246 OBOES LXPIDOPTEaA. 



line towards the l<Af* ; htoud ndlntlng d»br« of brown iifv^n ih«> nrniim fnm the 

 \iaat> buck wardt, ami rrarhini; thi* |Hwtrriur margin : ]>• > 'Ir !«c<>II<>pr(l. 



PcJtALi: : rriiurtrus niuttlid iiiul dotted wllh crraiu-rolor, ■ : with l'n>wn 



and rivani culor, nhtrh ha.< a crraiucolnrcd oblung »i<ot tuwanl.t thr up|>rr margin ; 

 brloM-, it has waved blark coalescing sftuts : U[M>n the margin, two large brunn «]>utd 

 with crrani-cidured »|iota. The secondaries exhibit a similar jiattern ; the brtmn is 

 plare<l u{x>n the l>aM< and pt>strri(ir margin, with crrAm and black angular ^jxits 

 within. IkKly bmwn, with a n-w I'f »i»<>ts down the alMlomen : thr jxisterior third of 

 the aJxlomen lifts the sides crenm-c<>lore<l. ami Jfxitted with buff or bn>wn. 



CATcariiXAR a loofK-r, br-wn rini?r<l with Idark at earh Joint, the lost with jelk>w, and 

 8trii>ed on the side with white. It is two inches bme, and has the habit of fixing itself 

 in an obliijuo jtosition. Keeds uinm the Idack <ak : it spins it.s r..c.«.n on the cround 

 in May or June. 



CocooM brown, and aUmt one inch in leni;tli. 



NocTCA (Acontia) scndixa. ( Plate xlii, fig. 7.) 



Antennn* filiform, reddish bmwn : tonipie coiletl spirally : head and thorax a.»h-color. 

 Anterior wings gr»i"nish, faintly marked with brviwnish, ami with a darker angular 

 mark placed towards the outer angle. Posterior wings Mlrery white, marked with 

 faint discoidal spot.*!, and bonlered with a light brown. 

 BcxuTii, the anterior wings are silvery white, indistinctly borderetl with brown, with two 

 dark sjNits just ojiiiosite the single dark sp«it on the upper side. Posterior wings sil- 

 very white : obloug brown sjHjts apj>ear as on the uj>i>er side. 



£acBLs EDisA ( Latrcille). Phal<ma ( Drury). ( Plate xlii, fig. 3.) 



Upproi iiDE : Antenna" filiform, sandy brown, deeper color lowartls the margin. Anterior 

 wings ornamented with two laree bluish white sjNits ujvin the outer margin, and 

 several en.x>ke«l sjxils on or near the Ivisjil p.irt. Posterior winirs markc^i with one 

 large oval spot on the posterior half, and margine<l with bn>wn dots : etlges crenate. 



U5DER SIDE l>rown; but the anterior wings are marked with two whitish spots placed 

 upon the external edges, one near the tip, the other at the lower angle : they are also 

 crossed by a whitish bar one-fourth of an inch from the body, and a small white spot 

 appears next the shoulders. Posterior wings brown, marked by a whitish oblong sp^)t 

 placed along the external edges : cilia brown. Underside, paler beneath, sod marked 

 with obscure dark six>ts. 



