TOR TRICID^i:— TUk TRIX. 1 5 5 



W. Fore wings dull brown ; the wings short and broad. 



T. rusana. 

 A". Apex of fore wings blunt, not projecting. 

 B*^. Fore wings soft shining/ yellow-brown or reddish-brown. 



T. la/auri/ana. 

 B*. Fore wings shining olive-brown, markings darker. 



T. sorhiana. 

 W. Fore wings shining ochreous, with red-brown costal 

 spots. T costana. 



B'". Fore wings pale primrose, with faint brown clouds. 



T. semialhana. 



1. T. piceana, L. — E.xpanse of male f inch, of female 

 1 inch (18-25 m.ni.) Chestnut-bi'own, much mottled with 

 rich velvety chestnut-red. Hind wings dull reddish-brown 

 or black-broivD. 



Antennas of the male simple, brown ; palpi, head, and 

 thorax chestnut-brown ; abdomen mouse-colour, with broad 

 anal tuft. Fore wings broad, truncate, produced at the 

 apex ; costa flatly arched at the base, broadly folded, chest- 

 nut-brown or pale purplish-chestnut, all the markings broad, 

 rich velvety chestnut-red or purple-red; basal blotch very 

 broad, its upper area hoary ; central band oblique, thi-owing 

 ofi" a sharji point on the outside, which extends to meet a 

 small erect streak ; hinder area filled by a large cloud of the 

 same rich colour ; these markings edged with slenler white 

 lines ; cilia concolorous. Hind wings soft dull brown with a 

 golden or reddish tinge toward the apex ; cilia brown. 

 Female larger, without fold, reddish-brown with deeper red- 

 brown (not velvety) markings, rather confused and forming 

 a broad reticulation over the fore wings. Hind wings 

 brown, with an orange cloud toward the apex. 



Undersides of all the wings of the male pale leaden-browu, 

 with the apex more tawny ; of the female reddish-orange, 

 with red-brown reticulations. 



Usually not very variable, but occasional specimens have 



