LÉPIDOPTÉROLOGIE COMPARÉE 46 1 



pornonaria; six followed pilzii, whcreas two were as large as in 

 hirtaria. They showed no tendency to lie over; the imago formed 

 in them at the usual time and emerged along with those of pilzii. 

 The genitalia of the pupœ were much distorted and the advent 

 of the imagines was looked for with much interest. 



Imagines. 



The pupas yielded six imagines; of the rest four, although 

 alive, failed to break the pupal skin and were extracted. The 

 other pupa was left intact. Of those taken out, one was more 

 maie than female, and the other three more female than maie. 

 The other six spécimens are described in détail. 



I. This spécimen was fully winged and the neuration is quite 

 normal. In colour, the wings are blackish, mixed with ochreous 

 yellow scales, more especially toward the base of the wings. 

 There is a strong subterminal band of an ochreous white colour 

 just like that in the darker spécimens of pilzii, although the teeth 

 are ncarly swallowed up in the scattered yellow scales. Though 

 the scaling is stronger than in pomonaria cf. it is less strong 

 than in pilzii cf and much resembles that of hirtana Q . The 

 hindwings resemble those of pilzii cT- The fringing of ail the 

 wings is of the stiff bristle like character peculiar to hunii Q. 

 The face is clothed with fur as in pilzii, and the thorax, instead 

 of being covered with fur, is clothed with a mixture of ordinary 

 fur and the short scale-like fur of pilzii Q. In colour, the only 

 part of the design on the thorax of pomonaria, is the pale collar. 

 The abdomen is distinctly female in appearance, being covered 

 with the short scale like fur of pilzii Q, although there are a few 

 scattered, longer hairs such as are seen in pomonaria cf. This 

 fur is mixed with a few orange scales as in pomonaria Q. 



There is a marked protrusion of an ovipositor but strange to 

 say, the maie organs are developed too. 



The antennae are also of mixed appearance, but are more maie 

 in character. In both, the pectinations are very irregular. The 



