TklFtD^. 5 



B-. Hiud wings yellow with narrow black baud. 



T. pronuba. 



B^. Hind wings yellow with black base and rather broad 



black band ; fore wings purple-brown. T.jantliina. 



A^. Plind wings yellow with black central lunule or spot. 



C. Hind wings with very small lunule, broad black band 



and blackish base ; fore wings red-brown. 



T. interjcda. 

 C^. Hind wings with large lunule, narrow black band ; fore 

 wings with a deep black spot before the apex. 



T. Hiibscqua. 

 C^. Hind wings with large lunule and narrow black band ; 

 fore wings without black subapical spot. 



T. orhona. 



1. T. fimbria, L. — Expanse 2 to 2| inches. Fore wings 

 broad, squared, yellow-brown, olive-brown, or red-brown 

 clouded with darker ; stigmata outlined with white ; hind 

 wings rich yellow with a very broad, deep black border. 



Antennae of the male simple, naked, olive-brown, whitish 

 at the base ; palpi short, thinly scaled, inconspicuous, with 

 the third joint very short, whitish, by no means concealing the 

 tongue. Head light brown above, with the face white ; thorax 

 very broad and robust, smooth ; shoulder-lappets rather long ; 

 scales of the middle of the thorax produced at the back to a 

 point ; colour olive-brown or pale reddish-brown ; fascicles 

 rather short, deep orange ; abdomen very broad, flattened ; 

 dull orange-yellow ; anal segment with a large flattened and 

 squared tuft of deeper orange scales, sometimes clouded on its 

 upper surface with black ; lateral tufts rather broad, extend- 

 ing down on each side, and often slightly curled up so as to 

 show the white under-scales. Fore wings stout and strong, 

 broad and very truncate, evenly and densely clothed with un- 

 usually large, straight, squared scales ; costa a little arched at 

 the base, then straight to near the apex, which is decidedly 

 angulated ; hind margin below it faintly hollowed, then almost 



