64. 



EUPITHECIA LINARIATA. 



The beautiful Pug. 



Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Phalaenidae Laf., heach. 



Type of the Genus Phalsena Absinthiata Linn. 



EupiTHECiA nobis. Phalsena Linn., Fab., Haw. Abraxas Leach. 



Antenna alike in both sexes, inserted towards the posterior part 

 of the head, close to the eyes (f. 7), rather long, setaceous, com- 

 posed of numerous joints, covered with scales above, hairy be- 

 neath (f. 1, three joints magnified). 

 MaxillcE as long as the antennae, slender (3). 

 Labial Palpi 2, projecting obliquely, like a beak, beyond the head, 

 thickly covered with long and broad scales (4), 3-jointed, 1st 

 joint long robust, slightly curved upward, 2nd rather shorter, 

 somewhat conical, 3rd small, nearly globose (4 a). 

 Clypeus slightly projecting, covered with thick scales. Abdomen short, 

 slender. Wings entire, extended horizontally when at rest; superior 

 long, somewhat lanceolate, with2 costal nerves andarhomboidal cell, 

 of which the 2nd costal nerve forms one side (9); inferior small. Legs 

 rather slender : Tibiae of anterior pair very short, with a long, com- 

 pressed, membranaceous spine, arising on the inside near the centre, 

 2nd and 3rd pair terminated by 2 spurs, the latter having 2 also near 

 the middle. Tarsi 5-jointed, \st joint in the anterior pair longer than 

 the tibia. Claws and Pulvilli minute (8, a fore leg). 

 hawse with 10 feet. 



LiNARiATA Fab. Ent.Syst.v.3.pars2. p. 190. ?z.224. Haw. Lep. Brit. 

 p.364. M. 153. 



Pale ochraceous. Thorax with a black spot in the centre near the 

 posterior margin, 2nd segment of the abdomen blackish, the 1st 

 six segments with a black spot in the middle close to the poste- 

 rior margin. Superior wings with a costal spot near the base, 

 and a large transverse waved fascia in the centre, bright cinereous 

 variegated and spotted with black, the latter being margined with 

 white, another white sinuated line nearer to the posterior margin, 

 running through 7 irregular cinereous and black spots; an an- 

 gulated fascia near the base, and another nearer to the posterior 

 margin ferruginous. Inferior wings with several transverse pale 

 cinereous bands, that next the posterior margin being the broad- 

 est and having a zigzag pale line running through it. Cilia fus- 

 cous with obscure dark spots next the base. 



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