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CATALOGUE OF 
Genus CAEPOCAPSA. 
North America. 
5. CAEPOCAPSA DISTIGMANA. 
Mas. Obscure schistacea ; alee anticce acutce , strigulis transversis 
indistinctis fuscis , maculis duabus maximis guttaque nigri - 
canle-fuscis cinereo marginatis ; posticce cinereo-fuscce . 
Male. Dark slaty cinereous. Palpi porrect, pilose, as long as 
the breadth of the head; third joint acute, very minute, not more 
than one-sixth of the length of the second. Abdomen extending 
very little beyond the hind wings. Fore wings acute, with indis- 
tinct little transverse brown streaks, and with two very large 
blackish brown cinereous-bordered conical spots ; first spot with its 
base on the interior border ; second larger than the first, extending 
from the costa, nearly connected with a dot of the same hue which 
rests on the interior border ; costa and exterior border straight, the 
latter moderately oblique. Hind wings cinereous-brown. Length 
of the body 3^ lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 
a . North America. From Mr. Carter’s collection. 
6. Carpocapsa inexpert an a. 
Fcem. Nigri can te-cin erea ; palpi nigricantes ; alee anticce vix 
acutce , cinereo-viridescente subiinctce , strigulis nonnullis trans- 
versis atris, lituris costalibus et marginalibus ochraceis , lineolis 
transversis undulatis cinereis ; posticce nigricantes , fimbria 
pallide cinerea fiasco interlineata . 
Female . Blackish cinereous, a little paler beneath. Palpi 
blackish, porrect, fringed, much shorter than the breadth of the 
head ; third joint extremely short. Abdomen extending a little 
beyond the hind wings. Fore wings hardly acute, slightly tinged 
with greenish cinereous; a few transverse deep black marks; some 
ochraceous marks along the costa and along the exterior border ; a 
few pale cinereous incomplete undulating transverse lines ; costa 
straight; exterior border slightly convex, moderately oblique. Hind 
wings blackish ; fringe pale cinereous, interlined with brown. Length 
of the body 3^- lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 
a. North America. From Mr. Carter’s collection. 
