interior border ; nearly half the apical 
part whitish, shining, clouded with ochraceous, containing three or 
four black costal marks. Hind wings cinereous. Length of the 
body 3 lines; of the wings 8 lines. 
a . Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Redman’s collection. 
78. Penthina resumptana. 
Mas. Schistaceo-cinerea ; caput , pectus et abdomen albido - 
cinerea ; alee antic ce f us co subconspersce , macula discali in- 
teriors fasciaque obliqua fuscis , spalio exterior e fusco strigulas 
nigras includente , punclis costalibus obscure fuscis ; posticce 
fuscescentes . 
Male. Slaty cinereous. Head, pectus, abdomen and legs 
whitish cinereous. Antennae rather stout, very minutely setulose. 
Abdomen extending beyond the hind wings. Fore wings rounded 
at the tips, thinly and transversely brown-speckled, with a brown 
spot in the disk near the base, and with an exterior oblique brown 
band ; space beyond the band mostly brown, including two or three 
minute black longitudinal streaks; costa straight, with dark brown 
points; exterior border moderately oblique. Hind wings brownish, 
pale cinereous along the costa. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the 
wings 8 lines. 
a. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Redman’s collection. 
79. Penthina subnivana. 
Mas. Alba; palpi fimbriati , obtusi ; alee anticee apice sub- 
rotundatee , strigulis transversis fuscis nig risque, plaga. exieriore 
elongata ferruginea nigro notata , costa basi subconvexa extus 
incurva; posticee pallide cinereee , strigulis transversis ob - 
scurioribus . 
Male. White, dingy cinereous beneath. Palpi porrect, obtuse, 
shorter than the breadth of the head ; second joint with a short thick 
fringe above; third extremely short. Antennae stout. Fore wings 
slightly rounded at the tips, with some transverse brown and black 
streaklets, which are most conspicuous towards the exterior border ; 
costa slightly convex towards the base, concave exteriorly, where 
