88. 

 CLEORA CINCTARIA. 



Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Phalaenidae Lat.^ Leach. 



Type of the Genus Phalsena cinctaria Hub. 



Cleoha Nob. Phalaena Linn., Fab., Lat., Leach. Geometra Hub., 

 Haw. 



Antennae inserted close to the eyes near the crown of the head, 

 setaceous long and slender, covered with long scales above, hairy 

 beneath, each joint having a io^w larger bristles upon its anterior 

 margin (f. 2, 3 joints magnified), 

 Maxillce slender, not so long as the antennas (3). 

 Labial palpi 2, projecting obliquely a little beyond the head, ob- 

 tuse, thickly covered with short broad scales which extend con- 

 siderably beyond the terminal joint (4), 3-jointed, 1st joint 

 curved upward from the base, 2nd filiform somewhat truncated, 

 3rd small oval (4 a). 

 Wings extended horizontally, undivided, slightly indented. Abdomen 

 robust and conical in the females. Legs rather robust. Anterior 

 tibiae longer than the basal joint of the tarsus, with a short com- 

 pressed spine on the internal edge, concealed by long scales, 2nd pair 

 terminated by 2 spurs, the hinder pair having 4 spurs, 2 of which are 

 at the apex. Claws distinct, bent. Pul villi distinct (8 a fore leg) . 

 Caterpillars loopers with 6 pectoral, 2 abdominal, and 2 anal feet. 



Cinctaria Hwfcwer's Lep. Geom. 1. Amplissimce F, PI. 31./. \&Q.fem. 

 Whitish, variegated and minutely spotted with brown. Clypeus 

 with a black line above the palpi. Abdomen with a white narrow 

 band at the base and a dark one following it, with a double row 

 of black spots down the back. Superior wings variegated with 

 ochraceous, especially towards the base and posterior margin 

 where they are darkest, 2 transverse black curved lines near the 

 base and another crenated one beyond an oval ocellus in the 

 centre, with a pale sinuated one near to and parallel with the 

 margin. Inferior wings paler, with an ocellus in the centre, a 

 transverse sinuated stripe internally black, externally white, a 

 shorter one near the base, and one entirely pale near the margin. 

 Posterior margins of wings indented, with a black line. Cilia al- 

 ternately fuscous and ochraceous. 



Var. a. darker with a black line across the anterior part of the 

 thorax, which is ferruginous on the sides. Abdomen wanting 

 the transverse black fascia. 



In the Cabinets of Mr. Dale and the Author. 



The great mass of insects which has hitherto been compre- 

 hended under the appellations Phalcena and Geometra^ renders 



