Moths. Ti 



DASYCHIRA FORTUNATA. 



Plate IY.— Fig. 11. 



In colour a dull grey moth. The fore-wings are ash- 

 coloured, variegated with whitish on the upper side. The 

 reniform spot is rust-coloured in the male and whitish 

 in the female. The transverse lines are black and 

 dentated, the submarginal Hne maculated. The hind- 

 wings are grey, with a slight lunule in the middle ; the 

 underside uniform grey. The body is less stout than 

 the D. Fascelina (Linn.). The abdomen is long in the 

 male and longer in the female. The antennae are pec- 

 tinated in the male, simple in the female. The legs are 

 thickly clothed with hair, the feet yellowish beneath. 

 Although the caterpillar has not been described, it pre- 

 sumably has much the same characteristics as its alhes, 

 and is probably greyish, with tufts of hair on its back ; 

 it feeds on the Pinus Canariensis. 



This moth is allied to the Englisli and European 

 species Dasychira Fascelina (Dark Tussock), but is 

 probably peculiar to the Islands. It has been described 

 as being found in the Islands of Palma and Hiero by 



