228 LEPIDOPTERA. 



A-. Fore wings long and narrow, dusky-white, marbled 

 with black. H. leucophcearia. 



A?. Fore wings ample, orange-yellow. H. aurantiaria. 



A^. Fore wings ample, some shade of brown or brownish- 

 white. 



B. First line curved, second slender, twice bluntly angu- 

 lated. -ff. progemmaria. 



B-. First line angulated, second distinct, three times angu- 

 lated. -^. defoliaria. 



1. H. aurantiaria, Huh. — Expanse 1| to If inch. Fore 

 wings orange-yellow dusted with ochreous-purple ; two 

 transverse lines, and a following line of cloudy spots, pale 

 purple-brown ; hind wings yellowish-white. 



Antennae of the male short and delicately pectinated to the 

 tips with very fine ciliated teeth, yellow-brown ; palpi short, 

 with minute protruding pointed tips, orange yellow ; tongue 

 small ; eyes jet black ; face smooth, purple-brown ; head and 

 the slender thorax rather rough, orange-ochreous ; abdomen 

 smooth, siiining yellow ; lateral and anal tufts small. Fore 

 wings elongated, but ample ; costa rather straight, but arched 

 towards the apex, which is well rounded ; hind margin 

 oblique, smoothly and but slightly curved ; dorsal margin a 

 little rounded, ciliated ; colour orange-yellow, dusted with 

 ochreous and pale purple, rather pale towards the hind 

 margin ; first line nearly erect, faintly purplish -brown ; 

 second line rather oblique, not indented, but bent outwards 

 above the middle, very pale purple ; between these is a cloudy, 

 straight, similar narrow central shade, nearly parallel with the 

 first line ; outside the second is usually a row of cloudy pale 

 purple spots, often broken or nearly obliterated, but repre- 

 senting the subterminal line ; discal spot a faint similar 

 streak ; cilia pale ochreous. Hind wings elongated, ample, 

 smoothly rounded behind, but the apical and anal angles 

 rather obtusely indicated ; pale straw-colour or white with a 

 golden-yellow flush ; central spot faintly purple-brown ; near 



