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MACARIA LITURATA. 



The Tawny-barred Angle. 



Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Phalaenidae Lat.^ Leach. 



Type of the Genus Phaleena liturata Linn. 



Macaria Nob. — Phalaena Linn., Fab., Haw. — Geometra Hub. 



Antenna inserted between the eyes, near to the back of the head, 

 setaceous, long and slender in both sexes, composed of numerous 

 elongated joints, each being covered above with 2 series of scales, 

 pilose beneath (fig. 1 a, represents 2 joints of the female) ; in 

 the males they are produced on the internal side, which gives 

 them a serrated appearance (I). 

 Maxilla; not so long as the antennae (3). 



Labial palpi 2, projecting very little beyond the head, obtuse, 

 covered with scales (4.4), 3-jointed, basal joint the longest, 

 slightly curved, 2nd large elongate-ovate, 3rd small subovate 

 (4 a). 

 Head small. Eyes globose (7). Abdomen rather short, linear in the 

 males, somewhat conical in the females. Wings entire, extended hori- 

 zontally when at rest ; superior slightly falcate, sometimes with the 

 posterior margin indented near the apex ; inferior angulated. Thighs 

 covered with short scales. Tibiae ; anterior scarcely longer than the 

 basal joint of the tarsus, having a small spine on the internal side; 

 middle pair terminated by spurs ; posterior more robust in the males 

 than females, with 2 pair of spurs, a suture down the inside, from 

 which can be exserted a long fascicle of hair which does not extend 

 beyond the apex. Tarsi 5 -jointed, posterior short in the male. 

 Claws distinct, acute. Pulvilli small (8 f hind leg of male). 

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



Liturata Linn. Faun. Suec. 12/3. — Haw. Lep. Brit, jo.346. n. 92. 

 Lilac with a rosy tinge, minutely spotted with black. Head, 

 anterior margin of thorax and an obscure fascia on the superior 

 wings, near the posterior margin ochraceous ; 3 transverse lines 

 upon the same, the 2nd and 3rd of which are continued across 

 the inferior, fuscous irregularly spotted with black ; apex cine- 

 reous with a lunar ferruginous spot : inferior wings with a fim- 

 bria of lilac colour. Abdomen ochraceous at the margins, with 

 a double row of black spots down the back. Beneath orange 

 spotted with brown ; superior wings whitish at the tips, inferior 

 with a fimbria of the same colour. 



In the Cabinets of Mr. Dale, Mr, Stephens, and the Author. 



