64 LEPIDOPTERA. 



the wiugs pale brownish-oclireous ; beyond the second line of 

 the fore wings the surface is pale fuscous. 



Antenna3 of the male pectinated with solid curved ciliated 

 teeth, yellow-brown ; palpi porrected, pointed, red-brown ; 

 head densely tufted, yellow-brown or pale ochreous ; collar 

 similar ; remainder of the thorax very loosely but densely 

 covered with long raised brownish -ochreous scales ; abdomen 

 moderately stout, smooth, similar in colour ; lateral tufts 

 minute ; anal tuft golden-brown. Fore wings rather narrow; 

 costa almost straight ; apex squarely angulated ; hind margin 

 beneath it perpendicular to a squared projecting angle above 

 the middle, under this is a distinct deep hollow, and then the 

 usual rounding off", with faint crenulations, to the anal angle ; 

 dorsal margin a little rounded and ciliated; colour dull 

 ochreous, shading to greyish-ochreous or fuscous ; first line 

 oblique and slightly curved ; second very much more oblique, 

 long, and scarcely curved till near the dorsal margin, where 

 it approaches the first line, both grey-brown ; the whole hind- 

 marginal space beyond it evenly suff'used with fuscous or 

 grey-brown, which is darkest at the extreme margin ; discal 

 spot very obscure — a faint cloudy yellow-brown streak ; cilia 

 tawny' and often faint lines of that colour run inwards along 

 the nervures. Hind wings broad and rounded, faintly crenu- 

 lated behind, and having in the middle of the hind margin a 

 more decided projecting tooth ; colour dull ochreous, much 

 covered with long pale yellow hair-scales, shading off to 

 tawny along the hind margin, and especially upon the cilia. 

 Female decidedly larger, and much stouter, with simple 

 antenna3 ; otherwise similar. 



Underside of the fore wings dull yellowish-ochreous, 

 shading to yellowish-white on the dorsal margin ; but all 

 the costal and hind-marginal regions strongly tinged with 

 smoky-brown ; second line faintly indicated ; discal spot 

 distinct as an erect cloudy Ijlack streak. Hind wdngs dull 

 uniform smoky purple-brown, the cross-bar faintly red-brown. 

 Body and leg-tufts purple-brown ; legs pale yellow-brown. 



