224 LEPIDOPTERA. 



E, The black streak continued in sections to base of 



wing. strigosa. 



A-. Forewings much mottled or marbled with grey or 



black. 

 P. Mottled light grey ; second line white, edged with 



black. aceris. 



F 2. Mottled dark grey ; a pale blotch beyond ren. stig. 



iiicgacephala. 

 F 2. Mottled and clouded with black ; two white spots 



before anal angle. rumicis. 



F *. Mottled olive and black, a large pale cloud beyond 



ren. stig. ligustri. 



F ^. Mottled dark slate-grey. cuphorhiou. 



1. A. leporina, Z. — Expanse H to 1| inch. Forewings 

 white or grey with a black bar in the middle of the costa, a 

 black < near the anal angle, and broken indications of black 

 transverse lines. 



Antenna3 of the male rather stout, simple, naked, blackish, 

 with the back of the shaft white ; head white ; thorax covered 

 with long, loose, white, or light grey scales ; shoulder-lappets 

 rather raised ; at the back is a slight crest of raised scales, 

 tipped with dark grey ; a sharply defined black streak runs 

 from the side of the head to the base of the fore wing ; fas- 

 cicles long, white ; abdomen dark grey, thinly covered with 

 wkite scales, those on the dorsal ridge raised into one or more 

 oblique tufts or crests ; lateral and anal tufts white. Fore 

 wings elongated and rather triangular ; costa straight to near 

 the apex, where it becomes arched ; apex rather pointed ; hind 

 margin very oblique, but very slightly curved ; anal angle 

 distinct ; dorsal margin straight to near the base ; colour 

 white, greyish-white, or creamy white ; a small black streak 

 lies along the base of the costa ; another, longer, from the 

 middle of the base lies horizontally below the median nervure ; 

 the first line is only indicated Ijy a black spot in the costa, 

 and another opposite to it in the middle of the wing ; the 



