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ANARTA MYRTILLI. 



The beautiful Yellow Underwing. 



Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Noctuadas Zya/., Leach. 

 Type of the Genus Noctua Myrtilli Linn. 

 Anarta Och. Phalsena Noctua Linn. Noctua Fab., Hub., Haw. 

 Antennce alike in both sexes, rather long, slender, filiform, seta- 

 ceous, covered with scales above, pubescent beneath, basal joint 

 robust ovate (fig. 1, a few joints magnified), 

 MaxillcB as long as the antennae, furnished with tentacula towards 

 the apex (3). 



Labial palpi extending a little beyond the head (7 a), verv hairy 

 (4), 3-jointed, basal joint robust, slightly curved, 2nd of the 

 same length rather less robust, 3rd small nearly obsolete (4 a). 

 Head very small. Eyes small pubescent. Ocelli 2 (7 a, the head in 

 profile). Thorax not crested, covered with hairy scales. Abdomen 

 short robust, ciliated on the sides and at the apex. Wings dejlexed 

 when at rest; superior lanceolate, inferior small. Legs, anterior 

 the shortest, the tibice with a flat strong spine on the internal side, 

 middle and posterior tibice very hairy towards their base, terminated 

 by spurs, the latter having a pair also above the apex. Tarsi very 

 long, the basal joint nearly as long as the tibice (8 1> « hind leg). 

 Caterpillars naked with 6 pectoral, 8 abdominal and 2 anal feet. 



Myrtilli Linn. Faun. Suec. 1168. Haw. Lep. Brit. 162. 9. 



Head thorax and superior wings blackish, variegated with orange 

 red and gray ; two obscure curved gray lines near the base of 

 the superior wings, a white irregular spot in the middle and an 

 obscure kidney-shaped stigma, a dull whitish waved line beyond 

 the middle and a white sinuated line nearer the posterior mar- 

 gin, cilia white, spotted with rufous : Inferior wings pale fulvous, 

 with a broad margin of fuscous black extending round : Abdo- 

 men black yellow on the sides with 6 or 7 yellowish transverse 

 stripes ) tuft at the apex reddish. 



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