3o6 LEPinOPTERA. 



Genus 15. SCOTOSIA. 



Antennna simple, almost naked ; ])alpi projecting ; head 

 rather rou^'h ; thorax roughened with long scales ; abdomen 

 slender, in males sometimes very long; fore wings broad but 

 pointed, faintly creuulated behind ; hind wings long, deeply 

 scalloped behind, the dorsal margin roughly fringed, some- 

 times dilated or tufted. 



LAHv.t; rather short and thick, feeding on shrubs, often 

 drawing together the leaves. 



I'l'P.'E subterranean, or among leaves on the ground. 



We have five species, which may thus be tabulated: 



A. Wings all elongated ; shining grej'-brown with faintly 



<larker transverse lines. ,S'. rctiilota. 



A'-. Fore wings broad. 



B. l''ore wings umbreous with a darker band ; a black 



line runs into the apex. >S'. rhtnniuita. 



IV-'. [•'ore wings pale orange-brown ; covereil with scalloped 



black transverse lines. S. unihdata. 

 W. Fore wings shining purple-brown, with broken black 



stripes. S. dubitafa. 



W. Fore wings not shining. ])ale brown with a broad 



central black-bordered band. .S'. ccrtata. 



1. S. vetulata, /S'/nV/". — Expanse 1 to l\ inch. Fore 

 wings pointed, elongated, creuulated, grey-brown ; lines 

 darker, faintly white-edged; nervures dotted with brown 

 and white. Hind wings long, deeply scalloped behind, 

 similar in colour. 



AntenniP of the male short, simple, most minutely 

 ciliated, brown; pal]ii slender, drooping, black-brown; 

 face, head, and the prominent neck-ridge light brown 

 dusted with darker ; thorax thin, pale brown, thickly dusted 

 with umbreous ; abdomen long and slender, of the same 



