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170. 



EUDOREA MURANA. 



The Scotch Gray. 



Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Pyralidae Leach. Crambites Lat. 



Type of the Genus Tinea Pyralella Hiib. 

 EuDOREA Nob. — Scoparia Haw. — Pyralis Hiib. — Tinea Linn., Fab., 

 Hub. 



Antennae alike in both sexes, setaceous, inserted close to the 

 eyes, composed of numerous campanulate joints, having a serrated 

 appearance, clothed with scales above, hairy beneath, basal joint 

 the largest (fig 1, a). 



Maxilla spiral, not so long as the antennae, completely clothed 

 with scales towards the base (3). Palpi very distinct, porrected 

 horizontally, thickly clothed with scales extending far beyond 

 the apex (7 a), biarticulate, basal joint globose, 2n(l elongate 

 oval (3 a) . 



Labial palpi longer than the head, robust, drooping, clothed with 



short scales above, with long ones beneath, extending far beyond 



the apex (4) ; 3-jointed, basal joint curved, 2nd long nearly 



linear, 3rd small conical (4 a) . 



Head clothed with rather loose scales. Ocelli 2. Eyes large (7). 



Wings slightly deflexed when at rest foindng a triangle, superior 



long and narrow, inferior ample and folded. Abdomen extending 



beyond the wings. Legs rather long. Tibiae, anterior not longer 



than the basal joint of the tarsus, internal side producing a spine 



thickly clothed with scales, 4 posterior spurred, the hinder pair having 



spurs above the apex. Claws very minute. Pulvilli tione (S, afore 



leg). 



MuRANA Nob. 



Pale ochraceous, with a grayish tinge. Antennae, head and thorax 

 spotted with black ; base of maxillary and underside of labial 

 palpi black : superior wings clouded with gray and spotted with 

 black forming an obscure striga near the base, a pale indented 

 one before and a sinuated one beyond the middle ; next to the 

 former is a furcate black line near the costa, below which is a 

 spot of the same colour not touching the striga, and close to the 

 3rd striga is a small black circle, with a semicircle at the top ; 

 the posterior margin and the base of the cilia are spotted with 

 fuscous. Abdomen and inferior wings pale cinereous, the latter 

 darkest at the margin ; cilia pale. Legs annulated with black. 

 In the Author's Cabinet. 



