MO LEPIDQPTERA. 



A^ Fore wings yellow -grey banded or clouded with black ; 

 hind wings smoicy-white. N. hispidaria. 



1. N. Mspidaria, Sclnff. — Expanse of male U inch. 

 Antennfe pectinated, thorax stout, abdomen short, both very 

 fluffy or shaggy ; fore wings narrow, smoky yellowish-grey 

 dusted with darker; transverse lines black, especially so on 

 nervures ; hind wings smoky-white. Female apterous, black- 

 brown. 



Antenna3 of the male pectinated with rather short, abun- 

 dantly ciliated teeth, light yellow-brown ; palpi pointed, 

 black, much hidden among long bristly scales ; head very 

 rough, tawny-brown ; thorax broad, densely and broadly 

 covered with long, loose, soft, raised scales, collar and 

 shoulder-lappets very large, grey-brown or dark tawny-brown, 

 hinder portion blacker ; abdomen rough, every segment edged 

 with long hair-scales, dark red-brown ; lateral and anal tufts 

 extremely shaggy. Fore wings narrow ; costa straight ; 

 apex rounded ; hind margin long, oblique, gently curved ; 

 dorsal margin straight ; colour very pale grey or grey-brown, 

 faintly dusted over with pale yellow, and tinged along the costa 

 with olive ; also more or less generally dusted with black, 

 first line obscurely double, thick, curved, composed of thicker 

 aggregations of the black dusting, and very indefinite ; second 

 line more distinct, thick, oblique, and notched, deep black ; 

 closely followed by a more direct oblique baud of similar 

 dusting, which forms a transverse series of points running 

 out along the nervures, and throws a streak into the apex ; 

 beyond this is often the palest portion of the wing — a broad 

 sub-marginal band of the ground-colour — the central area 

 being commonly much filled up with dark dusting; cilia 

 grey with a black line along the base, and broken by whitish 

 dashes ; or greyish-white spotted with black. Hind wings 

 small, rounded behind ; greyish-white dusted all over with 

 dull brown ; in the middle is a faint transverse clouded 

 smoky-black stripe ; cilia reddish-brown. Female quite 



