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tibisB with four very short spurs. Antennae of the % , finely bi-pecti- 
nated, of the 9 ? simple, with minute scales; eyes naked; tongue short; 
palpi short, hardly exceeding the front, 3rd article small, depressed. 
Thorax without posterior tuft; abdomen stout, exceeding the posterior 
wings, crested on each segment^ without anal tuft. 
Kaphia frater nov. sp. (Plate 9, fig. 7. 9 •) 
Anterior wings bright steel grey, median lines black, distinct. Trans¬ 
verse anterior line black, slightly bent, running in an oblique direction 
from costa towards the base of the wing till near internal margin where 
it forms a deep sinuate abrupt rounded outward refiexion. Median space 
grey, showing a black zigzag median shade line and black costal mark. 
Reniform and orbicular spots distinct, ringed with black, greyish, the 
former with a dark central streak, the latter, contiguous to transverse 
anterior line, with a clear greyish centre, and beneath it the claviform 
spot margined with black. Transverse posterior line black, narrow, angu- 
lated, much projected and arcuated superiorly, followed by a greyish 
coincident shade. Subterminal space with a slightly brownish tinge; 
subterminal line dark grey bordered outwardly by a lighter shade ; 
veins marked with blackish; terminal line black; fringes blackish, 
narrowly interrupted with grey at the extremities of the veins. Pos¬ 
terior wings whitish, clouded with greyish at anal angles, with a dis¬ 
tinct black terminal line and a very faint median greyish line ; fringes 
grey, darker shaded between the veins. Under surface of anterior 
wings grey, showing a black discal lunule and a macular subterminal 
band; costa with some small blackish spots. Under surface of poste¬ 
rior wings, lighter than anterior, showing a blackish discal lunule and 
a similar macular undulating band. Thorax, greyish; tegulm, nar¬ 
rowly bordered with black; abdomen crested on all the segments, grey¬ 
ish, exceeding the posterior wings. % , resembles 9 i antennae shortly 
and finely bi-pectinate. S Exp. inch. 9 , Exp. inch. 
Hab. Middle States. 9 Coll. Ent. Soc. Phila. % 9 . Coll. Mr. E. L. 
Grraef, Brooklyn, L. 1. 
Mr. G-raef informs me that the larva feeds on the silver-leaf poplar, 
and described it to me in general terms as light green with sub-dorsal 
reddish stripes. 
I am disposed to regard this species, as well as R. ahrupta m., as 
congeneric with R. liyhris Htib., which latter it much resembles, and 
