474 

 ANGERONA Duponclicl. J'lalc :-, Hg. 15. 



Jivnmiwn Treits. (iii part), Scliiii. Kin., vi (i), li, 18'J7. 

 Angcrona Dup., Lep. Fiauce, vii (iv), IHO, 1829. 



H.-Soli., Sclim. Eur., Hi, 63, IMl. 



Stepb., Cat. Brit. Lep., 11)7, Ifi'M. 



Ledtjier, Verb. Bot. Zool. Ges. Wieu, 176, 1853. 



GiieD., Phal., i, 114, 1857. 



Walk., List Lep. Het. Br. Mils., xx, 141, 1860. 



Head rather broad in front, closely scaled. Palpi slender, porrect; outer 

 third of second joint surpassing the front ; third joint minute, pointed acutely. 

 Antennte jiectinated ; in female subsimplc. Thorax rather slender. Fore 

 wings with the costa straight. Apex obtuse, rectangular, more acute in the 

 female; outer margin beat slightly in the middle, not angulated ; , l)elow 

 much rounded; in the female with the apex more produced, acute. Vena- 

 tion : The subcostal cell is long and nariow ; six subcostal venules, the 

 two discal venules together forming a deeply-curved line. Hind wings broad; 

 internal angle rectangular, passing beyond the tip of the abdomen. Apex 

 acute, especially in the female, outer margin excavated below the apex, two- 

 toothed, much produced above the middle, convex, not angulated. Legs 

 rather slender; hind tibise hardly thickened, female as much so nearly as 

 the male ; spurs thick, obtuse, of moderate length ; tarsi three-fourths as long 

 as the tibiae Abdomen short and slender, compared with the great expan.se 

 of the wings. Anal tuft slight. Coloration : yellow ; two costal ochreous 

 spots. A subinternal, oblicpie, broad band, continued on to the costa of the 

 hind wings, and re-appearing on the internal margin. Surface dotted with 

 ochreous specks. 



Tliis genus differs from Epione in the more obtuse apex, the slight bend 

 in the outer edge of the wing, and in the female antennae being subpecti- 

 nated. 



Ldira. — 'I'he body gradually increases in size to the segment bearing 

 the first ])air of alxloniinal legs; the head is flattened so as to be square above. 

 Body smootli. Pupa of the usual form. 



Angekona crocataria. Plate 11. fig. i)2 ; larva, plate 13, fig. 1). 



Phalaita crocataria Fabr., Siippl. 14(i. 



Therapis citriiiaria Hiibn., Zutiilgc, fig.s. 4!W, 500, 1825. 



Anijcromi crocataria Guen., Phal., i, 18.')7. 



Walk., Li.st Lep. Het. Br. Mus., xx, ISOO. 



Pack., Guiile to Study of lusects, :\V.), pi. 8, tig. 5, larva, 5(1, 186'.». 



S J and 4 9. — Prighfoclire-yellow. Body coiicolomus with the wings; 

 antennu' u'ith yi'llnw scales : IVont yellow: pal|»i yellow, spotted with pale 



