2i8 LEPIDOPTERA. 



PuPjE in the earth in silken cocoons. 



We have three species, easily recognised : 



A. Hind wings yellow, with black marginal band. 



B. Fore wings black-brown frosted with grey ; white 



central spot large. A. corcligera. 



B 2 . Fore wings dark crimson marbled with white; central 



white spot small. A. myrtilli. 



A 2 . Hind wings white, with black marginal band ; fore 



wings grey, with black marbling. A. mclanopa. 



1. A. melanopa, Thunberg. — Expanse 1 to 1| inch. 

 Thorax stout ; fore wings olive-grey or grey-brown, mottled 

 and streaked with black. Hind wings white, with a broad 

 marginal black band. 



Antennas of the male simple, rather stout, strongly ciliated, 

 black-brown ; palpi small, coarsely and strongly tufted, 

 yellowish-white within, black outwardly ; eyes black, thickly 

 studded with excessively minute wliite hairs ; head loosely 

 tufted, yellowish-white mixed with black ; thorax rather 

 stout, dark olive-brown, with the edge of the collar, the 

 middle and tips of the shoulder-lappets, and the tips of the 

 long black scales white ; fascicles very long, white ; abdomen 

 black but partially clothed with long silky white hair-scales, 

 which give it a shaggy appearance; lateral tufts white; anal 

 tuft small, greyish-black. Fore wings rather short, tri- 

 angular, blunt behind ; costa very straight ; apex suddenly 

 rounded ; hind margin gently curved and oblique ; dorsal 

 margin straight ; colour pale grey clouded with olive-brown 

 and dusted with black ; basal line black, ill-defined, angu- 

 lated and spread into blotches ; first line also ill-defined, 

 black, repeatedly angulated and indented ; second line hardly 

 more distinct, composed of a full series of thickened angles 

 and crescents and spread out upon the margins of the wing ; 

 subterminal line obscure and much interrupted, merely the 

 outer edge of a series of brown and black-brown clouds ; 

 orbicular stigma a small, thickened, deep black ring ; reni- 



