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CATALOGUE OF 
slender than the second. Antennae and legs smooth. Abdomen 
extending very little beyond the hind wings. Fore wings yellow', 
acute, with a rosy costal stripe, and with a broader rosy marginal 
band ; the latter parallel to an oblique rosy line. Hind wings 
whitish cinereous, with a slightly rosy exterior border. Length of 
the body 3^ lines; of the wings 9 lines. 
This species agrees with H. Flacillalis in structure, and in the 
colouring of the wings. 
a. ? Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 
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Bleptina surrectalis. 
Var. Mas. Fusca , valida , purpureo cupreoque nitens ; palpi 
ascendentes , longi , graciles , arcvati , compressi , articulo So 
gracillimo ; antennae setosce ; abdomen alas posticas non 
superans ; alee latiusculce , limulis marginalibus nigricantibus ; 
antiece lineis tribus albidis angulosis diffusis , reniformi 
albida lunulata ; posticce pallide cinerece , lineis duabus ob - 
scurioribus. 
Male . Brown, tinged with purple and cupreous, moderately 
stout, cinereous beneath. Palpi long, slender, curved, compressed, 
ascending high above the vertex ; third joint acute, very slender, 
rather shorter than the second. Antennae setose. Abdomen not 
extending beyond the hind wings. L^gs smooth. Wings rather 
broad; marginal lunules blackish. Fore wings with the interior, 
exterior and submarginal lines whitish, zigzag, diffuse ; reniform 
mark whitish, lunulate. Hind wings pale cinereous, with two 
darker lines; a darker lunule apparent on the under side. Length 
of the body 4 — 5 lines ; of the wings 12 — 14 lines. 
The specimens here described are smaller than those from the 
United States and from Canada. 
j — o. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Redman’s collection. 
Bleptina Mynesalis. 
Mas. Cinereo-fusea , gracilis , purpurascente sujfusa ; palpi as- 
cendentes , longi , arcvati , compressi , pubescentes , articulo So 
apice nudo ; antennae setosce , ante medium subincrassatae vix 
fasciculatce ; abdomen alas posticas paullo superans , segmentis 
albido margin atis ; alee breviusculce, latiusculce , linea sub- 
