344 LEPIDOPTERA. 



Genus 2. ANGERONA. 



Antennae pectinated in the male ; palpi short ; thorax 

 thick but rather narrow, covered with long scales ; abdomen 

 moderately slender ; fore wings broad and ample, faintly 

 crenulated behind ; hind wings broad, their hind margins 

 scalloped. 



We have only one species. 



1. A. prunaria, L. — Expanse 1| to 2^ inches. Wings 

 all ample, rather crenulated ; in the male rich orange, dusted, 

 rippled, or banded with purple-brown ; in the female pale 

 ochreous, similarly dusted or banded. 



Antennas of the male strongly pectinated with rather long, 

 solid, ciliated black-brown teeth, which taper off to the tip. 

 shaft yellow -brown ; palpi short and small, fulvous; head 

 rather smooth, pale fulvous; thorax narrow, covered with 

 raised and somewhat spreading scales of a rich dark orange ; 

 abdomen rather slender, purple-brown with orange lateral 

 and anal tufts. Fore wings broad ; costa very faintly arched ; 

 apex angulated ; hind margin gently rounded ; dorsal margin 

 also rather filled out ; colour rich dark orange-red ; discal 

 spot elongated, orange-brown ; general surface stippled all 

 over with short and very slender, obscure, perpendicular 

 orange-brown streaks ; cilia pale yellowish-red chequered 

 with dark red-brown at irregular distances. Hind wings 

 rounded, but their hind margins scalloped or strongly crenu- 

 lated ; of the same rich orange colour and similarly covered 

 with faint perpendicular orange-brown streaks; cilia yellowish- 

 red, tipped with dark brown at the apex of each crenu- 

 lation. 



Or — The orange-red colour with the delicate darker streaks 

 confined to the middle area of the fore wings ; the basal por- 

 tion, a very broad stripe along the hind margin, and frequently 

 the dorsal margin, dull orange-brown with a purplish bloom, 

 or purple-brown. The hind wings almost wholly of this 



