﻿On 
  a 
  new 
  Species 
  of 
  Noctuidse. 
  275 
  

  

  M'Intosh. 
  ] 
  885. 
  ' 
  Challenger 
  ' 
  Pieports, 
  Zoology, 
  vol. 
  xii. 
  " 
  Annelida 
  

  

  Polychseta." 
  

   . 
  1908. 
  ' 
  Monograph 
  of 
  British 
  Annelida. 
  — 
  Polychoeta,' 
  vol. 
  ii. 
  

  

  parts 
  i. 
  & 
  ii. 
  Ray 
  Society. 
  

  

  EXPLANATION 
  OF 
  PLATE 
  XF. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  1. 
  Bristle 
  (anterior) 
  from 
  fifteenth 
  foot 
  of 
  Megalia 
  assimilis. 
  En- 
  

   larged. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  2. 
  Bristle 
  (posterior) 
  from 
  the 
  fifteenth 
  foot. 
  Enlarged. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  3. 
  Bristle 
  o{ 
  Megalia 
  perartnata, 
  De 
  St. 
  Jos., 
  after 
  M'Intosh. 
  En- 
  

   largred. 
  

  

  XXIX. 
  — 
  Description 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  Species 
  o/Noctuidse. 
  

   By 
  Sir 
  George 
  F. 
  Hampson, 
  Bart., 
  F.Z.S. 
  

  

  Catocalin^. 
  

   7494 
  <7. 
  Homcea 
  addisona, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Head, 
  tliorax, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  reddish 
  brown 
  mixed 
  with 
  

   blackish 
  and 
  ochreous 
  ; 
  palpi 
  with 
  white 
  ring 
  at 
  extremity 
  of 
  

   second 
  joint 
  ; 
  frons 
  with 
  white 
  line 
  below 
  ; 
  tegulse 
  ochreous, 
  

   with 
  two 
  blackish 
  spots 
  near 
  base 
  and 
  band 
  before 
  tips 
  ; 
  

   pectus 
  and 
  legs 
  ochreous 
  brown 
  and 
  greyish, 
  the 
  tarsi 
  

   whitish. 
  Fore 
  wing 
  reddish 
  brown 
  mixed 
  with 
  blackish 
  and 
  

   some 
  grey 
  ; 
  an 
  indistinct 
  sinuous 
  ochreous 
  subbasal 
  line 
  from 
  

   costa 
  to 
  submedian 
  fold 
  ; 
  antemedial 
  line 
  indistinct, 
  ochreous, 
  

   becoming 
  whitish 
  at 
  costa, 
  sinuous 
  and 
  inwardly 
  oblique 
  ; 
  the 
  

   medial 
  area 
  with 
  a 
  paler 
  red-brown 
  band 
  with 
  w 
  hite 
  marks 
  

   at 
  costa 
  before, 
  between, 
  and 
  beyond 
  the 
  double 
  inwardly 
  

   oblique 
  and 
  slightly 
  sinuous 
  black 
  medial 
  line, 
  the 
  outer 
  line 
  

   rather 
  diffused 
  ; 
  reniforra 
  with 
  pale 
  reddish 
  centre 
  defined 
  

   by 
  blackish, 
  on 
  which 
  are 
  three 
  white 
  strise 
  on 
  its 
  inner 
  side, 
  

   a 
  small 
  lunulate 
  spot 
  on 
  its 
  outer 
  side 
  at 
  middle, 
  an 
  elongate 
  

   spot 
  beyond 
  its 
  upper 
  extremity 
  and 
  two 
  beyond 
  its 
  lower 
  ; 
  

   postmedial 
  line 
  ochreous 
  defined 
  on 
  inner 
  side 
  by 
  black 
  

   forming 
  somewhat 
  lunulate 
  marks 
  in 
  the 
  interspaces, 
  slightly 
  

   sinuous, 
  excurved 
  to 
  vein 
  4, 
  then 
  incurved, 
  a 
  dark 
  shade 
  

   beyond 
  it 
  with 
  dentate 
  outer 
  edge 
  and 
  some 
  white 
  points 
  on 
  

   costa 
  ; 
  a 
  black 
  line 
  before 
  termen 
  defined 
  on 
  inner 
  side 
  by 
  

   grey 
  except 
  towards 
  costa 
  and 
  slightly 
  dentate 
  at 
  veins 
  6 
  

   to 
  3 
  ; 
  a 
  white 
  line 
  at 
  base 
  of 
  cilia. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  reddish 
  brown 
  

   mixed 
  with 
  blackish 
  except 
  on 
  inner 
  area, 
  which 
  has 
  a 
  series 
  

   of 
  black 
  marks 
  on 
  vein 
  I 
  ; 
  an 
  indistinct 
  double 
  dark 
  ante- 
  

   medial 
  line 
  ending 
  at 
  submedian 
  fold 
  ; 
  two 
  slight 
  elongate 
  

   white 
  spots 
  beyond 
  lower 
  angle 
  of 
  cell, 
  the 
  lower 
  minute 
  ; 
  

   an 
  indistinct 
  double 
  curved 
  sinuous 
  dark 
  postmedial 
  line 
  

  

  