1863.] 
343 
Anthoecia lynx G-uenee, Plate 6, fig. 6. 
AnihcRcia lynx Guenee, Noct. II, p. 185. 
Anthoecia lynx Walker, C. B. M., ISToet. p. 694. 
Anterior wings ochraceous grey; subterminal, basal and part of the 
median space brownisb olivaceous. The median lines indistinct; the 
subterminal wanting, being merely indicated by the difference in col¬ 
oring between the terminal and subterminal spaces. Reniform spot large, 
vague, indistinct. Posterior wings bright yellow, showing a large dis- 
cal lunule and a well defined terminal band, black. Under side yel¬ 
low, the costa and external angle touched with ferruginous; the an¬ 
terior pair showing a black subterminal band and two large discal 
spots; the posterior pair showing the markings of the upper surface, 
anterior half of the band yellowish. Abdomen yellowish ; thorax and 
head ochraceous. Exp. f inch. 
Hah. I have seen, specimens from Mass., New York and Pennsyl¬ 
vania. Coll. Ent. Soc. Philad., Messrs. E. L. Gi-raef and Harvey J. 
Rich, Brooklyn, L. I. 
6 . Anthoecia tubercnlnm Hiibner. 
Melicleptria tuherculum Htibner, Zutr. IMo. 259, fig. 517, 518. 
Anthoecia tuherculum Guenee, Hoct. II, p. 185. 
Anthoecia tuherculum Walker, C. B. M., 17oct. p. 695. 
“ Anterior wings light ochraceous shaded with reddish olivaceous at 
the base, in the median space and especially behind the transverse pos¬ 
terior line where it forms a band taking up all the subterniinal space. 
Reniform spot more or less distinct, darker shaded. Posterior wings 
black with the base yellow showing a discal spot which is confounded 
inferiorily in the black color of the rest of the wing. Under side of 
anterior wings with the discal space black showing a black band en¬ 
larged inferiorily; posterior wings with a basal streak, a discal lunule 
and internal half band, black. Abdomen distinctly banded with yel¬ 
low and black. 9 darker, the markings on the anterior wings indistinct 
and the posterior wings of a more intense black than in the % . The 
half-band on the underside of the posterior wings joined to the costal 
margin by an indistinct series of blackish atoms.” 
“• Hah. Pennsylvania. Hub.” 
Unknowm to me except by Hiibner’s figure. 
